After School Programs:  Muncie Boys and Girls Club provides after school and summer programs for children during the time of day when they are most likely to engage in risky behaviors.  Activities include homework help, recreational opportunities, sports, nutrition, and character/leadership development, to name a few

 

AOK:   A Better Way provides an after school program to strengthen families and provide students a place to achieve their academic goals while building their character in a peaceful environment.

 

Center Based Childcare:  United Daycare Center provides developmentally appropriate and inclusive early childhood education/care which contributes to the positive development of all children.  At the same time, family self sufficiency is promoted by providing quality early education and child care services which allows parents to pursue education, training and work.

 

Childcare Resource and Referral:  Huffer Memorial Children's Center provides child care referrals for parents, training for providers, and promotes quality child care environments for 10 counties in Eastern Indiana.

 

Domestic Violence Services:  A Better Way Services provides an ongoing emergency domestic violence shelter and provides a host of related services.  The program includes the provision of safe and sanitary shelter and services for women and children who are homeless due to domestic abuse.

Early Intervention Therapies:  Hillcroft Services provides speech and developmental therapies to children birth to three who are developmentally delayed or who have been diagnosed with a medical condition that has a high probability of developmental delay.

Educare:  Huffer Memorial Children's center provides developmentally appropriate and inclusive early childhood education/care which contributes to the positive development of all children.  At the same time, family self sufficiency is promoted by providing quality early education and child care services which allows parents to pursue education, training and work.

 

 

Education Enrichment:  Motivate Our Minds provides tutoring and educational assistance to children after school. 

 

Medical and Dental Services:  Through Open Door BMH, persons with low incomes who are uninsured are able to access sliding fee or free health and dental services, including preventative health care.

 

Mentoring:  Big Brothers/Big Sisters provides a matching program between an adult (a big) and a child (a little) in order to contribute to the development of the child into a confident, competent and caring adult.  The program is delivered both traditionally, where the Big and Little meet informally on a regular basis, and site based, usually occurring after school at a specific location on specific days.

 

Transitional Housing:  Bridges Community Services provides transitional (supportive) housing opportunities for forgotten populations:  single dads with children and single women, as well as housing for single moms with children.  The goal for each of these programs is that the family will leave Bridges better educated, more gainfully employed and able to sustain permanent housing.