SYLACAUGA ALLIANCE FOR FAMILY ENHANCEMENT INC

Programs

1. Education and training bridges - 21st century community learning centers - the bridges program provides youth development activities to youngsters in the sylacauga community who are ages 5-14 (grades kindergarten - 8th). As a primary prevention program, it is designed to equip youth and families with the resiliency skills to make healthy life choices while providing safe, quality, after-hours day care for youngsters for the 21st century bridges programs and youth for the at risk bridges program. An academic coordinator, academic coach, and academic assistants implement the after school and summer programs. The programs are housed at indian valley elementary school, comer elementary school, graham elementary, salter elementary, and houston elementary school for the 21st century learning center and the at risk program is housed at nichols lawson middle school. The mission of the bridges programs, sylacauga's vehicle to becoming a community of promise, is to provide the five basic resources outlined through america's promise. The five resources provide a framework of developmental assets that youths need to become competent, responsible, and caring adults and are as follows: a)…

   $4,056,973 spent
   45% of program spending

2. Family support services home instruction program for parents of preschool youngsters (hippy) a primary prevention program, hippy, targets families of three-, four- and five-year-olds, and is designed to ensure and strengthen family bonding, enhance school readiness, and empower parents to improve the quality of life within their families. This program is delivered by paraprofessionals hired from the service community who are trained to assist participating parents in implementing the nationally recognized and researched-based hippy curriculum. The hippy program builds on the basic bond between parents and children and, through role-playing with paraprofessionals, parents practice the weekly activities provided through this intervention component. Group meetings are provided as a vehicle for the development of parenting skills training and support group interaction. The darr family foundation also provides curriculum and program materials for this program. Family preservation - dhr the family preservation program is supported by the state of alabama department of human resources (dhr) promoting safe and stable families program grant which provides funds to prevent the unnecessary…

   $2,107,378 spent
   23% of program spending

3. Workforce development snap/a-reset this program assists snap participants to gain skills, training or work experience to increase their ability to obtain regular employment for economic self- sufficiency. Snap/a-reset is part of the workforce ready initiative. Workforce ready! Strengthening families through fathers the primary goal of this program is to provide access to educational opportunities, create pathways to sustainable employment and to promote the father's involvement in the children's lives and compliance with child support. This program is targeted to serve fathers referred by dhr for non-compliance with child support. These fathers participate in paid training and the program helps the fathers obtain and sustain employment. Workforce innovation opportunity act (wioa) this program provides academic instruction, case management, guidance and counseling, tutoring, employability skills/job readiness training and post-secondary preparation for young adults ages 16-24 who meet the workforce innovation opportunity act out-of-school eligibility requirements. Partners in the program include central alabama community college, and talladega career center. Reality work center the…

   $1,973,828 spent
   22% of program spending

4. Transportation: sylacauga's public on-time transportation (s.p.o.t.) s.p.o.t. Is managed day-to-day through the safe family services center with the city of sylacauga designated as the grantee of the program. Public transportation is available to residents of sylacauga and the surrounding areas. The purpose is to enhance access of individuals in non-urbanized areas to health care, shopping, education, employment, public services, and recreation; and to bring affordable transportation to all persons in the community.workforce ready transport alabama workforce ready transport program provides transit services to address the unique transportation challenges faced by low-income persons seeking to get and keep jobs. The alabama workforce ready transport's goal is to improve access and transportation services to employment and employment related activities for low income individuals at no cost to the individual. Transportation services are needed to transport individuals attending employment and employment-related activities. Participants and their children need safe transportation delivered in a timely fashion upon request and often at short notice. Employment-related activities…

   $675,065 spent
   7% of program spending

5. Dance and performing arts the southern dance & performing arts company is a safe haven for the children of safe's community providing dance and fitness in school and in after school programs. Children have been able to develop their unique talents in an environment set with highly qualified educators with a mission to develop and train the complete performer.

   $157,187 spent$127,879 earned by the program
   2% of program spending

6. Agriscience sylacauga grows sylacauga grows is a community project that encourages community members and leaders to work together during economically challenging times toward a common mission to grow specialty crops and healthy communities through farming and education. Objectives of the sylacauga grows project are to provide fresh vegetables to unemployed, disabled and low income families needing assistance with daily food needs; to create a comprehensive initiative that provides experiences to educate the community about farming, gardening, food, and nutrition; and to teach entrepreneurial skills to better equip youth and adults with additional employment skills by providing a comprehensive volunteer program.

   $43,556 spent
   0% of program spending

7. Through funds from the city of sylacauga, central alabama community college, sylacauga utilities board, and donations, other programs are provided at safe, which are as follows: city of sylacauga and other the city of sylacauga and other category is comprised of funding from the city of sylacauga, united way and other local programs to provide services from safe to assist families to access basic needs that might include food, clothing, shelter and transportation; to provide educational opportunities in collaboration with other educational agencies in the city; to provide parent education and support; job training; and referral/support services to all agencies in the area for such issues as health, domestic violence, child care, transportation, etc.sylacauga's promise 100 best communities in the nation for youth is a part of alabama's and america's promise. America's promise was founded after the president's summit for america's future in 1997 by general colin powell. Through sylacauga's promise-the alliance for youth, safe's community recognizes the promise in each young person. Through this, sylacauga acts on its promise to put children first. Sylacauga must provide all of…

   $41,540 spent
   0% of program spending

The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,055,527.