1965  

1966  

• Wood County was incorporated into the agency, it becomes WSOS CAC Inc. A community meeting was held in August to explain the agency's mission & purpose to community members.
• Agency receives funding for Head Start services and the Neighborhood Youth Care Corps Program (NYC) for 150 in-school youth for 15 hours per week. Also served students during the summer months.

1967  

• Migrant Head Start services added to the agency.

1968  

• WSOS receives funding to operate a Family Planning Clinic

1970  

• Youth Development Program added to agency services

1971  

• NYC received additional funding to serve more youth in both summer months and the school year

1974  

• Funding received to operate a Senior Citizen Center in Fremont. The senior center was located in a building owned by the Fraternal Order of Police on Bidwell Avenue, Fremont.
• General Community Programming
• Manpower funding received, first job training program for adults in all of NW Ohio

1975  

• Winterization funded by the Community Services Administration
• The senior center relocated to its current location - the basement of Fort Stephenson - when Sandusky County commissioners offered the location to WSOS for the center.
• Weatherization services (Home Weatherization Assistance Program, HWAP) came to WSOS
• Comprehensive Employment & Training Act (CETA) funded youth and adult programs
• Summer Youth Employment Training Program (SYETP)

1976  

• Nutrition Services added to Senior Services and began serving meals at the centers.
• Senior Services began in Ottawa County. This service continued until 2004 when it transitioned to Ottawa County commissioners.
• Sandusky County Energy Conservation Program in October

1977  

• CSA Emergency Energy Conservation Program in January
• Ex-Offender Program
• Summer Program for Economically Disadvantaged Youth
• (SPEDY) Title III Manpower Development
• Senior Citizen Disaster Relief Program
• Senior Services expanded and opened its first satellite center in Gibsonburg at Faith United Methodist Church. It operated 4 hrs per day, 5 days per week.
• Home-delivered meals and transportation for senior citizens began.

1978  

• Wood County YCCIP

1979  

• Emergency Crisis Intervention Program (ECIP)
• Community Development Block Grant

1980  

• Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
• Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP)

1981  

• HUD/Sandusky County Housing Rehabilitation program
• CETA Title IIB Adult Work Experience
• Title IID Public Service
• Employment; Title IIB Priority (classroom training)
• Title IV Youth Employment and Training Program (YETP) in school youth during the school year
• Title IV Youth Community Conservation Improvement project
• Title VI Public Service Employment project

1982  

• Summer Youth Employment Training Program (SYETP)
• Food Service Program
• Regional Employment Training Demonstration Program

1983  

• Regional Employment & Training Demonstration Program (RETDP) developed by WSOS to serve 11 counties.
• Transportation for Sandusky County

1984  

• Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)
• Summer Youth Employment and Training (SYETP) for 14-21-yr-olds
• Economically Dislocated Workers Assistance Act (EDWAA) for workers laid off due to plant closings
• 7001 WAVE
• OJT (On the Job Training) for adults and youth
• NBBP (Needs Based Payment) Program
• 3 percent Older Workers Program
• Basic Skills Program
• Comptrain II
• Community Energy Outreach Program
• Sandusky County Comprehensive Housing Program

1985  

• General Electric – Employment/Training
• Public Welfare Foundation Program
• Port Clinton Erie Gardens Comprehensive Housing Program

1986  

• Seneca County Child Abuse Prevention Program
• Columbia Gas Weatherization Program

1987  

• Dislocated Workers Program for Hayes Albion
• Dislocated Workers Program for Atlas Crankshaft
• City of Fremont Revitalization Program
• Port Clinton Farmers’ Home Housing Preservation Grant (HPG)

1988  

• Dislocated Workers Program for Eckrich
• Sandusky County Recycling Program
• State Emergency Homeless Program
• Technitrain
• Sandusky County Senior Levy Program
• Norwalk Farmers’ Home Program
• Rocky Ridge Farmers’ Home Housing Preservation Grant
• Wood Emergency Food & Shelter Program (EFSP)
• RITTA Program

1990  

• Sylvania Recycling Program
• CAPP Program
• Environmental Program

1991  

• Supplemental Assistance for Facilities to Assist the Homeless (SAFAH)
• Huron County/Willard CDBG Housing Repair Program
• Seneca Job Readiness
• OSC Migrant Program
• RCAP Peer Plus

