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2003 - 2004 Services Summary

Services By Program..

Each program listed below is a link to its section of this services summary page. Move your "hand" cursor to the desired program and click to go to that 2001-2002 summary. ||
Child Care Assistance Program and Resource & Referral  || Community Services | I&R
Community Services | Educational Assistance || ENERGY ASSISTANCE ||
Home Energy Assistance ||
FACTS || Family Preservation || Family Reunification || FEMA Assistance | Other
FIRST || Foster Grandparent || Green River Intra-county Transit || Head Start || HOME Assistance || KISP
Lincolnshire Apartments || Retired & Senior Volunteers || Senior Service Corps
Senior Companion || Weatherization

Services By Program..

Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)

Eligibility in this program is limited to those households receiving benefits from public assistance programs (Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program, KTAP) or has an income below 165% of the federal poverty guideline. Care must be needed in order for a parent to work, attend school or training, a teen parent to finish high school or to provide protection for a child. Children must be under age 13 or be diagnosed as having a special need. Care can be provided by a relative, licensed center, certified family care or a private enrolled provider. Persons living in the same household as the family cannot be paid for providing care. CCAP stresses family responsibility. Except for protective service cases and families with a monthly income of less than $900, all families pay part of their child care expense. The following numbers are estimated figures pertaining to the 34-county Child Care Assistance Area serves.

 
Services Summary
Families Served (duplicated) 10,214
Children Served (duplicated) 19,902
Child Care Providers 1,814
2003-04 Provider Payments $ 24,487,033
CCAP Families 10,214
CCAP Children 19,902
Current Active Providers 1,134

Resource and Referral Services Summary

Resource & Referral Training Summary
  Total
Training Events 460
Training Hours 1,377
Providers Trained 6,187 (duplicated)
Referrals 231
Resource & Referral Scholarship Summary
  Number Awarded Total Amount Awarded
College Scholarships 265 $102,317
Non-College Scholarships 163 $32,600
Related Education Expenses   $11,250
CDA Mini-grants   $22,100
Total Educational Awards   $179,202

 

Community Services Block Grant  (CSBG)

Energy Assistance is perhaps the largest single service provided through the Community Services staff. Click on the link provided above to view the CSBG's services in that area.
For more information on the AACS' community services (CSBG) work in the area of family self-sufficiency, emergency assistance and community development go to Community Services' "Web site" page.

Community Services | Educational Assistance

ENERGY ASSISTANCE

Several families were served. Benefits were provided through more than 42 Green River Area utility/energy vendors.

Counseling Services

Family Preservation provides family reunification, family crisis intervention and support. During the past year the Family Preservation Program (FPP) served 50families from 7 Green River Counties.

To go to Family Preservation's "Web site" page, click on the link provided here.

Family Preservation Slots by County
Daviess 21
Hancock 3
Henderson 9
McLean 6
Ohio 6
Webster 5
Total Cases 90

Family Reunification

Family Reunification (FRP) helps reunify children and their parents/guardians. During the past year Family Reunification aided 23 family members.

Family Reunification Slots by County
Daviess 14
Hancock 1
Henderson 1
Ohio 6
Webster 1
Total Cases 23

FACTS

The FACTS program interventions in all seven counties were very successful, working to keep children at home, and to return some to the home.

FACTS Slots by County
Daviess 10
Henderson 2
Total Cases 12

KISP East Slots Used By County

KISP East Slots Used by County
Fayette 25
Clark 5
Madison 9
Laurel 4
Harlan 9
Total Cases 52

 

KISP Central Slots Used by County
Adair 7
Carrollton 10
Jefferson 39
Jesamine 4
Fayette 4
Franklin 5
Green 4
Henry 1
Metcalf 2
Nelson 3
Oldham 1
Russell 4
Shelby 7
Spence 2
Taylor 4
Woodford 7
Total Cases 104

 

KISP West Slots Used by County
Christian 23
Daviess 10
Graves 7
Hardin 17
Henderson 15
Logan 1
Meade 2
McCracken 11
Warren 16
Total Cases 15

 

FIRST Project

Family Intervention Resource Service Team (FIRST) serves youth in grades five through eight referred by the court-designated workers or Community Based Services. The goal is to decrease the number of youth of the Owensboro-Daviess county area who appear for adjudication in Juvenile Court by increasing the number of interventions available as alternatives to formal court appearances.

FIRST Service Summary
DJJ In-House Crisis 280
FIRST Project 224
Parenting Program 135
Total 639 Families
Program Funding  
DMH/SIAC $143,000
DJJ/In-House Crisis $75,000
DJJ/Parenting Program $18,000
Total $236,000

Green River Intra-county Transit

This year clients received 145,000 trips -- in accordance with the terms of the respective contractors' access requirements. To access the GRITS' "Web site" page, click on the link provided. Specific end of the fiscal year summaries are now located on this site.

