Pro Action works to build a community of resilient individuals and families who can meet their basic needs, overcome adversity, and prosper.
May 1, 2019
Greetings!
In This Issue:
  • Celebrating Community Action Month
  • Valuable Poverty Training: Registration Closing
  • Register for Symposium on Resilience: May 29th
  • Poverty Education: Local Numbers
  • Employment Opportunities
Celebrating Community Action Month
May is Community Action Month, and Pro Action is proud to be a part of a network of over 1,000 agencies "who strive everyday to provide children and families in 99 percent of America's counties with life-changing services that create pathways to prosperity."

As a Community Action Agency, Pro Action is responsible for helping people and changing lives. We are effective stewards of federal, state, and local resources, using them efficiently to improve the resiliency and future prospects of the people we serve. We take these responsibilities seriously, and are proud of the contribution our work makes to the health of the local economy.

Our comprehensive, integrated family of services support people as they strive to advance themselves. We create pathways to prosperity using a multi-generational approach in programs in four key domains: Resilient Children and Families , Thriving Seniors , Prosperous Futures , and Basic Needs Support .

Learn more about our programs by visiting our website .
Pictured: Pro Action staff at our All Staff Day celebration and training day in October, 2018.
Upcoming Valuable Poverty Training
Deadline to register is May 3rd
Pro Action of Steuben and Yates, Inc. invites you to participate in a Poverty Simulation on 5/8/19.
Please note : Space is limited and registration is required. We ask that you please register by May 3rd.

The simulation enables participants to look at poverty from a variety of angles and then to recognize and discuss the potential for change within their local communities.

Click on the button below for more details, including registration .
Register today for the upcoming
Symposium on Resilience
Pro Action is celebrating Community Action Month by hosting a Symposium on Resilience . Join us on May 29, 2019 from 9am-4pm (lunch provided) at the Corning Community College main campus Commons Building.

Our keynote speaker and trainer is Laura Porter, of ACE Interface , and she was a key contributor to the film Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope .

Through the Symposium on Resilience, participants will gain a deeper understanding of NEAR Science as well as strategies for resilience and self-healing communities. In addition, they will discuss ideas for applying this learning in their sphere of influence, and hear about approaches to the use of the ACE questionnaire in service settings.

All participants will receive a certificate of completion provided by Corning Community College.
Click on the image above to learn more about Laura Porter.
Click the button below for more event details, including registration and sponsorship opportunities.
Poverty Education
Looking at the Local Numbers
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Find additional New York State poverty data HERE.

An important part of Pro Action's work is to build knowledge and understanding of the causes and conditions of poverty. Visit our website to learn more about how Pro Action is building a deeper understanding about the experience of poverty.
Employment Opportunities: Work With Us
Wanted:
Home Visitor in Chemung and Schuyler Counties
for our Resilient Children & Families Programs

Pro Action is seeking a compassionate, self-motivated individual to provide Home Visiting services to families of school age children who are at risk of early involvement in the juvenile justice system in Chemung and Schuyler Counties.

The Home Visitor will be responsible for doing the following:
  • Work with families to increase their strengths and resilience and help parents promote their child’s healthy development
  • Provide direct support services including the assessment of family strengths, needs and progress
  • Screening and assessment of children
  • Assisting with identification and completion of family goals; helping families access other resources;
  • Providing 1:1 parent education and advocacy.
  • Home Visitors will coordinate services delivered by partnering agencies.

EOE

**For a full description and application instructions for this position and other open opportunities, visit our website .**

Pro Action of Steuben and Yates, Inc.
117 E. Steuben St. Bath, NY 14810
607-776-2125