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Causes: Education
Mission: Engaging local residents in activities that build leaders, increase learning opportunities and support families. As a neighborhood family center, graydi provides full wrap around services that promote self-sufficiency and keeps families from entering into crisis mode.
Programs: The organization provides youth, adult and family support services. Last year an estimated 785 youth received services including homework assistance, tutoring and literacy and computer and literacy classes, enrichment programs such as gardening, arts and crafts, sports and recreational activities. We served an estimated 2,268 adults with job training, and literacy instruction. Family support services include utility assistance, food pantry, housing assistance, parenting classes, budgeting, free tax prep, notary and other support services. These support services help families to stay out of crisis mode and move toward self-sufficiency. Our comprehensive wrap around approach address the family as a whole with the goal of promoting healthy kids, healthy families, healthy lifestyles.