GRITS Ridership Summary
County
Clients
Daviess 5,100
Hancock 432
Henderson 823
McLean 534
Ohio 702
Union 847
Webster 235
Total 8,673

Prior Year Comparisons
1997-98 94,348
1998-99 77,101
1999-2000 101,456
2000-01 108,000
2001-02 113,000
2002-03 142,500

Early Childhood Services (Head Start, Early Head Start, Preschool and Child Care Partnerships and Child-Family Development

To go to Head Start's "Web site" page, click on the link provided.

Children Served by Head Start/KERA | By Age
Prenatal 11
Age 0-1 123
Age 2 161
Age 3 1,060
Age 4 1,698
Age 5 15

   
Children Served by Head Start/KERA | By Sex
Male 1,629
Female 1,439

 

Children Served by Head Start/KERA | By Race
African American 548
Caucasian 2,265
Other 255

 

Children Served by Head Start/KERA | ByUSDA Child Care Food Eligibility
Free Meals 86%
Reduced-cost Meals 6%
Paid Meals 8%

 
Children Served by Head Start/KERA | By Parental Status
Single-parent Household 1,774
Two-parent Household 1,617
Foster-parent Household 16
Non-parent Household 19

Children Served by Head Start/KERA | By County
Caldwell 18
Christian 268
Crittenden 86
Daviess 786
Hancock 83
Henderson 118
Hopkins 450
Livingston 78
Lyon 61
McLean 98
Muhlenberg 310
Ohio 266
Todd 26
Trigg 118
Union 173
Webster 129
Total 3,068

Children With Disabilities
Vision Impairment 8
Hearing Impairment 1
Emotionally Disturbed 1
Physical Impairment 4
Speech Impairment 579
Health Impairment 9
Mental Retardation 1
Autism 7
Developmental Delay 327
Multiple Disabilities 5
Total 942

Parent and Community Activities
Parent Volunteers 2,854
Volunteer Hours 46,306
Value In-Kind Hours $ 625,685

Health Services Summary
Health Screenings 1,932
Dental examinations 2,086
Referred for Follow-up Treatment 1,257
Children with Up-to-date Immunizations 2,669

Social Services Summary
Families Served 2,854
Families Referred for Services 521
Families Receiving Direct Services 1,104
HOME Assistance

In 2003, Audubon received a total of $ in HOME funds. This program was funded for a two-year period. Three homes were demolished and rebuilt with this funding.

Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire North Apartments

The 208 units of HUD-assisted housing in Lincolnshire Apartments and Lincolnshire North Apartments were acquired as of November 29, 1995. Both properties were inspected by the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) in November. For a picture of one of the apartments and learn more about Lincolnshire, go to the AACS Housing "Web site" page via the link here provided.

Senior Service Corps

Senior Service Corps is a network of programs that tap the experience, skills, and talents of older citizens to meet community challenges. Through its three Audubon sponsored programs - Foster Grandparents (FGP), Senior Companions (SCP), and the Retired and Senior Volunteers (RSVP) - a cumulative total of 869 seniors age 55 and over donated 306,074 hours of service assisting local non-profits, public agencies, and faith-based organizations in carrying out their missions of, "To serve, not to be served."

Foster Grandparent (FGP)

County Volunteers Hours
Daviess 21 20,266
Hancock 2 1,672
Henderson 15 13,954
McLean 2 278
Muhlenberg 4 2,810
Ohio 4 4,464
Union 6 6,247
Total 54 49,691

To go to Foster Grandparent's "Web page", click on the link here provided; then scroll to the section of the National Senior Corps page which reviews Foster Grandparents.

Retired & Senior Volunteers

County Volunteers Hours
Daviess 299 99,858
Hancock 59 5,298
Henderson 110 18,582
McLean 88 9,913
Ohio 111 16,031
Union 19 1,744
Webster 34 13,978
Total 720 165,404

To go to RSVP's "Web page", click on the link here provided; then scroll to the section of the National Senior Corps page which reviews RSVP.

Senior Companion Program (SCP)

County Volunteers Hours
Daviess 36 36,629
Hancock 2 1,936
Henderson 34 33,164
McLean 1 147
Ohio 5 4,273
Union 9 6,550
Webster 8 8,280
Total 95 90,979

To go to Senior Companion's "Web page", click on the link here provided; then scroll to the section of the National Senior Corps page which reviews Senior Companions.

Weatherization

This year has been a good year for the remainder of the other housing programs that AACS operates. The Weatherization program was funded with $. This will be used to weatherize approximately dwellings.

To go to the Weatherization and related housing programs "Web site" page, click on the link here provided.

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