HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-317 RESOLUTION NO. 10-317
A RESOLUTION PROCIAIMING JANUARY 22, 2011, AS
"THE AGRICULTURAL AND LABOR PROGRAM, INC. 43`a
ANNIVERSARY DAY" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board ofCounty Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the following
determinations:
1. The Agricultural and Labor Program, Inc. (ALPI) is a private, non-profit, community based
organization that has been helping people and changing lives since 1968.
2. The ALPI is based on five underlying principles that guide all its activities:
a. Involvement of People
b. Emphasis on long-term accomplishment rather than promises
c. Assurance of economic viability
d. Emphasis on self-help
e. A sound integrated total systems approach
3. ARRA Early Head Start Expansion Project in St. Lucie and Polk Counties expanded slots to
provide services to an additional 100 infants, toddlers and pregnant women. The ALPI provided Head
Start/Early Head Start and Child Development Service to 835 families annually in partnership with city and
county government, public schools, the United Way, and Early Learning Coalitions.
4. The ALPI provides Community and Family Support Services to 11,000 families annually
through Low Income Home Energy Assistance, CSBG, USDA Child Care Program, DOE Farm workerTraining
and EmergencyServices, HUD Housing Counseling, Farm workerAffordable Housing, Child Care, Before and
After School Care.
5. CSBG/ARRA enrolled 607 individuals into family self-sufficiency program and the regular
CSBG enrolled another 193. A total of ten jobs were created as well as 200 summer job opportunities for
youth.
6. Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten services were expanded in St. Lucie and Polk Counties to serve
more than 325 children.
7. Child Care Food and Nutrition services were provided to 351, 650 pre-school and school
age children.
8. LIHEAP services were expanded to provide assistance to a total of 14,812 families (i.e.
Collier, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Martin, Polk & St. Lucie Counties).
9. Mitigation services were provided to 14 clients in various stages of foreclosure often
resulting in modifications to their mortgages. An additional 50 clients were provided HUD Housing
Counseling services.
10. Full-time employment opportunities were maintained to 225 employees in Highlands, Polk,
St. Lucie and Volusia Counties.
11. The month of January 2011 will commemorate the beginning of 43 (forty-three) years of
providing a constant flow of community support services to provide a mechanism toward helping socially
and economically disadvantaged children and families achieve and maintain family stability and economic
self-sufficiency.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County,
Florida:
1. This Board does hereby proclaim January 22, 2011, as "THE AGRICULTURAL AND LABOR
PROGRAM, INC. 43'd ANNIVERSARY DAY" in St. Lucie County, Florida.
2. This Board does hereby recognize and appreciate the many services provided bythis agency
and congratulates ALPI on 43 years of service to the citizens of St. Lucie County.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 215` day of December 2010.
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