Sylacauga Alliance for Family Enhancement

Bridges 21st century community learning centers/at risk nlms bridges the bridges program provides youth development activities to youngsters in the Sylacauga community who are ages 5-14 (grades kindergarten 8th). As a primary prevention program, it is designed to equip youth and families with the resiliency skills to make healthy life choices while providing safe, quality, after-hours day care for youngsters for the 21st century bridges programs and youth for the at risk bridges program. An academic coordinator, academic coach, and academic assistants implement the after school and summer programs. The programs are housed at indian valley elementary school, comer elementary school, graham elementary, salter elementary, and houston elementary school for the 21st century learning center and the at risk program is housed at nichols lawson middle school. The mission of the bridges programs, Sylacauga's vehicle to becoming a community of promise, is to provide the five basic resources outlined through america's promise. The five resources provide a framework of developmental assets that youths need to become competent, responsible, and caring adults, and are as follows: a) on-going relationships with caring adults, b) safe places and structured activities, c) a healthy start for a healthy future, d) marketable skills through effective education, and e) opportunities to serve.

Home instruction program for parents of preschool youngsters (hippy) a a primary prevention program, hippy, targets families of three, four and five year-olds, and is designed to ensure and strengthen Family bonding, enhance school readiness, and empower parents to improve the quality of life within their families. This program is delivered by paraprofessionals hired from the service community who are trained to assist participating parents in implementing the nationally recognized and researched-based hippy curriculum. The hippy program builds on the basic bond between parents and children and, through role-playing with paraprofessionals, parents practice the weekly activities provided through this intervention component. Group meetings are provided as a vehicle for the development of parenting skills training and support group interaction. The darr Family foundation also provides curriculum and program materials for this program.

Snap/a-reset this program assists snap participants to gain skills, training or work experience to increase their ability to obtain regular employment for economic self- sufficiency. Snap/a-reset is part of the workforce ready initiative.

Other program services include the following:family preservation -dhrparent as teacherssylacauga's public on-time transportationpathways/juvenile diversiondance and performing artsworkforce ready! Strengthening families through fatherssenior servicescity of Sylacauga and otherparenting education and support- child resiliency interactive bondingalabama healthy marriage and relationship education initiativeturning pointworkforce innovation opportunity act (wioa)arch (Alabama rural coalition for the homeless)reality work centersylacauga grows