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AGENCY:  PA - Allegheny Co. Dept. of Human Services/Office of Community Services
PROGRAM:  21st Century Community Learning Centers
PURPOSE:  

The Allegheny County Department of Human Services – Office of Community Services sponsors the 21st Century Community Learning Center program to increase children’s school attendance and academic performance and to decrease disciplinary referrals.


AGENCY:  PA - Allegheny Co. Dept. of Human Services/Office of Community Services
PROGRAM:  One Vision One Life Violence Prevention Initiative
PURPOSE:  

One Vision One Life works to reduce crime and violence by reaching out and providing opportunities for a better way of life.


AGENCY:  PA - Commission on Economic Opportunity of Luzerne County
PROGRAM:  Homeless Veterans Transitional Housing
PURPOSE:  

The Commission on Economic Opportunity established a transitional housing program to help homeless veterans address their personal problems while developing the necessary skills to be self-sufficient and productive members of society.


AGENCY:  PA - Commission on Economic Opportunity of Luzerne County
PROGRAM:  Teen Tracks College Access Initiatives
PURPOSE:  

The Commission on Economic Opportunity established Teen Tracks to help increase access to college among low-income high school students.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Agency of Delaware County
PROGRAM:  Affordable Housing and Delaware County Construction Company
PURPOSE:  

The Community Action Agency of Delaware County, Inc. has 16 Affiliate Corporations that provide shelter services to homeless clients, established commercial complexes and completed numerous housing and neighborhood revitalization projects.  The Delaware County Construction Corporation serves as a for-profit division of the agency.  The construction company is fully licensed and insured to provide both commercial and residential construction services, specializing in ADA modifications/retrofits.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Agency of Delaware County
PROGRAM:  Donations Warehouse
PURPOSE:  

The Community Action Agency of Delaware County, Inc. established the Donations Warehouse as a resource for homeless families leaving shelters, fire victims and victims of domestic abuse who are in the process of reestablishing housing.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Commission
PROGRAM:  Across Ages Intergenerational Mentoring Program
PURPOSE:  

The Community Action Commission sponsors Across Ages as an intergenerational mentoring program working to increase the protective factors for high risk youth in order to prevent, reduce, or delay the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and the problems associated with such use.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Commission
PROGRAM:  Community Revitalization - Weed and Seed - Harrisburg, PA
PURPOSE:  

The private, non-profit Community Action Commission provides leadership for a Community Revitalization Project to initiate comprehensive redevelopment services for residents of the South Allison Hill neighborhood.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley
PROGRAM:  Apartment Licensing Ordinance
PURPOSE:  

The Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley was a leading force with an advocacy campaign to gain broad community support for passage of a local ordinance for licensing of rental apartments.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley
PROGRAM:  Community Action Financial Services
PURPOSE:  

The Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley promotes asset building as an essential mechanism to help low- to moderate-income families move toward self-sufficiency.  Protecting those assets, though, is an important part of the strategy, so advocacy against predatory lending practices is undertaken as part of the agency’s Community Action Financial Services division.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley
PROGRAM:  Community Revitalization - Lehigh Valley, PA
PURPOSE:  

The Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley promotes community building though leadership with community revitalization initiatives that will provide the foundation for a decent quality of life for all residents of the Lehigh Valley region.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley
PROGRAM:  Public Awareness and Advocacy
PURPOSE:  

The Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley regularly conducts research on poverty-related issues to promote public awareness that will lead to subsequent policy and programmatic responses.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Partnership of Mercer County
PROGRAM:  Community Revitalization - Weed and Seed - Mercer County, PA
PURPOSE:  

The Community Action Partnership of Mercer County coordinates the Weed and Seed Program to combat crime and promote community revitalization.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Partnership of Mercer County
PROGRAM:  Silent Partners Program
PURPOSE:  

The Community Action Partnership of Mercer County developed the Silent Partners Program as a method to build a pool of funds to resolve family needs that cannot be addressed by other resources.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Program of Lancaster County
PROGRAM:  Family Center
PURPOSE:  

The Community Action Program of Lancaster established the Family Center to help low-income families work toward self-sufficiency and to assist with parenting skills.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Program of Lancaster County
PROGRAM:  PROMISE Program
PURPOSE:  

The Community Action Program of Lancaster County operates the PROMISE Program to help strengthen parenting skills among Head Start families with an emphasis on reducing drug and alcohol abuse.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Southwest
PROGRAM:  CAPWorks
PURPOSE:  

Community Action Southwest created CAPWorks (Community Action Program Works) to serve as the foundation for individual and/or family autonomy.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Southwest
PROGRAM:  Family Councils
PURPOSE:  

Community Action Southwest promotes community building and advocacy through the formation of Family Councils that gather and disburse information about issues of concern to residents.


