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Happy Camp
Happy Camp Family Resource Center
PO Box 972 (38 Parkway Rd.)
Happy Camp, CA 96039
530-493-5117
hcap@sisqtel.net
Executive Director: Karen Derry
The Happy Camp Family Resource Center (FRC) www.siskfrc.org employs two full-time staff members, one Americorps member, and is supported by a cadre of volunteer parents and community members. The FRC, in partnership with multiple county and local agencies, provides programs specifically designed to meet the needs of our community. Programs and services include parent education, emergency services (food, shelter, heating), child development activities and education, career counseling and job placement services, after school programs, community and economic development project planning, family nights, special events, assistance with Healthy Families, EDD, MediCal, and Family Law applications. In coordination with Siskiyou County Behavioral Health, Healtherapy and Siskiyou Early Head Start, we offer family and individual counseling services, home visiting program, literacy activities, nutrition education, and community social events.
Current Project Objectives (10-11) - Funding for fiscal year 2010-2011 by First 5 Siskiyou - $39,000
- Provide Healthy Families, MediCal and Food Stamp Program outreach and online assistance
- Coordinate with the Karuk Tribe Dental Department and the BrightSmiles project to provide dental health information
- Distribute age appropriate nutrition information to parents during home visits on a quarterly basis
- Hold car seat and bicycle safety training classes on a semi-monthly basis or as needed
- Provide tobacco education prevention information to parents, caregivers and preschools
- Provide "Mailbox Buddies" Program for kids age 3 and 4
- Provide story time, book giveaway and take home activities in partnership with the Karuk Tribe Head Start
- Coordinate with Happy Camp Elementary School, KarukHead Start and Karuk Education Program to provide Kindergarten Camp/Fair for incoming kindergarteners
- Provide monthly Family Night with dinner, nutrition activities and information, crafts, and book giveaways
- Provide indoor play space for young children with appropriate manipulative puzzles and other self-directed activities
- Distribute quarterly Parent Child magazine through Early Head Start, Karuk Tribe Head Start, home visiting program, local schools and medical/dental clinic
- Promote enrollment of families in the Early Head Start and Karuk Head Start Programs
- Hold ongoing parent education classes in Happy Camp
- Coordinate with COS Foster Kinship Care Program to offer specialized, one-time parent education classes
- Distribute New Parent Kits to parents and caregivers of infants
- Provide home visiting for parents with children 0-5
- Sponsor Annual Kids Fair in Happy Camp
- Coordinate with Happy Camp Elementary School for school readiness and after-school activities
- Coordinate child abuse prevention activities in the community
- Coordinate with county agencies to maintain/increase local services and support
- Coordinate with other First 5 funded projects to bring services to Happy Camp and the river communities
- Paticipate in the Siskiyou FRC Network and support and promote other Family and Community Resource Centers
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