Enrichment Services Program, Inc. (ESP) is submitting a letter of interest for the Rural Integration Models for Parents and Children to Thrive (IMPACT) Demonstration aimed to focus efforts, using a two – generation approach, on reducing childhood poverty in Clay County, Georgia. The Demonstration Project’s contact person will be Marquitta Williams, Development Coordinator. The project will be implemented by the agency’s Department of Early Childhood & Family Services, which provides Early Head Start, Head Start and Pre-Kindergarten services, and the Community Services Department, which provides basic needs, stabilizing, and family strengthening services.
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According to our 2014 Community Assessment Update Report, Clay County has the highest poverty rate among all of the eight counties served in Georgia. Nearly 47.7% of the population (or 1,452 individuals) are living in poverty. The assessment revealed that approximately 624 children (birth to 19 years old) are living in poverty. The same data source also revealed that 483 families/households received Food Stamps and 29 families/households received TANF during any one month throughout the year. The number of families/households’ eligible for and/or receiving government services, such as TANF and Food Stamps, is a strong indicator of the need and financial hardship residents are experiencing in the …show more content…
We often call on the support of these organizations to provide additional supportive services for our customers, such as GED training, emergency clothing and shelter, immunizations, or job placement assistance.
Our vision as a result of the implementation of the Impact Demonstration Project is to build strong relationships, a coalition, with all the above entities to address the unmet needs of the parents and their children at the same time. We believe by focusing on parents’ economic stability while their children are receiving comprehensive early childhood education services, parents will be able to expand their horizons, build social capital, and create pathways of opportunities for themselves and their
Since 1965, Enrichment Services Program, a private not-for-profit community action agency, …show more content…
According to our 2014 Community Assessment Update Report, Clay County has the highest poverty rate among all of the eight counties served in Georgia. Nearly 47.7% of the population (or 1,452 individuals) are living in poverty. The assessment revealed that approximately 624 children (birth to 19 years old) are living in poverty. The same data source also revealed that 483 families/households received Food Stamps and 29 families/households received TANF during any one month throughout the year. The number of families/households’ eligible for and/or receiving government services, such as TANF and Food Stamps, is a strong indicator of the need and financial hardship residents are experiencing in the …show more content…
We often call on the support of these organizations to provide additional supportive services for our customers, such as GED training, emergency clothing and shelter, immunizations, or job placement assistance.
Our vision as a result of the implementation of the Impact Demonstration Project is to build strong relationships, a coalition, with all the above entities to address the unmet needs of the parents and their children at the same time. We believe by focusing on parents’ economic stability while their children are receiving comprehensive early childhood education services, parents will be able to expand their horizons, build social capital, and create pathways of opportunities for themselves and their