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Program: Supporting Single Mothers through Mentoring their Children
Agency: Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Spokane
Offers one-to-one match-ups between trained mentors and at-risk youth from families headed by single mothers to reduce the risk of academic and social failure through support and shared activities.
Program: Child Development Associates (CDA) Training Program
Agency: Blue Prints for Learning
Provides student scholarships for a high quality training course for early childhood educators.
Program: St. Margaret’s Shelter
Agency: Catholic Charities of Spokane
Provides shelter and support services for homeless women and their children, including employment training.
Program: Monday Mentoring
Agency: Communities in Schools of Spokane County
A school-based mentoring program at Cheney, Glover & Chase Middle Schools to increase academic performance and develop positive relationships.
Program: Camp Dart-Lo
Agency: Camp Fire USA Inland NW Council
Provides a safe, fun, educational environment for children without the family financial capacity to provide quality learning experiences during the summer.
Program: Overcoming Educational Barriers & Improving Self-Sufficiency in Adult Ed. Students
Agency: Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation – Institute for Extended Learning
Assistance to low-income female students for transportation, emergency housing, testing fees, and vision and dental care.
Program: Engaging Youth through Technology for Greater Treatment Success
Agency: Daybreak Youth Services
Utilization of attention-focusing technology to improve the effectiveness of adolescent and family counseling within alcohol and drug treatment and prevention programs.
Program: Starfish Youth Camp
Agency: East Central Neighborhood Wellness Association
Community center based free weekend and winter break daycare for families in the East Central neighborhood.
Program: Girl Scouts Program Center
Agency: Girl Scouts of E. WA and N. ID
Provides after school and out of school informal learning opportunities for girls in grades K-6 in a safe girl-only environment.
Program: Campus Based Mentoring: Campus Kids & Shaw Connection
Agency: Gonzaga University, CCASL
Part of the ongoing mentoring programs created in response to requests that Gonzaga University do something to stop neighborhood children from engaging in self-destructive behavior due to unsupervised out-of-school time.
Program: Out-of-School-Time Programs
Agency: Martin Luther King Jr. Family Outreach Center
Provides school readiness programs and prevention of drop-out, aggressive behavior and drug abuse by teaching social and emotional skills.
Program: Pediatric Team for Children’s Advocacy Center
Agency: Partners with Families & Children
Center medical team that provides medical examinations resulting from child physical and sexual abuse.
Program: Nurturing Center for Children & Families Counseling Therapy & Parent Education
Agency: Salvation Army Spokane Corps
Addresses the social, emotional and mental health needs of children, women and families through development of family support systems, reunification and stabilization.
Program: School Pantry Program
Agency: Second Harvest Inland Northwest
Prioritizing child hunger; this pilot program provides nutritious food to one middle school and one high school for weekly distribution to students from food insecure homes.
Program: Transitional Living Center (TLC)
Agency: Transitional Programs for Women
Wraparound services help homeless women stabilize and move their young families toward independent living.
Program: Women’s Hearth
Agency: Transitional Programs for Women
A day center serving chronically homeless women and those who are housed but on the edge of homelessness. Connects women to vital social services and creates community.
Program: Alexandria’s House: Life Skills
Agency: Volunteers of America
Provides life skills training for previously homeless mothers, ages 16-21.
Program: West Central Community Center
Agency: Youth Sports Skills Development & Scholarship Program
Provides opportunities to develop athletic abilities and attitudes and scholarships to participate in organized sports leagues for kids ages 6-15.
Program: Nutrition to Go
Agency: Women and Children’s Free Restaurant
New program which provides packaged oven ready takeaway entrees to three low income child care centers, including the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery.
Program: Pride Cup Campers
Agency: YMCA of the Inland Northwest
Giving Spokane’s least privileged children the “best week of their lives.” Funding to defray costs for 110 5th & 6th graders to attend Camp Reed.
Program: Anti-Bullying Training for Trainers
Agency: Youth Suicide Prevention Program
Provides education to adults who work with youth to recognize the signs of bias-based bullying and understand the link to suicide risk in vulnerable young people.
Program: ADVP: Legal Advocacy Program
Agency: YWCA of Spokane
Focuses on victim safety through coordinated advocacy and educating victims as to their legal options and providing emotional support throughout the judicial process.
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