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211 South Street • PO Box 101 • Cambridge, WI 53523 • (608) 423-4799 (Voice)
Total Funds: $11,929
education
Youth Center • A drop-in activity and resource center for middle school youth grades six through eight in the Cambridge School District. The center offers afterschool and summer activities at no cost to participants and is designed to provide a positive, safe harbor for youth at an age when they are particularly vulnerable to the dangers of drugs, alcohol, and other negative influences.
CANOPY CENTER, INC(formerly Parental Stress Center)
2120 Fordem Ave Ste 110 • Madison, WI 53704 • (608) 241-4888 (Voice & TDD) • (608) 241-4825 (FAX)
Total Funds: $159,974
health, safety
Stressline, Outreach, Prevention Education • Provides a 24-hour telephone line for parents under stress and at-risk of abusing their children. Outreach and education promotes prevention and early intervention of child abuse in the community through workshops and seminars about the dynamics of family violence, treatment techniques and dissemination of available community resources.
Families United Network • Offers a support and parentingskill-building program for parents at-risk of committing child abuse. The program consists of support groups for parents, structured child care, a program for children who are at-risk or have been abused and a children's support group. OASIS
OASIS - Family Sexual Abuse Treatment Program • A treatment and prevention program for children and teens who have been sexually abused by a family member or other trusted person.
Groups are also available for non-offending parents and caregivers. The program seeks to help individuals and families heal from abuse and learn effective protective strategies.
CARE WISCONSIN (formerly Elder Care of Wisconsin)
2802 International Ln • Cambridge, WI 53704 • (608) 240-0020 (Voice) • (608) 245-3077 (FAX)
Total Funds: $89,935
independence
Adult Services • Supports day services and therapeutic activity for frail and disabled elderly persons in the Madison downtown, West side and rural areas. The program's supportive services enable participants to maximize their strengths, assist and support caregivers, relieve social isolation and prevent costly institutionalization (nursing home care). An adult day program and support for elderly persons diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease is also provided. A monthly support group meeting for caregivers is an integral part of the program.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF MADISON
702 S. High Point Road • PO Box 46550 • Madison, WI 53744-6550 • (608) 821-3100 (Voice) • (608) 821-3125 (FAX)
Total Funds: $547,611
health, housing, independence
Caregiver Training • Teaches essential day-to-day caregiving skills that include infection control, moving/lifting/transferring techniques, skin care, minimizing falls and incontinence care. Participants also receive helpful information about community supportive services.
Companion Care • Provides in-home companionship for persons 55+ living alone or with family. Provides transportation and light housekeeping services and exercise.
Elder Mentor • A collaborative effort with Lutheran Social Services and area church congregation networks to provide information, advice and emotional support to older adults who are making major life transition decisions. The older person in crisis is linked with a volunteer "expert" who provides support and access to a wide array of community resources.
Project FACE & FACE-Kids • A collaborative effort among Catholic Charities, Lutheran Social Services, Family Services, Children's Service Society, the Mental Health Center of Dane County, and The Rainbow Project to provide group mental health services to un- and underinsured, rural, or at-risk children (4 to 13), families and individuals.
Individual & Family Counseling • Individual and family counseling services that address family stress, marital issues, pregnancy and other mental health crisis situations.
Project FACE-Kids Connections • The goal of the program is to link children and families to community mental health services, who otherwise would not have access to services. A full time coordinator works directly with each identified child, the family, school, and mental health agencies to ensure that the child received uninterrupted mental health services.
Respite Care • Provides in-home respite care to caregivers of frail, older adults through the use of community volunteers.
810 W. Badger Road • Madison, WI 53713 • (608) 255-3018 (Voice) • (608) 255-2975 (FAX)
Total Funds: $216,815
education, housing, safety
General Support • Provides assistance and support to low-income Hispanics as they adjust to a new culture and language. The program helps persons access community services and provides advocacy, information, referral, transportation and case management through collaboration and coordination with other agencies.
Aspira • This targeted alcohol and drug abuse prevention program works with Hispanic youth at East, West and Memorial High Schools. The program focuses on parental involvement in program activities and stresses the importance of education for employment and positive life experiences.
Juventud • Provides pre-employment skill training and support for low-income, at-risk Middle School Hispanic youth.
Latino Employment Assistance • While this program's primary focus is on helping Latino adults find employment, the program also provides assistance to local community employers who are seeking to employ and train people from minority groups. Both groups receive the support they need to make the job placement a positive and successful one.
"Nuestra Casa": Supportive Housing • Works with Latino individuals and families to educate, facilitate communication and support in maintaining and/or retaining rental housing.
New Routes Adolescent • To reduce detention rates, stay at detention centers, recidivism, contact with police of adolescents participating in the program and to guide young men and women to healthier life styles, drug free and successful academic performance, with a strong collaboration with school officials.
