COMMUNITY PROGRESS COUNCIL INC

HOUSING COUNSELING AND EDUCATION: THE HCE PROGRAM PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF CLIENT NEEDS TO HOMELESS AND LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY. CPC'S HUD-CERTIFIED COUNSELORS PROVIDE FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER WORKSHOPS AND ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING, SUPPORTED BY FUNDING FROM PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY (PHFA) AND HUD. CLIENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE HOMEBUYER WORKSHOPS AND COUNSELING MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR REDUCED DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COSTS FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES. THE COUNSELORS ALSO PROVIDE RENTER EDUCATION AND COUNSELING AND FORECLOSURE COUNSELING, ALONG WITH FINANCIAL EDUCATION FOR THOSE SEEKING TO ACHIEVE FINANCIAL GOALS FROM SAVING, IMPROVING CREDIT SCORES, OR BECOMING HOMEOWNERS. 562 PEOPLE ATTENDED A FINANCIAL LITERACY OR HOMEBUYER EDUCATION WORKSHOP OR WORKED ON HOUSING AND FINANCIAL GOALS THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING, 59 PREVENTED FORECLOSURE AND REMAINED IN THEIR HOMES, AND 14 PEOPLE PURCHASED A HOME AFTER ATTENDING A WORKSHOP OR COUNSELING.

HEAD START/EARLY HEAD START/PRE-K: PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY, COMPREHENSIVE PRESCHOOL SERVICES, INCLUDING EDUCATION, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDING VISION, HEARING AND DENTAL SCREENINGS TO INCOME-ELIGIBLE INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND PRE-SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT YORK COUNTY. THE PROGRAM ALSO SERVES CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND ENGAGES FAMILY COACHES WHO WORK WITH PARENTS TO ENRICH THEIR PARTICIPATION AND TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THEIR CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT. FUNDING IS PROVIDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (THROUGH HEAD START SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE). THESE PROGRAMS SERVED 395 CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR.