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- EIN 77-0357101
- (831) 783-1244
- 295 Main St Ste 500 Salinas CA 93901-2740 USA
- www.actioncouncil.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Philanthropy, Public Foundations
Mission: Action council is a regional social equity incubator that serves the monterey bay area. Our major programs include: (1) pathways to safety, an early intervention and prevention program designed to keep children safe and in their homes and out of the child welfare system. (2) building healthy communities, a 10-year initiative focused on improving health outcomes for residents of east salinas. (3) wraparound monterey county, which serves families with children at-risk of immediate out of home placement by connecting them to a systematic planning process that includes connections to needed services. (4) parents as teachers, an internationally recognized parent education program delivered in a home-visiting model. (5) fiscal sponsorship of over two dozen community groups.
Programs: Building healthy communities is a 10-year initiative focused on improving the health outcomes for residents of east salinas/alisal. The action council acts as a partner and catalyst for community change by (1) serving as co-host for the east salinas hub collaborative, (2) action as local intermediary for managing/administering the implementation of grant-funded projects in partnership with grassroots organizations.
pathways to safety is an early intervention and prevention program designed to keep children safe and out of the child welfare system. This is accomplished through successful family engagement, involving families in setting their goals, linking them to services and resources based on their strengths and needs, and supplement them through this voluntary process. This program served 2771 families during the program year, of which 33% voluntarily engaged, and after three months of case management, 35% showed measurable improvement.
parents as teachers (pat) is an internationally recognized parent education program that provides in-home information, support and encouragement for parents to help their children develop optimally during the crucial early years of life. In monterey county the program boasts measurable gains in cognitive, communication, social and emotional development for salinas valley children in primarily spanish-speaking families. Parents as teachers serves over 175 families per year throughout monterey county.