TITLE
Title
APPROVE ONE NEW POSITION AND FUNDING FOR THE GUILFORD COUNTY FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM - HIGH POINT OPPORTUNITY CENTER
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Heather Skeens (Sharon Barlow)
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BACKGROUND
Background
Guilford County’s introductory Food and Nutrition Services Employment & Training Program (FNS E&T), administered by Health & Human Services - Social Services Division, will focus primarily on the High Point Opportunity Center (HPOC) operated by Guilford Child Development (GCD) based on the approval of GCD’s application as a State Partner for the SNAP E&T Program. GCD received $1.6 million from Head Start/Early Head Start to add additional services to the HPOC to help Head Start parents and other low-income families in High Point find a job or a better job.
GCD partners with Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC) and other community partners to provide a variety of services that qualify for the SNAP E&T program. These services include Job Readiness, Adult Basic Education, English as a Second Language, Vocational Training, Work Keys, Employment-Related Case Management, etc. Reimbursable Participant expenses are also covered including onsite childcare, transportation and, where needed, books, fees and uniforms. Participants with children enrolled in GCD’s Head Start/Early Head Start Program receive childcare from Head Start while quality childcare for other participating families is provided on site. The HPOC has four classrooms, a childcare space, a space for partner agencies to work while engaged on site with HPOC participants and office space. The HPOC is co-located with GCD’s Staley Center which has fourteen early childhood classrooms serving children 0-5.
Guilford County and GCD will collaborate with the Guilford Workforce Development Board and the NC Works Career Center in High Point to help individuals gain access to the NC Works programming services that lead to jobs or better paying jobs. We will...
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