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- EIN 59-6208766
- (941) 827-2887
- 6428 Parkland Dr Sarasota FL 34243-4038 USA
- http://stepupsuncoast.org/
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Economic Development
Mission: The organization's mission is to help people by changing lives in our community through education, partnerships and delivery of quality services in manatee, hardee, desoto, sarasota, and other florida counties as determined by the board of directors and the department of community affairs. The agency's activities include combating poverty through community action programs and research projects by making every effort to mobilize the human and financial resources of the community, rallying local resources into community action programs for the benefit of all persons irrespective of age, race, color, or creed and facilitating these general purposes through combined representation of federal, state, and local governmental and community agencies.
Programs: Early childhood education, voluntary pre-kindergarten and headstart educational programs for over 1,825 participants. The programs received over $718,000 in donated services, materials, and use of facilities.
parents as teachers - training, home visit parenting services, and family support and referral services provide for developmental monitoring, parent training, child screening, intervention therapy, and educational programs for over 1,214 participants through various resource connection for families programs. The parents as teachers ("pat")model is designed to provide support for families by making personal visits to the home, conducting group events, providing screenings, and a resource network to families. Through the integrated service, the pat model goal is to increase parental knowledge of child and family development, increase school readiness, and provide early detection and intervention for possible developmental delays.
client assistance services provide rental and utilities assistance, energy assistance, family emergency assistance, and community foundation services to over 2,652 participants through the liheap, fema, season of sharing,family self-sufficiency, micro-enterprise, and community block grant programs.