Self Enhancement Inc

Schools uniting neighborhood youth programself enhancement serves nearly 5,000 youth each year, through a variety of programs. Self enhancement manages 18 schools uniting neighborhoods (sun) community schools and provides social and support services for educational success under the multnomah county sun service system for both region 2 and african american target outreach population. Self enhancement also provides services to youth under multnomah county's school attendance initiative and portland children's levy foster care program.

Community + family programs self enhancement recognizes that at-risk youth most often come from at-risk families. The positive work sei does with young people during the day and after-school can easily be unraveled by an unhealthy situation in the home. For this reason, self enhancement's programs include outreach services to families including case management, parenting classes, energy assistance, job placement, and referrals to outside resources. Self enhancement provides culturally competent support services through the in-home safety and reunification program, the domestic and sexual violence prevention program, the parent-child development program, the healthy homes program, and the community works program. (continued on sch o) self enhancement also provides assistance with basic needs such as housing and energy assistance. Self enhancement currently serves over 9,000 individuals and families for all age groups through community and family programs.

Other programming includes capacity building programs.