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The JCCEO Child Development Services Division provides quality, developmentally appropriate, and comprehensive services to families and their children from pregnancy through the year before they go on to kindergarten. Services are provided through the major components of education, health, mental health, nutrition, disabilities services, and parent involvement.
JCCEO Head Start ProgramJCCEO Head Start currently provides services to 1,551 3-5 year-old children and their families. Applicants must furnish proof of income and have a legal birth certificate to complete an application. Applications are now being taken.
JCCEO Early Head Start ProgramJCCEO Early Head Start provides the comprehensive services of Head Start to 206 infants and toddlers, 42 pregnant women, and their families. In our effort to support these families, we provide extended day care services for working families and families involved in vocational and educational training. Applications are now being taken. Proof of income is required. JCCEO Early Head Start is located at seven Jefferson County centers, and at several Jefferson County Community Partner Centers.
JCCEO Pre-K
Sponsored by the Alabama State Department of Children's Affairs Office of School Readiness, the Alabama First Class Pre-K Program serves 4-year-old children providing quality pre-kindergarten educational and related services.
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Adult Day Health CareJCCEO Adult Day Health Care Center provides programs of activities and supportive services that enable the disabled or older persons to remain in their homes and communities.
Asset Building and Housing CounselingThe Jefferson County Asset Building and Housing Counseling Program assists low to moderate income families in achieving self-sufficiency through entrepreneur training, financial literacy, individual development accounts, small business development, and home ownership counseling.
Community Substance Abuse Prevention The JCCEO Community Substance Abuse Prevention Program (CSAPP) is the primary provider of intensive outpatient alcohol and drug treatment and prevention to low-income, uninsured residents of Jefferson County, Alabama.
Senior NutritionOur senior nutrition centers provide meals for seniors, fellowship and activities, and transportation as needed.
Energy AssistanceThe Low Income Home Energy Assistance and Alabama Charitable Trust Programs provide heating and cooling assistance. Crisis assistance requires that at least one household member have a documented health problem and require a controlled environment.
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Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing ProgramThe JCCEO Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP), in collaboration with partner agencies (including homeless shelter providers, housing counseling agencies, and Legal Services), functions as a provider of homelessness prevention assistance and assistance to rapidly re-house people who are or are at risk of becoming homeless.
Neighborhood Stabilization PlanThe Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) acquires and redevelops foreclosed houses in Birmingham that might otherwise become sources of abandonment and blight. Houses acquired through NSP are rehabilitated, resold, or gifted to other non-profits in order to stabilize neighborhoods and stem the decline of market value of neighboring homes.
Home WeatherizationThe JCCEO Home Weatherization Program weatherizes homes to make them more energy efficient, cooler in the summer, and warmer in the winter.
Youth ProjectsFrom birth to senior citizenry, JCCEO continually strives to enhance the lives of the low-income community of Jefferson County. Our goal to assist, educate, and empower our constituents also extends to timely intervention via our dynamic youth projects: the JCCEO YES (Youth Empowering Selves) Ambassadors, JCCEO Real Talk, JCCEO Breakfast Club, JCCEO Head Start-Alabama Asset Building Youth Scholarship Individual Development Account (IDA) Project, and the JCCEO S.T.A.R. (Students Teaching and Reaching) Ambassadors.
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JCCEO considers applicants for all services without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
Jefferson County Committee
for Economic Opportunity
300 Eighth Avenue, West
Birmingham, Alabama 35204-3039
Phone: 205-327-7500
Fax: 205-327-7549
Email: vmims@jcceo.org
Hours of Operation
8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Monday - Friday
We Deliver More Than Promises!
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