Program:
Operation Sharing
- Budget:
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$2,072,991
- Category:
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Human Services, General/Other
- Population Served:
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Poor/Economically Disadvantaged, Indigent, General
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Children and Youth (0 - 19 years)
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Other Named Groups
Program Description:
The Christian Appalachian Project's largest program, Operation Sharing®, provides over $100 million in non-cash donations to distressed communities in Appalachian Kentucky and 14 other states through a unique partnership with other national charities. CAP operates four regional warehouses and dedicates three truck/tractor-trailers to transporting donated food and household supplies from major national NGO repositories. Each warehouse then distributes the supplies to over 1,500 local nonprofits- including schools, churches, food banks, and governmental and civic agencies.
Program Long-Term Success:
Operation Sharing is capable of increasing the capacity to serve for hundreds of non-profits throughout Appalachia as well as increasing the response time of disaster relief programs by having supplies on-hand.
Program Short-Term Success:
Short-term, Operation Sharing is able to provide instant relief for families in need of various items and supplies such as food, hygienic materials, and toys for children. This increase their confidence and quality of life.
Program Success Monitored by:
The Christian Appalachian Project keeps detailed documentation of which non-profits it distributes to and how often it does so as well as how many participants these nonprofits serve.
Program Success Examples:
Operation Sharing was able to provide two truckloads of disaster relief supplies to victims of Superstorm Sandy in West Virginia in November 2012.
Program:
New Hope (Home Repair)
- Budget:
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$1,817,519
- Category:
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Housing, General/Other
- Population Served:
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Poor/Economically Disadvantaged, Indigent, General
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Aging/Elderly/Senior Citizens
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Other Named Groups
Program Description:
In some areas of Central Appalachia, up to 16.8% of homes are classified as substandard- approximately 1 in every 6 homes. Poverty's vicious cycle is one that often leaves housing repairs at the bottom of the priority list. Many homes have been passed down from generation to generation and as the roof decays, floors wear, walls corrode, and windows leak, the idea of restoration becomes more and more overwhelming. Since 1964, the Christian Appalachian Project's housing program has assisted need worthy families by providing building materials and volunteer labor for home repairs, renovations and new home construction in 11 eastern Kentucky counties.Projects are broken into several classifications: emergency repair, small repair, major renovation, or new home build. Over 350 projects, small and large, are completed annually. Short and long-term volunteers assist the project leader in performing repairs or rebuilds.
Program Long-Term Success:
Long-term, New Hope will provide participants with structurally sound residences for years to come, help decrease heating and cooling costs through weatherization, make residents more mobile through the building of ramps, and make participants feel safer and more secure in their homes.
Program Short-Term Success:
Short-term, New Hope helps put a roof over some participants' heads and makes others (the elderly) more mobile. Participants see results as soon as a repair, renovation, or rebuilding project is completed.
Program Success Monitored by:
The Christian Appalachian Project keeps detailed records of who it helps, the cost, and the length of time. This allows it to budget for projects and leverage connections that help them get reduced or free building supplies. This also allows the organization to do continual follow-ups and evaluations with participants and ensure that they've received a long-lasting, high-quality repair project.
Program Success Examples:
Every year, New Hope completes over 350 projects. for economically disadvantaged, elderly, and disabled participants. One of its most recent projects built a new house for a family of five whose home had been falling apart around them.
Program:
Child & Family Development Centers
- Budget:
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$830,133
- Category:
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Human Services, General/Other
- Population Served:
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Children and Youth (0 - 19 years)
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Other Named Groups
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Females, all ages or age unspecified
Program Description:
Education is the best weapon against poverty. The Christian Appalachian Project seeks to support and nurture parents as the child's primary caretaker and educator. Parents who are involved in their children's education and who continue educational goals of their own create an environment conducive to the learning and growth of the whole family and surrounding community. CAP operates two child and family development centers in McCreary County and Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Focusing particularly on at-risk children and youth, each center provides services tailored to meet the particular needs of the surrounding community, including daycare, preschool, family literacy, home visitation for infants and toddlers, as well as after-school programming for school-age children and teens.
Program Long-Term Success:
The Child and Development Centers help prepare students for kindergarten and higher, give low-income students access to the best educational opportunities in the area, help decrease or eliminate issues caused by developmental delays, and give students access to positive mentors. All of this will allow them to become capable students and productive, well-educated members of society.
Program Short-Term Success:
Short term, the centers are able to graduate 100% of all students onto kindergarten, and they help decrease or eliminate issues caused by developmental delays in 100% of applicable students.
Program Success Monitored by:
The centers work with local therapists to chart and track the progress of students and fulfill the standards of both the state and local educational institutes.
Program Success Examples:
One program, Parents Are Teachers, works with students with developmental delays or who are risk to develop them. The current teacher, Suzann Fenton, works with 18 students annually aged 3 and 4, and is able to prepare them to either join the Christian Appalachian Project's preschool or to move onto public or private preschools.
Program:
Family Advocacy
- Budget:
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$551,334
- Category:
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Human Services, General/Other
- Population Served:
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Other Named Groups
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Females, all ages or age unspecified
Program Description:
The Christian Appalachian Project operates three Family Advocacy centers in McCreary, Johnson, and Rockcastle counties. These centers assist families who have experienced burn-outs or undue financial hardship due to medical issues or who simply need extra help for a short period of time.
Program Long-Term Success:
Long term, the Family Advocacy programs aims to strengthen the family unit and provide short-term assistance to them that will allow them to gather their resources and develop new coping and budgeting strategies.
Program Short-Term Success:
Short-term, Family Advocacy provides once-a-year emergency assistance, often to families who have experienced burn-outs. This assistance is usually financial and helps cover rent, utilities, transportation, and medical expenses.
Program Success Monitored by:
The Christian Appalachian Project keeps detailed records of each family and participant helped, when they were helped, and how they were helped. This prevents repeat assistance throughout the year and allows the organization to better understand the participants and their particular problems.
Program Success Examples:
Currently, the Family Advocacy program in McCreary County is helping families develop payment plans for their home heating and cooling costs. This has become especially important as cuts to LIHEAP have prevented dozens of families from meeting their monthly heating bills.
Program:
Family Life Counseling
- Budget:
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$416,915
- Category:
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Mental Health, Substance Abuse Programs, General/other
- Population Served:
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Poor/Economically Disadvantaged, Indigent, General
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Other Named Groups
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Other Named Groups
Program Description:
The Family Life Counseling program assists families in becoming stronger and more stable and helps address issues surrounding domestic abuse, counseling the batterer, the victim, and children. The program offers both group and one-on-one sessions and offers its services either free or for a very low price.
Program Long-Term Success:
The Counseling program aims to ultimately strengthen families, reduce domestic violence in eastern Kentucky, and ensure that Appalachian Kentuckians have access to afford mental health care.
Program Short-Term Success:
Short-term, the Counseling programs will help participants function in their daily lives and work towards feeling safer and more control.
Program Success Monitored by:
The Counseling program takes extensive notes of each session and follows up continually. It also collaborates with local physical and mental health agencies to ensure that local participants are receiving the best care possible.
Program Success Examples:
From March 2012 to March 2013, the Counseling program has been working with people from Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, and Johnson counties who experienced the devastating tornadoes in March 2012. Thanks to a generous grant from Americares, therapists were able to provide 250 people with in-home counseling sessions.