Spring started out with guessing whether the groundhog would see his shadow or not. We encouraged the children to vote on whether or not we were going to have six more weeks of winter and created a graph to display our data! Those who said we were going to have an...
The Private Industry Council of Westmoreland / Fayette Inc. (PIC) is celebrating 40 years of offering youth programs in Westmoreland/Fayette counties. To celebrate this milestone, PIC is welcoming all youth to their Youth Open House events to learn more about all PIC...
For the past two years, Head Start / Early Head Start have been participating in a Local March for Babies fundraising walk. Each year our donations to the March of Dimes have grown. This year, as in the past two years, we will meet at Hutchinson Park on Saturday,...
Early Head Start Childcare Partnership (EHS-CCP) is a center-based program for infants and toddlers. EHS CCP partners with eligible daycares to create EHS CCP infant /toddlers’ rooms within the daycare. But how is this different from the current head start and Pre k...
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Head Start / Early Head Start FAQs The Private Industry Council discusses frequently asked questions for Head Start and Early Head Start students. Private Industry Council operates the Head Start / Early Head Start program for Beaver and Fayette Counties in the...
The Employment, Advancement, Retention Network (EARN) program operated by the Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette, Inc. is one of seven programs across the State of Pennsylvania to receive the Department of Human Services Innovation Grant. This grant was funded through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program which is a federally funded program that assists families with children when parents or other responsible relatives struggle to make ends meet and provide for the family’s basic needs.
The Private Industry Council is using the grant funding to take a holistic approach to addressing the barriers of mental health and substance abuse for those involved in the EARN Program. This will be accomplished through the use of behavioral health services which are provided to not just the client but the entire family unit. By including the family, this project will take a multi-generational approach to addressing barriers which are preventing individuals from obtaining credentialing, job placement and retention while helping to build a support system.
All clients will be given a Risk Assessment identifying their individual mental health and substance abuse knowledge/needs. This assessment will then guide the group and individual behavioral health sessions. The sessions may include just the individual or the family unit. The client will also be provided the opportunity to enroll in a training program that will help them obtain gainful employment. In order to successfully complete these tasks, each enrolled client will be given a Chromebook to complete the training program as well as participate in individual behavioral health sessions via Zoom.
Through this funding, the program will also be providing quarterly Family Engagement Events at the Fayette County and Westmoreland County sites. These events will be a multi-generational educational event that will connect the EARN client and their family unit with education.
Successful participants will be eligible for a $500.00 saving bond for their oldest child which can be used to assist in post-secondary costs such as college or training programs. The bond matures when the child turns 18 and will be able to be cashed by the child at this time.
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