Access to Health Care
This is the number of school districts in our Access to Health school pilot.
4: Susquehanna, Steelton-Highspire, Susquenita, Greenwood
This is one of two school readiness program goals.
Increase the # of children ready for school and improve reading proficiency by 3rd grade
The workforce development participants may face a variety of barriers when finding employment. Name one barrier the program can assist participants with.
Transportation, housing, childcare, training, language support, applications, resumes, interviewing, soft skills
Approximately this many volunteers participated in Day of Caring last September.
Just over 1,000.
This is the amount of money available for Basic Needs grant this year.
$1 million!
This is one of the many needs a Community Health Worker can assist participants with.
Care gaps: Primary care appointments, free clinics, women's health, immunizations, health screenings, dental appointments, vision appointments, and glasses
Insurance
Health-related social needs: Connections to food pantries, SNAP, WIC, housing and utility support, hygiene products, and MORE!
Self-efficacy building: Health Literacy, and health care navigation skills
This is the number of partner school districts the school readiness program has.
12
Which one of these companies are NOT an Employer Partner: UPMC, Advanced Local, AAA, Hamilton Health Center, Amazon
Amazon
This many kits have been assembled by corporate partners and distributed this year? (This includes kits & items such as coats, sneakers and books.)
Just over 16,000
This is the length of the funding period for Basic Needs grants.
One year
This health center is one of three locations where the program's Community Health Workers are staffed.
Hamilton Health Center, Sadler Health Center and Penn State Health
Besides workshops, name another way families are supported.
Connections to preschool, referrals to Capital Area Intermediate Unit, registering children on time for kindergarten, referrals for basic needs
Name the newest case management agency.
Hamilton Health Center
This is the number of Money in Your Pocket volunteers we had for the 2025 Tax season.
285
Which of the following services is not covered by the grant:
Clothing
This organization provides funding specifically to address their members' needs in Perry County.
Highmark Wholecare
This organization holds the liaison contracts and is the lead service provider for School Readiness
Capital Area Intermediate Unit
Name one of the two case management agencies that offer trainings onsite at their organizations.
Tri-County OIC or Tec Centro
This is the year we began doing Stuff the Bus on Day of Caring.
2020
True or False: Agencies that apply for Basic Needs grants must utilize standard outcomes
True
This is the year our Community Health Workers first began working with program participants.
Daily Double if you know the month...
November, 2017
This is the number of workshops a child needs to attend to be considered enrolled in the school readiness program
5
If you were looking for employment services, but also needed assistance with housing services, where would you go?
Family Promise
This is the number of project sites we typically have for volunteers on Day of Caring.
70-80
These sources were used to determine which Basic Needs service categories would be included.
Community assessment, focus groups with subject matter experts, ALICE reports, and 211 reports