Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House Inc

The Providing A Sure Start Program provides early childhood prevention services for parents with children birth to five years of age. This early intervention program is designed to better prepare children and parents for a successful school experience. This program is home and center based and uses the Parents as Teachers model. Staff assist parents with child development and life skills.

The Season Circle Cafe offers programs designed for seniors who want to remain independent in their own home. Breakfast and lunch are served each weekday giving seniors a nutritous meal. Meals on Wheels are also served from the Cafe, as well as call check-in program and transportation.

Preschool for All provides early childhood education for children age 3-4. The classrooms serve as a sound foundation in learning to better prepare children for kindergarten.

Family resource center The center provides a variety of academic enrichment, arts & crafts,recreation, youth leadership and youth development activities for children and youth in thecommunity. It also provides administration and coordination of services located in housingprojects of the St. Clair Housing Authority's buildings for year-round programing.

Early childhood Governor Emergency Education Relief (GEER) This grant is for programsfunded under the Illinois State Board of Education that have been identified as disproportionatelyimpacted by COVID-19. Funds were acquired to assist with PPE supplies, technology and remotelearning and mental health consultation.

Daycare At risk infant/toddler program designed to provide a child with optimal substituteparental care in an effort to enable parents to complete their education or training.

Pre-kindergarten An early care and educational program for "at-risk" preschool aged childrendesigned to offer specialized training and educational needs identified through a developmentalscreening process. Children will receive speech and language screenings to identify speech delaysand on-going assessments that will be used to measure, adjust/improve, and report studentprogress.

USDA food Governmental food program providing meals for children in the child care programand at the Teen Reach sites. Depending on the program, the participants receive breakfast, lunchand a snack in the childcare program and lunch or dinner and a snack at the Teen Reach sites. Allparticipants are eligible to participate.

Youth investment program The Illinois Youth Investment Program (IYIP) is a multi-facetedapproach to youth employment that invests in the future of Illinois' at-risk transition-age youth(16-24). This approach accounts for the youth's employment barriers and the physical, emotional,social and mental health needs while helping the youth secure and sustain long-term and/orcareer employment to ensure the greater likelihood of success and self-sufficiency.

Teen reach The program provides recreation, field trips and after-school and summer activitiesfor area children and youth at local schools.

TANF job placement and retention The program seeks to provide job skills training, jobplacement and job retention services to persons receiving benefits through temporary assistancefor needy families program. The program provides participants with orientation, employabilityassessments, employment plan development, educational screening, job readiness training, jobskills training, job search assistance, job placement and job retention services.

United Way (R3) The R3 (restore, reinvest, and renew) program is a United Way funded program tohelp build equity in communities that have been ravaged by violence and disproportionatelyimpacted by historical criminal justice system overuse and economic disinvestment. Funds are usedto enhance and offer more resources for our youth in the Teen reach program.