Program areas at FiveCAP
PROVIDED HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START SERVICES IN LAKE COUNTY, MANISTEE COUNTY, MASON COUNTY AND NEWAYGO COUNTY. The objectives of the programs are to promote the school readiness of low-income preschool children (ages 3 to 5) by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development in learning environments that support their growth in language, literacy, mathematics, science, social and emotional functioning, creative art, physical skills, and approaches to learning. Parents also receive social services and participate in various decision-making processes related to the operation of the program.
ADMINISTERED HOME WEATHERIZATION FUNDS BENEFITING LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. The objective of the Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons program is to increase the energy efficiency of dwellings owned or occupied by low-income persons, reduce their total expenditures on energy, and improve their health and safety. WAP has a special interest in addressing these needs for low-income persons who are particularly vulnerable, such as the elderly, disabled persons, and families with children, as well as those with high energy usage and high energy burdens.
ADMINISTERED SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD AND EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAMS TO QUALIFYING SENIORS AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WHO MEET INCOME AND OTHER GUIDELINES OF THE RESPECTIVE GRANT AGENCIES. The objective of the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Cluster is to provide U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-donated commodities to low-income households for home consumption, and to provide hot meals prepared from USDA-donated commodities to needy persons in congregate settings.
Community services block grant administratoin
Deliverable fuel program
Other miscellaneous service programs