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Human Services
Dannie Dyas, Director
The Human Service Department has grown in the past 2
years. We are currently still working with Community
Service Administration (CSA) which funds are use to
provide Emergency Services for low-income individuals
in the Rural Communities such as:
Marana,
Catalina, Sahuarita, 3-points, Vail, Arivaca, Patagonia,
South Tucson.
Our Department
also consists of more extensive Case Management in the
following areas:
Douglas,
Yuma, Pima, Pinal County. This Program came into effect
this Fiscal Year which is targeted to work with Welfare
Work Recipients and Welfare to Work Non Ð Custodial
parents who owe child support and are referral by the
court system.
The services provided by
the Human Services program include:
- Emergency and Disaster
Assistance
- Food, Clothing and Rental
Assistance
- Crisis Intervention
Counseling
- Emergency Utility Payments
- Services to the Elderly
- Planning & Economic
Development
- Outreach & Community
Organization
- Referrals to Other Agencies
All persons may participate
and receive benefits from our program regardless of
handicap, race, color, religion, sex, age or national
origin provided they meet the qualifications for services,
which are:
- Rural Resident
- Income Eligible
- Meet Program Guidelines
- In Need of Services
Presently we are providing
services in the following Arizona areas: Littletown;
Marana; 3 Points; Continental; Vail; Catalina; Ajo;
Tucson and Arivica.
PPEP's newest innovation
is targeted to assist single parent mothers and families
in TANF transitioning off welfare into employment.
The project focuses on
training in the areas of organic gardening, landscaping,
self-employment, safety, and agribusiness skills.
The skills training addresses
the major local employers needs in agriculture, organic
farming and landscaping. The Santa Cruz Valley has at
least a dozen golf courses, several organic and alfalfa
farms, and Farmers Investment Company, one of the regions
largest pecan growers as potential employers. Skills
training is offered in Operation of Equipment, Pesticide
Training, Self-employment, Landscaping, Organic Gardening,
Use of Gardening Tools, Home Gardening Skills, Job Interviewing
and Job Mart-Resume Skills.
The training project is
housed at the La Arrastra Ranch in Arivaca that has
donated its two acre organic garden and greenhouse for
exclusive use to the training project.
In cooperation with the
Department of Economic Security JOBS Program and the
Arivaca Human Resources Coordinating Council ( Rebecca
Sheets/Laison and Ron Crabtree/President), PPEP is coordinating
this pilot project in sweat equity towards employment
and eventually self-sufficiency. For additional information
on this project call Kari Hogan, PPEP Project Director
at (520) 770-2500 or Bill Stern (Garden Manager/Coordinator)
at (520) 398-9579, or you can e-mail
us.
In addition to the above, Human Services is involved
with other related Community Projects such as:
- Yaqui Hot Meals Program-Marana
- Private Industry Councils
- Littletown Neighborhood
Association
- Yoem Pueblo Redevelopment
Project
- Rillito
- Catalina Community
- Sahuarita
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