This grant supports CAC's Pine Manor After School and Summer Program. Funds will be used for on-site enrichment activities and for six field trips for children, aged five to 12 years. These children live in the disadvantaged community of Pine Manor and need a safe after school and summer environment.

This grant funds a tutoring program for foster children between the ages of five and 23 years. Funds will be used to assess foster children for their specific needs and to pay for their mentors' stipends.

The Conscious Discipline Program, a nationally recognized, research-based technique promotes a nurturing and emotionally supportive learning environment for children. Grant funds will be used to train educators to effectively use this program for children ages two weeks to five years, purchase curriculum materials, and host workshops for parents and caregivers.

This grant supports migrant children. Funds will be used to pay for the mental health specialist who oversees this year-round program. This program is cost free to K-12 students whose families work in the agricultural field in North Naples. It addresses learning deficits and emotional challenges afflicting 25% of these students related to their migrant lifestyle.

This program, designed to address the need for mental and behavioral health support, is especially important in communities suffering from poverty, such as Immokalee. Funds will be used to expand the training of the teaching staff and for the salary of the behavioral health specialist who currently serves five locations in Immokalee. Ideally, an additional specialist can be hired.

Navigators, each responsible for 10 families, provide peer mentoring and support for families whose children face mental health challenges. Funds will be used to support and expand the program and thereby increase access to care and decrease the need for pediatric psychiatric hospitalizations.