Western Indiana Community Action Agency Inc

Programs: Energy assistance - designed to assist low income families with the high cost of home energy. The energy assistance program heating season begins in november and western indiana community action agency, inc. Provided services to approximately 6,600 households in 2017.

child education - vigo county head start is a national preschool program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families. Vigo county head start provides developmentally appropriate preschool activites with a special focus on helping children develop the early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school. Vigo county head start is a licensed child care center that provided compreshensive child development services to 338 economically disadvantaged children and families in 2017. The preschool program enrolls children ages 3 to 5. The staff recognizes that the parents are the first and most important teachers of their children. We welcome parent involvement and work as partners with parents to develop a program that best meets the needs of their child. Household income eligibility is based upon 100% of the federal poverty guidelines and children must be 3 years old by august 1st.

food programs - the women, infants, and children program (wic) is a supplemental food and nutrition education program for pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, postpartum non-breastfeeding mothers, (up to six months after delivery), infants and children under five years of age. The wic program provides at no cost to those who qualify, checks for specified nutritious foods such as milk, cereal, fruit juice, eggs, cheese and peanut butter. Breastfeeding support is available and formula is also available for infants who are not breastfed. Participants recieve individual nutrition counseling, nutrition classes, and health care referral. Over 7,200 clients were served in 2017.