LESSIE BATES DAVIS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC

Programs

1. The providing a sure start program provides early childhood prevention services for parents with children birth to five years of age. This early intervention program is designed to better prepare children and parents for a successful school experience. This program is home and center based and uses the parents as teachers model. Staff assist parents with child development and life skills.

   $1,540,713 spent
   23% of program spending

2. The americorps program recruits and trains volunteers to provide a broad spectrum of services to youth and families in the greater east st. Louis community which includes educational advocacy, tutoring, computer teach training, and other supports in district 189 and the community. Volunteers work at 50 different sites in the community including the agency's teen reach program, food pantry, and meals on wheels.

   $1,465,481 spentof which $458,414 as grants
   22% of program spending

3. The season circle cafe offers programs designed for seniors who want to remain independent in their own home. Breakfast and lunch are served each weekday giving seniors a nutritious meal. Meals on wheels are also served from the cafe, as well as call check-in program and transportation.

   $1,338,739 spentof which $2,879 as grants$2,120 earned by the program
   20% of program spending

4. Daycare - at risk infant/toddler program designed to provide a child with optimal substitute parental care in an effort to enable parents to complete their education or training.

   $557,607 spentof which $100 as grants
   8% of program spending

5. Preschool for all provides early childhood education for children age 3-4. The classrooms serve as a sound foundation in learning to better prepare children for kindergarten.

   $485,985 spent
   7% of program spending

6. Pre-kindergarten - an early care and educational program for "at-risk" preschool aged children designed to offer specialized training and educational needs identified through a developmental screening process. Children will receive speech and language screenings to identify speech delays and on-going assessments that will be used to measure, adjust/improve, and report student process.

   $386,551 spent
   6% of program spending

7. Teen reach - the program provides recreation, field trips and after-school and summer activities for area children and youth at local schools.

   $286,562 spent
   4% of program spending

8. Reimagine - the reimagine public safety act (rpsa) is a state initiative aimed at reducing gun violence by providing grants for evidence-based intervention services for high-risk youth.

   $276,489 spentof which $64,705 as grants
   4% of program spending

9. Youth investment program - the illinois youth investment program (iyip) is a multi-faceted approach to youth employment that invests in the future of illinois' at-risk transition-age youth (16-24). This approach accounts for the youth's employment barriers and the physical, emotional, social and mental health needs while helping the youth secure and sustain long-term and/or career employment to ensure the greater likelihood of success and self-sufficiency.

   $161,377 spent
   2% of program spending

10. Usda food - governmental food program providing meals for children in the child care program and at the teen reach sites. Depending on the program, the participants receive breakfast, lunch and a snack in the childcare program and lunch or dinner and a snack at the teen reach sites. All participants are eligible to participate.

    $145,962 spent
    2% of program spending

11. Tanf job placement and retention seeks to provide job skills training, job placement and job retention services to persons receiving benefits through temporary assistance for needy families program. The program provides participants with orientation, employability assessments, employment plan development, educational screening, job readiness training, job skills training, job search assistance, job placement and job retention services.

    $91,060 spentof which $532 as grants
    1% of program spending

12. Family resource center - the center provides a variety of academic enrichment, arts & crafts, recreation, youth leadership and youth development activities for children and youth in the community. It also provides administration and coordination of services located in housing projects of the st. Clair housing authority's buildings for year-round programming.

    $7,613 spent
    0% of program spending

The 12 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,744,139.