Great Lakes Community Action Partnership

Child development - early head start, head start, and migrant and seasonal head start (mshs) programs for children ages birth through 5, with a focus on kindergarten readiness for children. Programs support children's social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development in a developmentally appropriate play-based environment. Programs also offer support opportunities for family members. Early head start and head start services are provided through center-based and home-based options in a five-county region, and mshs services are provided at four sites throughout Ohio. Glcap served more than 1,500 children through these programs.after school and summer programming that offers homework assistance, meals, enrichment programming, tutoring, and other activities in a safe environment for more than 50 high schools students in fremont, Ohio, and 56 elementary students in clyde, Ohio.

Community development - Community development services that provide free and low-cost assistance to help rural communities address planning, infrastructure, and economic development needs. Glcap administers the Great Lakes rural Community assistance program (rcap), providing services for communities in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, west Virginia, and Wisconsin. Rcap field agents assist with project development and privde training for capacity building for small, rural communities. Glcap served more than 674 communities and trained over 4,427 participants in 2023.international programming that supports civil society and leadership development among participants, with a focus on programming primarily in central and eastern european countries.

Adult and youth development - financial opportunity center (foc) services that provide income supports, housing counseling, household budgeting, and assistance with improving credit scores and wealth building for 95 participants in 2023.utility assistance programs in a four-county region. Services include emergency winter heating assistance for households at risk of utility disconnects or with already disconnected service, or in need of fuel supplies; summer cooling aid to assist seniors and residents with chronic medical conditions; and utility payment plan options for low-income households for 4,366 households.housing and rental assistance services for homeless and at-risk individuals and families, including options for domestic violence survivors and veterans. Housing and rental assistance are provided in a seven-county region, and veteran-specific services are provided in a ten-county region for 1,352 households

Housing and energy - weatherization services that include home insulation, furnace repair or replacement, and other services to improve home energy usage and utility expenditures for low and moderate-income households in a seven-county region in northwest Ohio. Glcap also offers home repair and rehabilitation services that provide plumbing, electrical, roofing, hvac, ada modifications and other necessary residential home repairs for income-eleigible households. The home repair program is operated in Partnership with eight Ohio countries and communities. Over 250 households were weatherized in 2023, along with more than 100 households receiving home repair services.

Seniors - senior services for sandusky county residents ages 60 and over and their spouses, regardless of age. Services inlcude senior center programing at three country site locations; meals on whees for homebound seniors; health and safety-related home repairs; and other services for over 926 seniors.

Trips program - public transporations through the transportation resources for independent persons in sandusky county (trips) program for sandusky county residents. Trips offers on-demand service for curb-to-curb transporation as well as shuttle service within the city of fremont, Ohio. Trips provided more the 39,508 rides through on-demand and shuttle service transporation in 2023.

Housing and workforce development

Corporate programs.