WAYNE COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC

Programs

1. Head start - this federally funded program provides comprehensive services to pregnant women, infants, toddlers and preschool children and their families. Services are provided in the areas of education, health, nutrition, family services, parent involvement and mental health. Special efforts are made to provide services for children with special needs. The program philosophy recognizes parents as the primary educators of their children. We welcome and encourage parent involvement in all program functions and work as partners with the family centers in ontario, sodus, huron, clyde, lyons, newark and palmyra. The program serves 178 children and their families annually. Eligibility for both programs is based on annual income, family size and special needs.

   $4,288,245 spent$86,065 earned by the program
   28% of program spending

2. Weatherization - this federally funded program helps low-income homeowners and renters conserve energy, lower heating bills, and keep homes warm in frigid temperatures. All services are free of charge to wayne, ontario, seneca & cayuga residents whom are either categorically eligible or whose incomes are at or below the program guidelines. Weatherization serves 743 low-income and elderly individual households annually.

   $2,989,504 spent$789,834 earned by the program
   20% of program spending

3. School age program - school age program has shown recent growth primarily due to the steady work program. Steady work addresses generational rural poverty one young person at a time. Participants are provided meaningful, initial work experiences that are designed to develop soft skills and achieve goals participants set for themselves in unique workforce entry plans. Participants are aged 14-24 and employed on average 20 hours per week. Intake includes screening for barriers to employment including literacy, educational attainment, possession of a driver's license, other job skills, and experience. During intake, participants also set goals for themselves. Career development can include assistance with applications directly to available jobs but may also mean assistance in applying to a trade school or community college and assistance with financial aid paperwork. Participants are linked to community resources for specific topics such as fiscal management. Often basic concepts like the opening of bank accounts and paying bills, or understanding interest and loans require specific tutelage. The program uses a network of local employers to help participants seek out full time…

   $5,592,889 spent$1,033,561 earned by the program
   37% of program spending

4. Community services block grant - this is the administrative arm for the organization's multi-funded programs. Its purpose is to stimulate a better focusing of federal, state and local resources while developing strategies which can maximize the effect of those resources to provide relief to the disadvantaged and assist them toward self-sufficiency. (4,591 served)

   $227,132 spent
   1% of program spending

5. Americorps - americorps is the national service opportunity for americans of all ages and backgrounds to serve their community. Partnering with local non-profit agencies and schools, americorps members mentor youth and developmentally disabled adults. This program serves 72 individuals annually.

   $160,034 spent$22,612 earned by the program
   1% of program spending

6. Retired and senior volunteer program (rsvp) - this program invites men and women age 55 or better to use their lifetime experience, skills and hobbies to serve their neighborhood communities in need. Rsvp volunteers are able to report hours for volunteering in non-profit agencies and organizations with which rsvp has a memorandum of understanding. Rsvp serves wayne, ontario and seneca counties. This program serves 1,502 individuals annually.

   $76,878 spent
   1% of program spending

7. The foster grandparents program - this is a volunteer program designed to benefit children with special needs as well as senior citizens with limited income. Foster grandparent volunteers are assigned to a variety of child care settings throughout the counties of wayne, ontario, seneca, and yates. This program serves 150 individuals annually.

   $367,155 spent$18,543 earned by the program
   2% of program spending

8. Other programs - include the healthy families new york, transitional housing, community respite and other miscellaneous programs.

   $1,561,036 spent$161,120 earned by the program
   10% of program spending

The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,262,873.