The target populations for services are children who are at-risk of adolescent pregnancy, school drop-out and gang membership. A minimum of 10 hours of after-school service must be provided per week. Funding is provided through venues that range from school systems, neighborhood not-for-profits and faith-based entities. Adoption Promotion and Support Adoption Promotion and Support services help adoptive families on an on-going basis so they can make a lifetime commitment to their children.
These services include legal termination of parental rights, recruitment of adoptive families, preparation for adoption, placement in and supervision of the adoptive placement, and supportive services prior to and after the finalization of the adoption, such as support groups, counseling, parenting programs, access to birth records, information and referral. Special Initiatives The purpose of these programs is to support community-based efforts to develop, operate, expand and enhance initiatives to prevent child abuse and neglect.
Program areas include healthy marriage, responsible fatherhood, and outreach to faith-based organizations. Healthy marriage services can include marriage education, parenting classes and healthy relationship workshops. Responsible fatherhood services can include employment development, co-parenting workshops, GED preparation, peer support groups and mentoring.
Faith-based organizations can increase their capacity building and provide various social service programs that meet the needs of their community. Each center has a multidisciplinary team that includes the District Attorney, law enforcement and a forensics investigator.
The child can receive all these services at the center. Additional services provided to the family include individual and group counseling, information and referrals. Community Based Programs Community based programs enable families to build on their own strengths and capacities to promote the healthy development of children.
Share this page: Facebook Twitter. Yet those in the community care deeply about it. And everyone agrees that McDowell's children deserve every opportunity for success. Reconnecting McDowell is a long-term effort to make educational improvements while addressing all of the community's complex problems.
The project launched in December. So far, the AFT has already begun providing professional development to teachers. The West Virginia state legislature has passed an "innovation zone" bill that allows McDowell County to participate in a teacher-in-residence program with a local university, allowing promising young talent to enter the teaching workforce. The schools have begun comprehensive breakfast and lunch programs; they are hoping to start a dinner program as well.
First Book has donated an age-appropriate book for each child in the school system, and Imagination Library is providing books for younger children in the community.
While the work has just begun, this engagement effort is already showing what can happen when schools and the community commit to working together. In the early s, Cincinnati Public Schools learned that they had the worst school buildings in the nation. They needed to pass a levy to raise money for improvements, but one hadn't passed in a number of years.
To garner community support, they proposed that the renovated schools would serve as centers of the community, remaining open on nights and weekends to provide services. Each CLC is different, based on the needs of the community in which the school is located. Taylor Academy, where percent of students receive free or reduced price lunch. The school is open from pm to 6pm and offers a hot dinner, tutoring and mentoring, enrichment, parent and family engagement activities, and more.
On site, students and families can access mental health and dental services. Next year, Taylor will open a school-based health clinic. Search for:. Toggle navigation U. Student Loans Grants Laws Data. Funding Status. Applicant Info.
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