Eau Claire Promise Zone

Programs: Early childhood educational development including kindergarten readiness programs, book readings and giveaways, and tutoring, with services available to all children aged zero to five and their parents. Our "go forward intergenerational afterschool program at gable oaks apartment community" is our most recent program in this area.

family services workshops including parenting seminars and support groups, with services available to all young parents in the community with a special focus on pregnant and parenting students

college and career technical education scholarship assistance including mentoring and research assistance, with services available to all members of the senior and junior classes at eau claire high school

moderating of special interest cluster groups for discussion and action on issues of importance to underserved communities such as the eau claire and surrounding areas (zip code is 29203). Eau claire promise zone tries to bring together professionals who have experience in a wide array of educational, health, safety, and anti-poverty initiatives so that we can use their skill to assist underserved children and families. The purpose of each of these facebook groups is to spur lively discussion and action to improve the lives and well-being of underserved children and families in the eau claire part of columbia sc. A secondary goal is to draw local, statewide, and even national attention to the challenges faced by the residents of 29203 and people like them in similar communities across america. To join any of the below groups, search for the group name in facebook's search box. Promise zone's roster of special interest clusters: - 29203 and abuse and neglect of children and women; - 29203 and active living by black children; - 29203 and allergies and respiratory system diseases; - 29203 and behavioral health disparities; - 29203 and birth outcome equity and maternal/child health; - 29203 and black boys; - 29203 and black employment, underemployment, and unemployment; - 29203 and black fathers - an informational resource for great men; - 29203 and black girls; - 29203 and black political power; - 29203 and black teacher; - 29203 and cancer in african americans; - 29203 and college success; - 29203 and corporate america's drugging of black children; - 29203 and dental health disparities; - 29203 and diabetes; - 29203 and drop-out prevention/school push-out prevention; - 29203 and dual language learning; - 29203 and early childhood education; - 29203 and employment training for black youth and adults; - 29203 and environmental health and safety of schools and childcare centers; - 29203 and environmental racism; - 29203 and environmental stressors in urban children - including "ptsd"; - 29203 and expanded/extended learning for black boys and girls; - 29203 and eye care health disparities; - 29203 and the faith-based community's role in helping black boys and girls; - 29203 and family economic health; - 29203 and farmers markets as a way to lift people and place out of poverty; - 29203 and food justice; - 29203 and gang-involved youth/crime affiliation by youth; - 29203 and health disparities; - 29203 and health insurance for all residents - affordable and high-quality; - 29203 and hiv, aids, and hepatitis c; - 29203 and homeless black youth; - 29203 and hospital industry concern for their low-income neighbors; - 29203 and housing; - 29203 and the junk food industry's harmful effect on our black youth; - 29203 and juvenile justice, incarceration, and reentry; - 29203 and kindness in the children of our community; - 29203 and kinship care, guardianship, foster care, and adoption; - 29203 and latino/hispanic youth; - 29203 and juvenile justice, incarceration, and reentry; - 29203 and lgbtqia of color; - 29203 and middle level education and transitions of black youth; - 29203 and music as a great way to improve the lives of our children; - 29203 and neurodevelopmental disabilities in black boys and girls; - 29203 and nutrition science and metabolism - prenatal and infant nutrition; - 29203 and obesity and related disorders - pediatric and adult; - 29203 and parent/grandparent support networks; - 29203 and pharmaceutical medicine and health disparities; - 29203 and place-based community economic development; - 29203 and predatory lending scams and financial sector robbery of the poor; - 29203 and public safety/criminal justice reform for black youth and adults; - 29203 and public transportation - a key to economic equity; - 29203 and reproductive health and justice; - 29203 and the ronald reagan tax credit a. K. A. Earned income tax credit; - 29203 and school food - breakfast, lunch and dinner; - 29203 and sickle cell disease and related blood disorders; - 29203 and snap and wic supplemental nutrition programs; - 29203 and stem/steam education for black boys and girls; - 29203 and substance use and abuse by black youth; - 29203 and urban farming/schoolyard gardens as a pathway out of poverty; - 29203 and vaccines; - 29203 and youth sports in low-income african-american communities