Tallatoona Community Action Partnership Inc

Child education - developed in 1964 by the federal office of economic opportunity, the much applauded head start program provides comprehensive services designed to ensure that disadvantaged children enter school prepared to succeed. The program addresses the social and cognitive development of children to promote school readiness and to instill a love for reading and learning. Head start serves as a model for early childhood initiatives nationwide and throughout the world. The organization has operated the head start program since 1965. The organization provides low-income children and their families with education, special education, health, dental, mental health, social and nutritional services designed to ensure a successful school experience. In fiscal year 2024 the organization served 426 participants through the hs program and 74 through the early head start program.

Weatherization - weatherization is the process of assessing a residence for energy loss or waste and correcting the structure by installing measures that include air sealing, insulation, and energy saving appliances based on a list of priorities that have the highest savings to investment ratios. In most cases, the weatherization assistance program (wap) enables low-income families to permanently reduce their energy bills by making their homes more energy efficient. The program also provides energy efficiency education, and addresses health and safety concerns. In fiscal year 2023 the organization served 93 clients.

Community services - the community services block grant (csbg) targets the needs of low-income individuals and families in bartow, douglas, floyd, gordon, haralson, paulding, and polk counties. Services include, but are not limited to, child/dependent care assistance, education assistance, employment services, energy/utility assistance, housing assistance, information and referrals, nutritional assistance, and transportation assistance. In fiscal year 2024 the organization assisted 1,431 households through the program regular csbg program.

Corporate - this is an unrestricted account and used for costs that are not allowable for our grants.

Food - the food program is a meal re-imbursed based program. In fiscal year 2024 we served an average of 49,112 meals to the children we serve.