AGENCY:  PA - Community Action Southwest
PROGRAM:  Kindergarten Club
PURPOSE:  

Community Action Southwest established the Kindergarten Club to increase school readiness and school success for children entering kindergarten.


AGENCY:  PA - Fayette County Community Action Agency
PROGRAM:  Campus of Services
PURPOSE:  

Fayette County Community Action Agency has developed a Campus of Services as a community development initiative to promote integrated human services in combination with affordable housing.


AGENCY:  PA - Fayette County Community Action Agency
PROGRAM:  Centralized Employee Performance Review Process
PURPOSE:  

The Fayette County Community Action Agency’s uses a Centralized Employee Performance Review Process with an emphasis on coaching and continuous feedback in order to foster staff growth and to maximize productivity.


AGENCY:  PA - Fayette County Community Action Agency
PROGRAM:  Community Medical Services
PURPOSE:  

The Fayette County Community Action Agency established Community Medical Services to provide quality, affordable health care to all local residents.


AGENCY:  PA - Fayette County Community Action Agency
PROGRAM:  Nurse-Family Partnership
PURPOSE:  

The Fayette County Community Action Agency serves as a site for the Nurse-Family Partnership to help low-income first-time mothers achieve positive outcomes for themselves, their baby, and their family.


AGENCY:  PA - Fayette County Community Action Agency
PROGRAM:  Quality Review Process
PURPOSE:  

The Fayette County Community Action Agency established a Quality Review Process as a mechanism to promote continuous improvement in all aspects of the agency.


AGENCY:  PA - Fayette County Community Action Agency
PROGRAM:  Unified Organizational Structure
PURPOSE:  

The Fayette County Community Action Agency developed a unified organizational structure in order to create integrated agency services and to maximize efforts dedicated to accomplishing the agency’s mission.


AGENCY:  PA - Greater Erie Community Action Committee
PROGRAM:  Educational Talent Search and Upward Bound
PURPOSE:  

The Greater Erie Community Action Committee sponsors the Educational Talent Search and Upward Bound Programs to help low-income students succeed in high school and enter college in order to participate more fully in America's economic and social life.


AGENCY:  PA - Greater Erie Community Action Committee
PROGRAM:  HomePLUS Support Services for Independent Living
PURPOSE:  

The Greater Erie Community Action Committee administers the HomePLUS Program to assist public housing residents maintain their quality of life in a safe and affordable independent home setting.


AGENCY:  PA - Greater Erie Community Action Committee
PROGRAM:  Substance Abuse Prevention
PURPOSE:  

The Greater Erie Community Action Committee carries out extensive Substance Abuse Prevention activities to assist in the reduction of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use, abuse and addiction and associated consequences.


AGENCY:  PA - Montgomery County Community Action Development Commission
PROGRAM:  Micro-Enterprise Resource Center
PURPOSE:  

The Montgomery County Community Action Development Commission established the Micro-Enterprise Resource Center to provide entrepreneurial training to individuals interested in starting or expanding a business.


AGENCY:  PA - TREHAB
PROGRAM:  Housing Development Services
PURPOSE:  

TREHAB established Housing Development Services to offer a continuum of programs that provide affordable, decent, safe and innovative housing for low-moderate income people.


AGENCY:  PA - Union-Snyder Community Action Agency
PROGRAM:  Families Learning Together
PURPOSE:  

The Union-Snyder Community Action Agency established the Families Learning Together Program as a family literacy and self-sufficiency initiative for adults with basic education needs and at least one child in third grade or under.


AGENCY:  PA - Westmoreland Community Action
PROGRAM:  Neighborhood Revitalization and Homebuyer Resource Center
PURPOSE:  

Westmoreland Community Action developed the Neighborhood Revitalization Program to acquire and rehabilitate older housing stock to rebuild distressed neighborhoods and to expand the availability of safe, decent and affordable housing through the agency’s Homebuyer Resource Center.


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