Monthly parent nights also give the parents a chance to evaluate the program accomplishments and endeavors. Parenting and youth information is distributed daily through brochures and flyers. Classes regarding parenting issues are offered throughout the year. Gooding, Idaho, the target area for the SACC program has a tremendous need for the K.A.S.H. program. This county maintains a rate of forty-five percent above the state average for children living in poverty.
Children come home to empty houses with sixty-nine percent of parents in the work force.
K.A.S.H. especially targets those lower income families with scholarships sponsored by additional grant monies, local churches, businesses and citizens. Resources in the form of facility usage, transportation, grant writing, and grant funding are some of the ways the Gooding community collaborators have helped to support the K.A.S. H. program. For instance the School District provides busing daily, they include program information in a weekly school bulletin and assist with school age projects. The staff are recruited, trained and supported to provide an educational, structured, safe environment for school age youth. The program works with various organizations in the community to enhance the opportunities for school age children by inviting senior citizens and other organizations to become volunteers providing needed skills to youth.