A high school student was hired to supervise and encourage the young writers. With an extremely impressive track record of helping families get back on their feet, this organization provides therapeutic child care and family support to homeless families. In one year, they increased the number of children served from 26 to 52. In spite of a small budget and staff, the facility is bright and cheerful. The 8,000 volunteer hours given annually enable them to provide foster grandmothers for child hugging and rocking, and to undertake property improvement projects, such as painting buildings and landscaping.
Lesson plans relate to sowing, watering, weeding and harvesting.
The children are stewards of this garden, and eat the fresh produce. This Coalition serves a seven-county area. Today, it provides a sun-filled, dry, colorful space for the children and their therapists. The Parent Place Litchfield, Illinois Administrators in this organization wanted to see if a successful parenting program in Springfield, Illinois, could be replicated in rural Litchfield. The Parent Place guides women in setting up and running local support and education groups to help mothers, who in rural areas often feel isolated and far from family support systems, become better parents.