Bcmw Community Services

Head start/ early head start- the funded enrollment january - february 28th was 354 head start and early head start 28. Beginning march 1st, the hs funded enrollment was reduced to 220. Ehs remained at 28. At the end of the 2023-2024 program year (june 30th), the cumulative enrollment for hs was 260 and ehs was 47 children and 2 pregnant women. The head start program provides a comprehensive school readiness program which includes education as well as mental and physical health and well being. The early head start program provides services to infants, toddlers and pregnant women. The expectant moms receive services to help ensure a healthy mom and healthy baby through proper medical care as well as education on safety, health and caring for the new baby.

Project bread- total meals provided during fy24 the period of: 7/1/23-6/30/24 were 69,709. Out of the 69,709 meals, there were 50,522 home delivered, 19,187 eaten at the congregate sites and 0 shelf stable meals were provided. We continue to serve five days a week at each site at that time. We do not count picked up meals separately anymore, as those are now counted with congregate per midland. Shelf stable meals were on back order and received in the month of july, falling short for this audit year.

The community service block grant program (csbg) provided assistance to 3293 individuals from 1284 different households from july 1, 2023 through june 30, 2024. Employment support assistance was provided to 40 individuals to help low-income workers obtain and maintain employment. The career readiness program provided 46 individuals funding for job readiness training. The csbg scholarship program also provided 5 scholarships during this time period for low-income students pursuing post secondary education at an accredited school. The emergency services component of the csbg program provided 882 units of services to include food, prescription medication, hygiene items, rents, deposits, shelter, mortgage, utility assistance, transportation and home repairs. The program also supplemented the bcmw project bread senior meal program as well as provided support for youth programs in all four counties.