Enable people to live with self-sufficiency and independence
Individuals are able to function independently or maintain independence in the community
| AURORA of Central New York |
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| Social Work Services for Individuals with Visual/Hearing Impairments |
$40,481.00 |
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| This program helps individuals with visual and hearing impairments lead independent and productive lives through case management, advocacy, counseling, support groups, and job-readiness training. |
| AURORA of Central New York |
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| Instructional Services for Individuals with Visual/Hearing Impairments |
$40,481.00 |
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| This program helps individuals with visual impairments lead independent and productive lives. The program provides orientation, mobility training, and techniques for safe travel and household management. |
| Catholic Charities of Onondaga County |
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| Elderly Services |
$22,490.00 |
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| The Elderly Services program helps senior citizens live independently and safely by providing a continuum of comprehensives services, including information and referral, case management, home visitation, in-home repairs and transportation. |
| Center for Community Alternatives |
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| The Self-Development Program |
$20,690.00 |
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| The Self-Development Program helps people leaving the Onondaga County Correctional Facility successfully and safely reintegrate into the community. The program helps people find a stable post-release residence, prepare for employment, and find jobs. |
| Dunbar Association |
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| Neighborhood Advisor Program |
$23,250.00 |
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| The Neighborhood Advisor Program provides a variety of services to senior citizens intended to promote independence, improve health, and reduce social isolation. The program provides outreach, case management, and social and recreational activities to seniors. |
| Enable |
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| Project Adapt |
$9,300.00 |
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| Project Adapt is an assistive technology lending library that serves people of all ages with all types of disabilities. People with disabilities and their families are able to borrow a variety of adaptive equipment that helps them participate more fully in all aspects of life. |
| Huntington Family Centers |
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| Clover Corner |
$12,555.00 |
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| Clover Corner senior center is a multi-purpose program designed to offer seniors daily socialization, education, leisure activities, a hot meal, and information and referral. The program helps prevent isolation and promotes physical and mental well-being. |
| InterFaith Works |
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| Covenant Housing Program |
$14,787.00 |
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| The Covenant Housing Program creates safe and affordable housing for Central New York’s low-income families and individuals with disabilities and maximizes independent living opportunities through partnerships with congregations and community groups. |
| Jewish Community Center of Syracuse |
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| JCC Senior Adult Services |
$35,984.00 |
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| The Senior Adult Services program comprehensively addresses the nutritional, social and physical needs of at-risk seniors. The program helps keep seniors healthy with nutritional meals, exercises, and various lectures, programs and activities. |
| Syracuse Jewish Family Services |
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| Solutions |
$13,915.00 |
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| Solutions helps seniors and people with disabilities maintain their independence by helping them pay bills, balance checkbooks, read mail, complete forms and complete entitlement applications. Professionals also serve as advocates on behalf of clients. |
| The Salvation Army, Syracuse Area Services |
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| Adult Day Services |
$31,665.00 |
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| Adult Day Services help senior citizens and adults with disabilities maintain a high degree of independence and to stay active in the community. The program offers case management, support and advocacy services for older adults and their caregivers. |
| The Salvation Army, Syracuse Area Services |
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| Transitional Apartment and Parenting Center (TAPC) |
$16,693.00 |
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| The Transitional Apartments and Parenting Center provides long-term transitional housing, case management and parenting classes for homeless pregnant and parenting adolescent females ages 16-21 and their infants and toddlers. |
| YWCA of Syracuse & Onondaga County |
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| YWCA Women’s Residence Program |
$83,662.00 |
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| The Women’s Residence Program provides safe, stable and affordable apartments for low-income women with disabilities and their children. The program also helps women and their children develop independent living skills. |
Individuals attain job readiness skills
| Catholic Charities of Onondaga County |
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| Refugee Resettlement Program |
$21,590.00 |
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| The Refugee Resettlement Program serves those forced to leave their native countries due to oppression and war. The program provides a continuum of services for newly arriving refugee families, including housing, English classes, and job skills development. |
| On Point for College |
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| On Point for Jobs |
$18,351.00 |
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| On Point for Jobs targets first generation college graduates and upperclassmen and provides them with workforce preparation workshops, start-up resources, mini job fairs, networking opportunities, internships, and job search counseling. |
| Transitional Living Services |
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| Provisions Bakery and Restaurant |
$18,135.00 |
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| Provisions is a functioning bakery and restaurant that provides supported employment to adults suffering from mental illnesses. Clients learn transferable work skills from supportive, professional staff while earning minimum wage. |
Individuals attain and retain employment
| InterFaith Works |
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| Center for New Americans |
$36,539.00 |
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| The Center for New Americans assists refugees and legal immigrants in obtaining and keeping employment, managing their finances, utilizing community services, learning English and solving family problems. |
| Learning Disabilities Association |
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| Pathways for Life |
$10,705.00 |
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| Pathways for Life is an individualized employment assistance program where individuals with learning disabilities can obtain the skills necessary to be able to find and maintain employment. |
| Spanish Action League |
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| Career Services |
$35,544.00 |
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| The Career Services program offers job-readiness skills training and education and job referrals to West Side residents. The program’s goal is to make families and individuals economically self-sufficient and to reduce unemployment within the Latino community. |
Individuals demonstrate increased basic literacy skills/adult English language learners attain or make progress towards national proficiency standards
| Literacy Volunteers of Greater Syracuse |
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| Basic Literacy and ESOL |
$21,050.00 |
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| The Basic Literacy and ESOL programs provide one-to-one volunteer tutoring services to individuals who wish to improve/learn to read, write, and/or speak English. |
Individuals/families obtain legal assistance to resolve legal issues and conflicts
| Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society |
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| Civil Legal Assistance Program |
$89,959.00 |
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| The Civil Legal Assistance Program helps individuals and families resolve conflicts by providing free legal assistance in a wide range of legal matters including family law, housing and unemployment cases. |
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