Area Five Agency on Aging & Community Services

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Nov 14, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$8,043,861

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

As a dual area agency on aging and a community action agency, area five has the capacity to fulfill the needs of families from birth through the aging years. The community service program attempts to move families toward self-sufficiency. This is done through a variety of programs, techniques, and activities. We assist individuals and families in accessing appropriate activities to meet their individual needs, while making the best use of their available resources. Individual development accounts help build an approach to investing in a savings account that can be used toward home ownership, education, or business development. Other programs that are offered as a part of our community service program include the small business development program, parent support and education groups, and health initiatives and many other activities that supplement these and other programs. We have hundreds of volunteers who donate thousands of hours toward helping our families. We have a multi-faceted mission that drives our staff to either provide or make a referral to services that are appopriate for participants. We have many tools available to us in the agency, as well as within our community, that we utilize and share to make linkages to help just about anyone, and we challenge our staff, families, and community citizens to help us build on this foundation.

Activity 3

Head start program - area five's head start program serves over 200 children and families in cass, fulton, and wabash counties. Along with nutritionally balances breakfasts, lunches, and snacks, children from low-income families (100% poverty or below) receive developmentally appropriate and individualized instruction. There is an emphasis on literacy, numeracy, math, and science, allowing the children to learn in context, while surrounded by acceptance, love, understanding and a feeling of security and structure. The admistrative staff, in conjunction with the teachers and assistant teachers, work throughout the year to help parents set goals for themselves and their familits and to assist them in learning the value of working toward and accomplishing their objective and goals. Every day our program sees parents helping their children grow by joining them in the classroom for the day as a volunteer or by serving as a member of the parent committee or policy council.

Filer

EIN

23-7444508