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Purpose: To provide adequate housing to low income single parents
- Eligibility: Single parents, low income provided to be less than $750 monthly
- Requirements: Gainfully employed or enrolled in Work Force Essentials Job Training Program. Must meet 30 hours per week of either school hours, gainful employment, or volunteer hours for the L.E.A.P. organization (volunteers hours must be approved). Must subscribe to background check and be willing to take submit to random drug screen. Upon completion of background check, applicant will go before housing committee to be interviewed and a determination made for acceptance in the program.
- Emergency Housing: 1st 2nd months’ rent will be free with 3rd & 4th months’ will be half market value. In the 5th month the tenant will have the option to pay full market value for unit and sign a lease one year lease or pay a discounted market value based on approved volunteer hours in the LEAP organization.
- Supportive Housing: Tenant signs 1 year lease, Security deposit may be made in full or in 4 month installments added to the tenant’s portion of required rent. Members of the household must be approved by the Housing Authority. Additional persons may not be added without prior approval of LEAP and Housing Authority. The tenant may be eligible to receive discounts off tenant owed rent based on approved volunteer hours with the LEAP ORG. Tenant will have the option to participate in the home owners program in which case they set up monthly allotments to have funds set aside for a period of 5 years. Once funds have matured the tenant should have the ability to pay a down payment on a home.
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Purpose: To establish a development program for primary education, community involvement, higher education and career development
- Personal Mentors are assigned 2 to 3 mentees and are responsible for contacting them via phone weekly in addition to following up with parent bi-weekly to ensure that child development goals are being met.
- Small Groups Mentors work directly with the schools by setting up tables during lunch periods to speak with students about mentoring program and issues they face. They also facilitate and develop curriculum and activities for weekly small group sessions as well as Chaperon college visits and field trips.
- Tutoring is available on Wednesdays from 6 pm to 7 pm.
- Each month would have its own theme so that all activities outside of mentoring would be theme specific. For example January – Career Development, February – Cultural Diversity, March – Higher Learning, April –Youth Planned Event, May – Community Service, June – Field Trip/Fun Activities.
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Purpose: To provide quality and professional child and family development services for low income families in our community
- Our goal is to model the LEAP Learning Center after Head Start to aid low income families with child care and development.
- Parents will be a vital source for the LEAP Learning Center because they are familiar with our philosophy and services as well as their community. LEAP encourages the parents to volunteer and to apply for positions which they qualify.
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Purpose: To establish strategies and implement workforce development initiatives that addresses the problem of long-term, disproportionately high unemployment within community
- Of all construction workers on the project at least 35% will be minority and 10% women.
- Programs in Job training, resume writing, interview technique coaching, and job shadowing will be offered through partnership with Workforce Essentials. First priority on all programs will be given to public housing residents and low and moderate income individuals in neighboring and surrounding communities.
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