Little Dixie Community Action Agency Inc

"HELPING PEOPLE - CHANGING LIVES" - TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGH SERVICE AND COLLABORATION LEADING TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

EARLY CHILDHOOD - PRE-SCHOOL AND DAYCARE PROGRAMS FOR LOW-INCOME AND HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, FUNDED BY FEDERAL/STATE GRANTS AND PARENT FEES. EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPENSES ARE APPROXIMATELY 50% OF PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES.EARLY HEAD START 79 INFANTS & TODDLERS RECEIVED SERVICES THROUGH 3 CENTERS. EARLY HEAD START/CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIP/EARLY LEARNING CENTERS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS FORMED WITH 4 CHILD CARE PROVIDERS VIA THE EHS/CC PROGRAM, A TOTAL OF 178 INFANTS & TODDLERS RECEIVED CHILDCARE SERVICES THROUGH 8 CHILD CARE CENTERS ADMIST THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. HEAD START 465 CHILDREN WERE PROVIDED HEAD START SERVICES IN 28 CLASSROOMS.BROKEN BOW EARLY LEARNING CENTER - TWO FACILITIES PROVIDING ONE-STOP CHILD CARE SERVCIES FOR UP TO 81 CHILDREN FROM BIRTH THROUGH 12 YEAR OF AGE. CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM (CACFP) - PROVIDED TRAINING AND MONITORING TO 120 DAYCARE HOMES IN 38 COUNTIES. CACFP PROVIDERS RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR SERVING NUTRITIOUS MEALS.

COMMUNITY SERVICES PROVIDE NECESSARY COMMUNITY SERVICES TO REDUCE POVERTY AND EMPOWER LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT. COMMUNITY SERVICES EXPENSES ARE APPROXIMATELY 19% OF PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES.AMERICORPS - 278 VOLUNTEERS (AGES 55 AND OVER) PROVIDED 30,000 HOURS OF SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITITES AT 44 VOLUNTEER STATIONS WHICH EQUATED TO AN ESTIMATED DOLLAR VALUE OF $730,500.COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (CASA) 48 YOUTH WERE SERVED BY 20 VOLUNTEERS WHO CONTRIBUTED 1,310 VOLUNTEER HOURS IN SERVICE TO YOUTH IN THE COURT SYSTEM. 16 CHILDREN HAD THEIR CASES RESOLVED. HEALTHY START 976 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS, 373 PREGNANT WOMEN, 150 INTER-CONCEPTION PARTICIPANTS, 193 CHILDREN, 188 NEW BABIES, AND 72 FATHERS WERE SERVED WITHIN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA. RX FOR OKLAHOMA 11 INDIVIDUALS WERE ASSISTED IN GETTING THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS FOR FREE OR A REDUCED COST.VICTIMS ADVOCACY SERVICES PROVIDES SUPPORT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME. 113 VICTIMS WERE SERVED IN 2021. 935 VICTIMS RECEIVED SERVICES SINCE INCEPTION IN JULY 2015.RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RSVP) - 378 VOLUNTEERS (AGES 55 AND OVER) PROVIDED 66,740 HOURS OF SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AT 58 VOLUNTEER STATIONS, WHICH EQUATED TO A DOLLAR VALUE OF $1,480,293. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE - THROUGH FUNDING RECEIVED FROM THE EMERGENCY FOOD & SHELTER PROGRAM, CSBG-CARES, AND LOCAL DONATIONS TO THE LIFT EMERGENCY FUND AND THROUGH SALVATION ARMY BELL RINGING, A TOTAL OF 202 INDIVIDUALS/FAMILIES RECEIVED MUCH NEEDED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. MENTORING - PROVIDED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND ONE ON ONE COMMUNITY-BASED MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS WITH 81 RURAL YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES, AS A MEANS TO ENCOURAGE POSITIVE BEHAVIORS AND REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF DELINQUENCY IN THE YOUTH SERVED.SAFE PLACE HEALING HEARTS - SERVED 371 VICTIMS IN AREAS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, DATING VIOLENCE, AND STALKING VICTIMS. SINCE CONCEPTION A TOTAL OF 796 VICTIMS HAVE BEEN SERVED.YOUTH BUILD - PROVIDED 10 YOUTH, AGES 16 TO 24, IN CHOCTAW COUNTY WITH ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL SERVICES.TRI-COUNTY OPIOD - EDUCATED 191 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS HOW TO ADMINISTER NALOXONE, AN OPIOD ANTAGONIST. CONDUCTED 9 MEDICATION TAKE BACK EVENTS AND RECEIVED 77.4 LBS OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE FOR PROPER DISPOSAL. PROVIDED SUBSTANCE ABUSE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO OVER 300 STUDENTS DURING RED RIBBON WEEK.

HOUSING REHAB AND WEATHERIZATION OF HOMES FOR LOW INCOME AND SECTION 8 HOUSING FOR LOW-INCOME, FUNDED BY FEDERAL/STATE GRANTS AND TENANT RENTAL PAYMENTS. HOUSING EXPENSES ARE APPROXIMATELY 17% OF PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES.HOMEBUYER EDUCATION/FINANCIAL COUNSELING PROVIDED HOUSING COUNSELING, FINANCIAL FITNESS, BUDGETING AND/OR CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICES TO OVER 254 INDIVIDUALS/FAMILIES. MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING LIFT MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING SERVED 49 SENIOR RESIDENTS AND 92 FAMILIES IN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA. SELF HELP HOUSING 21 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WERE BUILT FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN THE EIGHT SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA COUNTIES SERVICED.WEATHERIZATION 26 HOMES WERE WEATHERIZED WITHIN THE NEWLY EXPANDED TERRITORIES OF ATOKA, BRYAN, CARTER, CHOCTAW, COAL, JOHNSTON, LOVE, MARSHALL, MCCURTAIN, MURRAY, PONTOTOC AND PUSHMATAHA IN 2021 TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION MAKING THEIR HOMES MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND AFFORDABLE.