Village of Promise Incorporated

The family advancement program focuses on educational, social-emotional, physical, and professional goals for each family member. There were 36 adults and 73 children served during the 2022-2023 sessions.

The family connections program consist of the family connections program and the next steps program. The family connections program is atwo-generation family literacy program that incorporates the kenan model family literacy components - adult education, parent and child together (pact) time, and parent time - family service learning, family mentoring, adult education, and english as a second language. Technology is also included. This program supports parent awareness and use of interactive literacy activities, civic engagement, parenting technology skills, service learning projects, school engagement, and community awareness. Ultimately, the program aims to develop employability skills, leadership capacity, and social capital of participants. There were 36 families served during the year.

The education program supports the academic programs delivered to the students and can include support to teachers and parents. The program includes the freedom school - a 6 week summer progarm based on an integrated reading curriculum (irc), the reading academy - an after-school phonics-based program, with instructors trained in orton gillingham methods designed to work with children who struggle with dyslexia, and middle and high school success - a program designed to introduce scholars to life skills, goal setting, and character leadership development. These items include: teacher, parent, and tutor supplies and educational materials; field trips; student incentives; and printing.

The infant university program is a nine class course that offers education, training, and resourses related to infant, child and mother care, immunizations, safety, health hazards, and other topics relevant to new and/or expectant parents/guardians of children age 0-4. Inaddition, participants gain access to resources available throughout huntsville/madison county to assist with the participants gaining further knowledge regarding health and nutrition, and the importance of raising a happy healthy child who is school ready. Infant university consisted of 11 participants during the year.

Promise preparatory offers early education and development services from birth through pre-k. theprogram uses a holistic learning approach, with a focus on social-emotional, physical, creative, andcognitive development. The classes offered are infant, toddler 1-2, toddler 2-3, and pre-k4 i and ii. There were 15 partipants in the toddler 2-3, 11 participants in pre-k4i and 12 participants in pre-k4ii during the year.

The next steps program is a continuation of the family connections progarm. It provides instruction and coursework for non-high school degreed adults preparing to take the general equivalency diploma (ged) exam, english as second language, adult literacy, and work force development. There were 3 participants for the program during the year.

Freedom school is a program that uses the intergrated reading curriculum (irc) which provides culturally relevant books and hands-on enrichment activities for students. Freedom school had 50 participants during the year.