South End Community Outreach Ministries

As a member of the early learning neighborhood collaborative, secom operates a free, licensed preschool designed to prepare vulnerable three and four year old children for kindergarten. 32 students spend 26 hours per week learning through play, honing skills in 38 areas including early literacy, early math, gross and fine motor, and social skills.

As a key resource center, secom provides the following services: healthy food pantry and the market at secom, Community garden, nutrition education and neighborhood services programming, empowerment opportunities and early childhood education. In addition, secom partners with local health and education institutions to provide basic health services such as blood pressure and blood sugar screenings, cooking classes and a womens depression support group. As a provider of preschool services, secom is a partner in the early learning neighborhood collaborative.

Maintenance of key food pantry serving 7,035 or more individuals with emergency food, access to additional healhty foods using federal benefits, household hygiene items, referrals, and benefit services. Through the healthy food pantry, households who qualify are able to obtain a no cost, three-day, emergency supply of food proportionate to household size once per month. Through the market at secom, households are able to purchase fresh, locally sourced produce and eggs at a reduced cost using up to nine different payment options. In addtion, secom partners with other Community organizations to refer food service clients for employment, health, esl and other services.