Agency For Community Empowerment Of Nepa

Programs: Head start:the slhda head start/early head start programs provide comprehensive services to families and children enrolled. These services include: 1)health assessments including physical and dental, as well as heights, weighs, vision, hearing, speech, and lead screenings on each child. Also medical plans and follow up services for children with health issues. 2)children are provided nutritious meals and menus are developed by a licensed nutritionist to meet cacfp guidelines. Nutrition assessments are also completed on each child and followed up by the nutrition consultant as needed. 3)individualized educational plans for each child that are measured to assess progress in the early learning domains three times each year. Program curriculum for head start is the creative curriculum and early head start utilizes the parents as teachers curriculum. The early head start program also provides services to pregnant mothers to ensure proper and adequate pre-natal care is provided and future parents receive educational information from a licensed practical nurse to prepare them for the birth of their child. 4)services for children who have been diagnosed with special needs are coordinated with local leas to ensure follow up on all iep plans with active parent involvement. Staff also receive training in positive behavior supports to prepare them to work with behavioral issues. 5)parents are actively engaged in the program as volunteers, participate in policy council, a governing body that approves all program functions. Staff work with families on setting goals and action plans to remove any barriers they may be encountering, i. E. Language, housing, financial, etc). Resources and follow up as well as progress of families is tracked and reported. 6)transition services are provided to families as they enter and exit the program to ensure children enter and exit the program ready to learn. School readiness goals are developed and progress tracked in each service area.

pa department of education:see supporting schedule o for description of exempt purpose achievements under head start and p. D. E.

work force innovation & opportunity act:eligible adults, dislocated workers and youths receive funding under the individual training accounts (ita); on the job training (ojt); work experience for youth customers and special projects for in-school youth. Itas are classroom training options to upgrade current skills or to learn new skills to be competitive in job market. Ojt contracts are negotiated with local employers based on a sliding scale schedule dependent on the number of employees in a company. Ojt is a reimbursement for actual training conducted on the job under the supervision of a trained worker. Only under the youth funding stream can individuals be assigned to a worksite to develop work skills and gain valuable experience to then be placed in unsubsidized employment.