South Shore Community Action Council Inc

Head start/early head start: the head start/early head start program, located in three sites (plymouth, wareham and marshfield) provides education, family services, nutrition (meals), and health services to children and families. Children range in age from three months to five years. The families have limited incomes and meet federal income guidelines. Ten percent of the head start slots are for children with specials needs. The program served approximately 393 clients in fiscal year 2024.

Other childcare: includes programs from the commonwealth of massachusetts including, early education and care, children and families, homeless and voucher programs. Services are provided to preschool children ages 2.9 to 5 years through collaborative programs. These children receive a preschool curriculum similar to head start and receive nutritious meals as well.

Other: includes csbg admin and program funds.

Client assistance: includes funds from private utility companies in the area that supplement the federally funded heartwap and weatherization program services to low income clients, and various other programs assisting clients in areas of need such as rents, mortgages and utilities.

Child nutrition: provides nutritional services in the form of breakfast, lunch and snacks each day to eligible children.

Transportation: provides critical transportation services to eligible residents within the council's service area. Typical services range from medical trips to boston area hospitals, elderly and disabled client trips to adult day health and rehab centers and out of town special needs school transportation for local school districts. The program served approximately 851 clients in fiscal year 2024.

Food resources: the council formed the food distribution center as one of a variety of strategies to provide food to more people on the south shore via coordination of locally donated food; including food storage for pantries and transportation of food to agencies serving low income families.