1992  

• Migrant Labor Camp Improvement Program (MLCIP)
• Home Weatherization Assistance Program (HWAP)
• EPA Small Community Waste Water Project

1993  

• Job Opportunities for Low-income Individuals (JOLI)
• Solid Waste Management
• State - Emergency Housing Program (EHP)
• Community Housing Improvement Strategy (CHIS) funding for local communities
• National Environmental Training Center (NETC)

1994  

• Rural Coalition for Educational Partnership (RCEP)
• Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) for Sandusky & Ottawa Counties

1995  

• Farmers Home Administration: Ottawa County Technical & Supervisory Assistance Program (TSA)
• Ohio Rural Enterprise Program (OREP)
• CHIP for Seneca County

1996  

• Adult Emergency Assistance Program
• HUD Lead Hazard Reduction Program in July
• MESA in August

1997  

• Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
• HUD Supportive Housing

1998  

• Microenterprise Program
• Technical Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
• Medicaid

1999  

• After School Program begins in the Fremont City Schools district
• SDWA ACTT
• Crisis Cooling Program begins in July
• Ohio Lake Erie Program in November

2000  

• WSOS joins Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
• WIA Youth Delivery Program begins in June
• Huron County CSBG A/C Program in June
• Crisis Cooling becomes Summer Cooling Program
• Sandusky TRIPS receives funding from Ohio Dept of Transportation
• SAFAH HomeNet
• Skills for Life – Marine Mechanics training holds its first class in Ottawa County.
• Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP)

2001  

• New Directions After/Summer School Program expands
• Watershed Coordinator Project

2002  

• Literacy – PRC Ottawa County
• Skills for Life Ottawa County
• Help Me Grow

2003  

• Help Me Grow Ottawa County
• WSOS secures funding for Early Head Start program
• WIA Youth Ottawa County

2004  

• WIA Youth Hancock County

2005  

• Fremont Chip Counseling
• Norwalk Chip Counseling
• CDBG Afterschool Program
• Tribal Drinking Water

2006  

• Early Learning Initiative (ELI) formerly known as Ohio Head Start
• Even Start

2007  

• School Readiness funding for students in the after school program from Fremont, Seneca County, and Hancock County
• Fatherhood Economic Program begin serving fathers in the WSOS 4-county area
• WSOS takes over HWAP in Erie & Huron counties from the Erie-Huron CAC

2008  

• Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Employment Services Program, provided in Hancock County only to 14-21-year-olds.

•  Tanzanian Program – to promote entrepreneurship development for businesswomen from Tanzania International Development Ukrainian Program – best practices in family presentation and crisis intervention services. A delegation from the Ukraine participated in meetings/discussions with people involved in such programs in NW Ohio and SE Michigan.

• Electric Partnership Program (EPP) Program – a residential energy-efficiency program that can provide  new refrigerators/freezers to homeowners as well as new energy-efficient light bulbs, and other energy efficient water measures such as low-flow showerheads, aerators, and a hot water heater blanket .

• Ohio Benefit Bank Program – allows residents to determine their eligibility for assistance programs in one place.

• Bucyrus Area Community Foundation – provided funding for a volunteer Stream Monitoring Program in Crawford County.

• International Development (AID) Belarus – to familiarize with effective models and policy framework for helping disabled people overcome barriers. Allowed a Belarus delegation to visit the area for information on practices of that assist this population.

• National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program – assists with counseling for homeowners in foreclosure.

• Fatherhood Program (Region II & VI) – provides educational services as well as employment skills and assistance for all fathers.

• Community Development Block Grant - to assist with rental or mortgage payments.

• Ohio Children’s Trust Fund – Child abuse prevention and neglect services.

• New Freedom Program – to provide Passenger Care Attendants for senior citizens using the   transportation service, TRIPS, operated by WSOS.

• Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Tanzanian/US – bring together Tanzanian & Northwest Ohio professional artist to address common issues facing women.

• Honey Creek Targeted Watershed Project – agreement with The National Center for water quality Research at Heidelberg College for work related.

• Mortgage Assistance Program with Norwalk – to assist Norwalk residents with foreclosure issues.

