YOUTH SERVICES / CHILD CARE: Total Funding: $125,000
Intensive Family Services Project $10,000
Cayuga Counseling Services
The Intensive Family Services Project will use $10,000 in CDBG funding to expand the existing child abuse prevention program by providing Parent Aide services for up to ten (10) additional low- or moderate-income Auburn families who would not otherwise qualify for these services. Using home visits, Parent Aides enable parents to improve parenting skills, use appropriate community resources and reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect in the community.
Violence Intervention Children’s Program $21,000
Cayuga/Seneca Community Action Agency
Cayuga/Seneca Community Action Agency, will utilize $21,000 in CDBG funding to The Violence Intervention Children’s Program will provide direct services to 50 children (aged 3-18) of domestic violence victims served by the Domestic Violence Intervention Program. The program will provide services to children that will include advocacy for children, safety-planning information, short-term counseling. The program will also address naming the violence; understanding the cause of dating violence; implementing clear guidelines for intervening in abusive relationships and violent situations; handling disclosures of violence in family and dating relationships; developing strategies to end the violence and offering children alternative attitudes and behaviors.
Dental Program $12,000
East Hill Family Medical
The dental program will expand the delivery of critically needed dental services targeted to low-income families in the community. The grant will be used to specifically equip a dental operatory located in the Metcalf Plaza building in downtown Auburn. An additional 1,500 low-income persons will additional be served dental services.
Summer Youth Day Camp $30,000
Booker T. Washington Community Center
The Booker T. Washington Community Center on Chapman Avenue will use $30,000 in CDBG funds to provide a summer camp for youth that will provide children with activities in sports, theater arts, and arts & crafts. BTW’s proposes to provide 250 youth from Auburn’s southwest quadrant with free after school and summer programming. The project will encompass a wide range of fun, supervised youth development activities to promote positive social outcomes for neighborhood youth. The program will be providing the children useful, fun, positive, and varied recreational opportunities to build stronger neighborhoods. As part of the expansion, the After-School Program for youth ages 5 – 12 years old will take place between 3:30 – 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday during the school year. The Teen
Program for youths between the ages of 13 and 19 years old will run between 6:00 – 9:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday during the school year. BTW expects to offer hours on one weekend day during the school year. This expansion will increase the productive options for neighborhood youths during the 2003-2004 program year. CDBG funding will ensure that the proper staff-to-child ratio is maintained. The Youth Summer Program will begin in July and end seven weeks later. Current plans call for a mix of morning, afternoon and all day programs at three sites around the city.
Cayuga Counseling $10,000
Youth Court of Cayuga County
The Cayuga Counseling Service will employ $10,000 in CDBG funds to provide a Youth Court program which will act as an alternative to the traditional criminal justice system, by having offenders appear before a jury of peers and being sentenced. Sentences typically include, but are not limited to, community service, restitution, mediation, a letter of apology, counseling and stress rehabilitative goals. The program is intended to reduce the incidences of delinquent behavior, and to reduce recidivism among the population as a result of the youths understanding the consequences of their behavior. Furthermore, the participants will become familiar with the criminal justice system, and the rule of law and the functioning of the legal system.
Child Care Subsidy Program $35,000
Child Care Council of the Finger Lakes
The Child Care Subsidy Program, offered by the Child Care Council of the Finger Lakes, is designed to offer affordable child care to low- and moderate-income residents of the City of Auburn. The $35,000 in funding, enables the Child Care Council the options to subsidy funding for low-income parents in search of quality, affordable and accessible child-care. The program pays up to $55 per week for each child involved in full time child-care. Payment is made directly to the child-care provider who must be a registered family day care provider or licensed day care center. The program anticipates serving between 33 and 50 children, depending on the type of child-care needed. The primary participant and beneficiary of the program is Neighborhood House, which will be guaranteed a portion of the Child Care Subsidy Program slots. The
Child Care Council also offers training and technical assistance to family day care providers and day care center staff.
Freedom Recreational Services for Youth with Disabilities $7,000
3 Ts for Freedom Camp (Transportation, Trips and Talent)
The 3 Ts for Freedom Camp, offered by the Freedom recreational Services, is a summer day camping experience for children with special needs. The $7,000 in funding enables children with defined documented disabilities between the ages of 4 to 21 and is open to siblings in the family a summer day camping experience. The funding will also allow for transportation within the City and also to bring in entertainment for the summer campers.
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