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2010 Agency Results

American Red Cross – (Disaster Services, $11,800)

Responded to 18 families in need from home fires, total of 68 clients, 22 being children. $3,132 was spent in shelter assistance, and $4,460 in client assistance cards (for clothing, personal care products, etc.) In a large disaster, there are 22 Shelter sight agreements in place.

 

The ARC of GH- (Archin’ Round the Community, $4,400)

Advocated and supported a better quality of life for citizens with developmental disabilities and their families. 48 participants in the monthly madness program. 8 scholarships were awarded to 7 children and 3 adults for community based programs.

 

Behavioral Health Resources – (GH Crisis Clinic, $6,200)

Received 4,394 calls on the crisis line (2,718 more than last year).  Served 123 clients with 1,798 total bed nights. 

 

Beyond Survival- (Sexual Assault Youth Advocacy, $6,000)

Provided youth advocacy for 101 new child victims of sexual assault; 9 youth participated in prevention workshops & support groups. 189 prevention activities were conducted with a participant count of 3635.Uninsured or underinsured individuals (15) received therapy.

 

Boy Scouts – (Scoutreach, $1,824)

483 scouts from Grays Harbor and Pacific County were assisted in various projects. 2010 ended with a 5% growth in youth membership and an impressive 18 Eagle Scouts.

 

Catholic Community Services – (Feed the Hungry, $14,200)

Served 17,942 meals with the Meals on Wheels program in Grays Harbor.

 

Children’s Advocacy Center of GH-  (Rainbow House Crisis Nursery, $12,300)

1,024 hours of crisis care to children ages 1month to 8 years were provided. 45 families were provided brief counseling and were able to make a plan and identify natural supports so their children could be safe without using the crisis care.  A total of 81 families received services for Crisis Childcare.

 

Coastal Harvest – (Receipt & Distribution Coordination, $6,649)

Served 441,000 clients or 3,806,292 pounds of food, including 2,015,892 pounds of fresh and perishable foods; serving 41 food banks, 7 senior centers and 5 tribes. 271,576 individuals from Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties were served. Coast Harvest serves 22 food banks & Feeding programs in Grays Harbor and 6 in Pacific County.  

 

Community Youth Services-  (Haven House, $6,300)

27 youth from GH, 3 from Pacific County were served at the Haven House for 149 bed nights of care.  97% of the youth served, who were suspended from school, returned to school.  97% of the youth received GED support.  87% of the youth exiting Haven House received a safe transition to a long-term placement.

 

Community Opportunities for Parenting Education (Parenting Education/Snug Harbor, $14,900) COPE was able to provide parenting education and counseling to 39 teen parents, in addition to childcare and early childhood learning for 23 children. 72% of the active students (teen parents) attend on a daily basis as opposed to just 28% a few years ago.

 

Crisis Support Network- (Prevention/Education, $10,600)

Services for prevention and awareness of sexual assault and domestic violence in Pacific County; Boys Council facilitates a support group for boys ages 13-18.  In 2010, 50 young men in the Nasell Youth Camp, 20 in Junction City, & 25 high school freshman received support through this program. 

 

Domestic Violence Center -(Shelter Program, $8,500)

Provided a safe and comfortable environment during crisis for 40 women (855 bed nights) and 23 children (523 bed nights).

 

Girl Scouts (Leadership Youth Development, $3,525)  

Provided service in Grays Harbor for 236 girls and 94 adult volunteers; providing direct financial aid of $2,460 to 23 members for camp, dues, membership fees, etc...  In Pacific County, a significant increase of financial aid was provided for 17 girls with $5142 total, and had 51 girls and 9 adults that were provided service.

 

Harbor After School – (Aberdeen, Elma, Hoquiam, McCleary, $10,000)

645 students utilized the tutoring, enrichment activities and recreation games programs 1 time or more, 244 students used at least 30 times or more. An average of 21 students took advantage of the activity bus to the YMCA.

 

Harbors Home Health & Hospice – (Home Health, $2,526)

Made 260 visits to patients

 

Long Term Care Ombudsman – (Volunteer Outreach, $3,400)

Volunteers were enlisted and trained to advocate for residents of Long Term Care facilities, 305 Routine Visits were made and 41 complaint investigations.

 

Rebuilding Together- (Home Modifications, $7,700)

Home modifications were provided for 13 families; including wheelchair ramps, stair or porch replacements, grab bar installations, floor repairs, handrails, smoke detectors and fire extinguishers and others modifications.

 

Retired Senior Volunteer Program – (Senior Peer Counseling, $384)

5 Senior Peer Counselors worked with 15 peer counseling participants within Grays Harbor and Pacific County.

  

Salvation Army – (Family Services, $18,500)

Family services helped 21,277 people, counseled 940, provided food for 9,358, gave Thanksgiving/Christmas Holiday support to 1,520 and assisted 9,459 members with other family services locally.

 

Senior Companion – (Companion Program, $10,900)

28 Part-time volunteers logged over 11,433 hours of supportive person-to-person assistance to 97 adults with needs in health, daily living and socialization in Grays Harbor and  2870 hours of service from 6 volunteers to support 21 adults in Willapa Harbor ages 60 and over.

 

Senior Nutrition (Meals on Wheels/Congregate meals, $43,700)  

Grays Harbor; home delivered meals to 26,605 vulnerable elderly adults, 60+ years of age, plus an additional 26,704 meals at congregate sites. Pacific County; home delivered meals to 13,405 vulnerable elderly adults, 60+ years of age, plus an additional 8,494 meals at congregate sites. Total meals served: 75,208

 

South Beach Christian Outreach – (Food Vouchers, $5,000)

Issued 306 food vouchers, which fed 414 adults and 222 children.  227 families were helped in 2010, (121 women & 106 men as head of households) or a household total of 389 adults and 183 children.

 

UW Emergency Fund – (Community Emergency Services, $42,000)

A total of 347 households were assisted; average $124 per household.  Assistance was provided for the following:  Utilities (63), prescriptions (123),

Move in costs (21) dental (51), Eviction Prevention (27), Move-in Costs (48) misc. other (35)

Helped 59 homeless living on the streets or in shelters.

 

YMCA – (School Age Childcare, $10,000)

Provided sponsored memberships to help with child care for 177 elementary age children, and 25 preschool age children. An average of 65 children were served daily Monday-Friday

 

 

 

 

 

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