This service is providing an adult shared community they noticed a lot of seniors, disabled and others were being displaced from their homes. They have several locations across the country one of which is here in Georgia. This program also does supportive services such as providing transportation to doctors’ appointments, grocery store runs, and other appointments. The location for this service is here in Augusta, GA and services in other counties such as Cobb, DeKalb and Douglas county . This is due to homeless shelters and DV housing shutting down across the State of Georgia. Some of the other locations even provides childcare for the recipients in the program. You can learn more about this program here at this link A The Heart In Community (a-heart-in-the-community.com).
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Helping Mamas is a program located in Norcross, GA that assists families in need of baby care items and period care products. The program is also mobile and not limited to the Gwinnett County area but for all Georgia Families. This program has reached one hundred and twenty-thousand children thus far. This program works directly with shelters, school districts and shelters. Learn more about this program herehttps://helpingmamas.org/
COVID-19 has had vast impacts on service delivery to clients across the spectrum. GPB covered the effects food pantries have felt with rising inflation and decreases in donations. One bright spot is the increase in work-from-home policies have allowed more flexible hours for volunteers. You can find the article here.
How has rising inflation impacted your work?
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The Urban Institute released this brief discussing the implications of inflation on public supports and low-income families. The brief discusses SNAP, TANF, SSI, and Tax Credits. The report found that "many, but not all, public supports that help those families make ends meet do take inflation into account when providing benefits, but those adjustments lag behind the pace of accelerating prices." Many families are still playing catch-up and will continue to lag behind once inflation rates equalize.
Right now it seems to be taking about 60 days for our parents. Yes you have to have a job or be in school. So a family has to have the money to pay for the child care until CAPS goes through. It is causing families, especially single family homes to be homeless and struggle to get out. For families who have a child with special needs, they might get CAPS eventually but then finding a child care provider who will take their child is another hurdle they have to cross. We have a lot of single... [ more ]
Agreed. In a presentation by a CAPS rep yesterday, I learned the process can take at least 30 days min from a time a CAPS application is received before it is approved/processed. What establishment can hold a seat for 30-60 days when another family can pay? And at the same time, a parent must be in school and or working, even though childcare is not secured. How is this system really helping the families who need it most? [ more ]
Brandy, right? Unbelievable what our families are trying to navigate living in poverty and working low wage jobs. Right now we are also seeing child care is such a need and after school care is such a need so parents CAN work. Parents who have children with disabilities are struggling to find any child care even when they have CAPS assistance. We don't have the safety net these families who working but living in poverty need. [ more ]
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EMPath's Mobility Mentoring is a holistic approach to moving clients out of poverty and accomplishing their goals. You can find more information by visiting EMPath's website.
What are your thoughts on this approach to helping client's create self-sufficiency?
Hello Economic Self-Sufficiency Community!
I want to share the Intergenerational Mobility Project from the Center on the Developing Child and EMPath* with you. In the TedTalk below, Beth Babcock discusses how a science-informed approach can break the cycle of poverty. She explains how poverty impairs the development of executive functioning and shares the success of coaching models that help clients rebuild their executive functioning.
How can your programs account for poverty's effect on the brain to help clients rewire their executive functioning?
What do you believe are the key components in helping children and families become self-sufficient?