Peoria Citizens Committee For Economic Opportunity Inc

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START/EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START: FULL YEAR PART DAY HANDICAPPED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICE TO CHILDREN IN NEED

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN

PEORIA CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, INCORPORATED (PCCEO IS A COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY AND LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND ECONOMIC SECURITY. PCCEO MANAGES FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL CONTRACTS VALUED AT $17,768,000 WHICH PROVIDE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SERVICES TO ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES RESIDING IN PEORIA COUNTY. A TOTAL OF 55 VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN VOLUNTEER CENTERS THROUGHOUT PEORIA AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES OF IL. OF THIS NUMBER 55 FOSTER GRANDPARENTS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME BASED ASSIGNMENT PLANS THAT WILL TARGET THE INDIVIDUAL CHILD'S NEED AND TRACT THE CHILD'S PROGRESS AND ACTIVITIES THE FOSTER GRANDPARENTS WILL BE CONDUCTING IN THE CLASSROOMS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA IS EDUCATION, FROM BIRTH THROUGH PRE-SCHOOL TO PREPARE CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCHOOL TO ENSURE THAT THE CONCEPTS THAT ARE TAUGHT ARE ABLE TO BE MASTERED. SOME VOLUNTEERS ARE UTILIZED DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS TO ASSIST CHILDREN WHO ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL AND OTHERS ARE PLACED IN SUMMER SITES TO HELP MENTOR STUDENTS THROUGH SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS. AT THE COMPLETION OF THE 3 YEAR GRANT, OVER 350 STUDENTS WILL ACHIEVE BETTER READING MASTERY, MATH, AND LITERACY SKILLS.

EARLY HEAD START ARRA EXPANSION

HEAD START: FULL YEAR PART DAY HANDICAPPED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE