Program areas at The Planning Council
Family and children services - The Planning Council (tpc) administers The u.s. department of argriculture child and adult care food program (cacfp) in eighteen (18) counties in Maryland, across eastern Virginia and in The district of columbia. Ensuring compliance with usda requirements and recommendations to approximately 1,460 family childcare homes and centers. Provide monitoring to safeguard that 17,000 children in care receive nutritious meals that otherwise might not. Additional child nutrition and wellness initiatives administered for various Virginia foundations fosters healthy development, as well as enhances The cacfp program. Tpc operates The exceptional family members program (efmp) respite care services for The u. s. navy. Serving 550 military families with special needs child/ren and linking them to qualified child care providers allowing respite from daily challenges and demands. Conduct recruitment and monitoring of appropriate care providers matched to The specific needs of The child.
Information and referral services- tpc provides regional outreach support to The 2-1-1 information center of hampton roads, which maintains data on 5,000 organizations, group, agencies and programs to provide information on services for a variety of human service needs.
Community Planning - tpc provides expertise and assistance with community needs and capacity assessments, demographic analysis, coalition building, community problem-solving, strategic Planning, development of outcome measures, grant writing and research. Services also offered include training, consultation, technical assistance, analysis and demonstration. Tpc coordinates The homeless programs funded by hud and The Virginia department of housing and community development in south hampton roads and The va peninsula. Support activities include evaluating gaps in services, facilitating regional Planning, coordinating The continuum of care meetings, reporting to hud and dhcd, managing The homeless information system (hmis), and hosting websites for consumers and stakeholders. In 2022, grants, hotel stay and shelter during covid were given to 425 recipients. Additionally, 512 individuals received grants from The helping overcome personal emergency fund.