CHILDREN'S SERVICE SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN
1716 Fordem Ave • Madison, WI 53704 • (608) 221-3511 (Voice) • (608) 221-3514 (FAX)
Total Funds: $471,626
education, health, children
Child and Family Counseling • Provides counseling and support for at-risk families under stress. Many low-income families with few or no resources may require in-home counseling. Families and Schools Together (FAST)
Families and Schools Together (FAST) – FAST Elementary and Middle School • A collaborative project between Family Service and the public schools providing early intervention services to at-risk families. The goal of the program is to empower families through various therapy approaches and community linkages.
Family Resource Centers • This program is a communitybased, multi-faceted, early intervention strategy that provides support and education to families with children ages 0-5. We educate parents on their child's needs, improve parent child interactions, and help ensure that children are entering kindergarten with the skills necessary to succeed.
United Way Mobile Play and Learn • An innovative program based on a model from Hawaii that brings quality early childhood programming to communities on a truck that has been retrofitted to include a gross motor skill development area. Materials are taken from the truck to establish a play center at an indoor location and once a week, family, friend and neighbor caregivers come together to learn how to help their children, birth to 5 develop through play and reduce their own isolation.
301 Blankenheim Lane • Sun Prairie, WI 53590 • (608) 837-4611 (Voice) • (608) 837-9302 (FAX)
Total Funds: $97,128
independence
Adult Day Center • Improves the quality of life for frail elderly persons who are in need of support, supervision, assistance and social contact in order to maintain independent living. The program delays or prevents the need for costly nursing home care.
Case Management Outreach • Offers outreach and support services to help elderly persons living in rural areas cope with everyday needs and stresses. Outreach workers provide information and referral, coordinate needed services and help reduce isolation for elderly persons.
Supportive Home Care • Offers assistance for elderly persons living in their homes who need help with personal care activities, home chore services and escort to medical appointments. Enhances the quality of life for older adults, gives them the opportunity to participate in their own care, which in turn, enables them to remain independent and live in their homes.
COMMUNITY ACTION COALITION (CAC) FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
1717 N. Stoughton Road (Highway 51) • Madison, WI 53704 • (608) 246-4730 (Voice) • (608) 246-4768 (TDD) (608) 246-4760 (FAX)
Total Funds: $219,861
housing, independence, safety
Building Bridges • Provides targeted financial counseling and credit repair to residents of city owned property in the Allied Drive neighborhood to assure their readiness to become residents in the City of Madison new development of affordable public housing in this troubled neighborhood.
Citizen Advocacy • Integrates persons with developmental disabilities into the community through the use of volunteer citizen advocates, and provides a link between the broader community and persons with developmental disabilities.
Community Gardens • Establishes and supports community-sponsored and community-managed gardens. The program provides expertise, flexibility, capacity and continuity to create opportunities for citizens and communities to become more self-sufficient through the strengthening of community leadership and infrastructure, and the development of local food production.
Family Support (Case Management) • Provides intensive case management for families and/or individuals who are at risk of becoming homeless, at risk of eviction, those living in doubled-up circumstances or those families that are not receiving shelter or case management from another source.
Food Resources • A collaborative effort to increase and enhance the amount and quality of food and personal/infant care item donations available for Dane County food pantries, free meal sites, mass distribution sites and homeless shelters. The 30+ food pantries in Dane County are a safety net for the working poor as well as low-income elderly and single parent families.
COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE (4-C)
6300 Enterprise Ln • Madison, WI 53719 • (608) 271-9181 (Voice & TDD) • (608) 271-5380 (FAX)
Total Funds: $63,118
children
Safety/Health Educator • Links childcare providers with continuing education workshops, community well-child clinics, and other community safety/health resources. Provides technical assistance to family childcare and group centers on safety/health related concerns in a manner that improves staff skills and practical knowledge, and increases availability of caregiver education, so as to promote healthy children in childcare settings.
Latino Project • Provides specialized training and support to Latino child care providers, helps with licensing, materials, etc.
Launching Into Literacy • Provides specialized training for childcare providers in the area of bringing literacy into their curriculum to prepare children for kindergarten.
306 N. Brooks Street • Madison, WI 53715 • (608) 257-7489 (Voice) • (608) 257-9808 (FAX)
Total Funds: $30,716
independence
Activities Program • Focuses on the arts as a means to build self-confidence, express feelings and ideas, tell stories, develop skills, educate and enhance lives. Activities range from computer and internet training and office management to art and writing workshops, field trips, drawing classes, reading, crafts, newsletter production, board training, self-help groups and much more. Serves all Dane County adults with psychiatric disabilities (95% of membership) and their allies (family/friends, etc. 5%).