2009  

• The Corps Network, Civic Justice Corps (CJC) Program.

• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (ArcelorMittal USA Foundation) –pilot testing sediment traps.

• Office of Community Services (OCS) Safety and Security Funding Contract – implementing activities related to WARN wastewater.

• Ohio Department of Education 21^st Century Learning Center Proposal for Fremont City School, Clyde-Green Springs, and Fostoria Community Schools Afterschool Programs – allowed for additional schools to be included and/or continuation of the program.

• Even Start Family Literacy Program.

• U.S. Department of State Jordan, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates – to contribute to economic growth and strengthen democracy with young entrepreneurs. Allowed for delegation from these Mideast countries to visit the area and see how NW Ohio works with entrepreneurs.

• Governor’s Discretionary Youth Funding – Green Ohio Corps Initiative (Go Corps) Program.

• Corps Network Corporation for National and Community Services (CNCS) Recovery Fund – WSOS would be administering and fiscal entity for Weatherization works.

• U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) – Develop a comprehensive economic development plan of city of Willard.

• U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) Uzbekistan – delegation from Uzbek to learn about available support for housing development.

• Neighborhood Stabilization Program – Seneca County Region 4, Hancock County Region 7, city of Norwalk Region 3, demolished & redevelop vacant/foreclosed properties.

• Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Head Start for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Application – to expand Early Head Start services to 132 income eligible children birth to three in WSOS counties.

• Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Proposal for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) – used to support employment & training, housing assistance & development, lending initiative & senior chore services.

• American and Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) Funds HWAP – to allow serving more income-eligible residents in the six-county area.  

• Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, Edward Bryne Memorial, Justice Assistance Grant – SEBE Student Excelling Beyond Expectations Program.

• Sandusky County On-the-Job Training Program - 16 eligible adults and 36 eligible dislocated workers.

• Homeless Prevention/Rapid Re-Housing Grant – 328 homelessness prevention and 81 households the Rapid/Re-Housing category.

• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service Grant – WSOS to administer and fiscal agent to Northwest Ohio Windbreak Program.

• Peer-to-Peer Community Transition Center Demonstration – provide 400 eligible dislocated workers opportunity to become employed or enhance job skills.

• Area Office on Aging of Northwest Ohio, Inc. ARRA contract – allowed for several socialization events for senior citizens in Sandusky County.

• Ohio Department of Natural Resources Ash Tree Removal Program in Fremont and Port Clinton- assisted with paying a portion of the removal of ash trees.

• Ohio Attorney General’s Office Housing Counselor Grant – 150 residents of Wood, Sandusky, Ottawa, Seneca, Erie, Huron, Hancock and Wyandot.

• Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) Contract with Putnam County – to manage 5 private rehabilitations and 11 home repairs.

• Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) – to purchase properties for Rehab and resale 

2010  

• Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Constructing Futures – provided for an innovative pre-apprenticeship training program for 100 individuals in 16-month period.

• Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Feed Ohio: Summer Food Service that provided summer food program for 75 youths in Fremont City Schools summer program.

•  Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Together Ohio: Summer Learning Initiative Proposal - Fremont City Schools – 150 youth.

• Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Together Ohio: Summer Learning Initiative Proposal - Fostoria Community School – 75 youth.

• Great Lakes Restoration Initiative within United States Environmental Protection (USEPA) grant to reduce soil erosion and nutrient runoff from agricultural acres.

• U.S. State Department Professional Development Application – provide professional development for university admin, teachers, youth leaders, community/activist, staff of non-governmental organization, in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon.

• Great Lakes Commission Sandusky River Watershed grant to prevent soil erosion and sediment control through best management practices.

• RCAP, Inc., USDA ARRA Technical Assistance Agreement – provide technical assistance to water and   wastewater systems in Great Lakes RCAP states.

• Sandusky County Commissioners, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Office of Criminal     Justice, ARRA Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant – reintegrate 500 offenders into Community training program.

•  Rapid Response Transition Center grant – provided assistance to workers displaced by closing of Silgan Plastics in Ottawa County.

• Financial Literacy Services grant from the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies (OACAA) - program to provide financial literacy for families in the Early Childhood program. 

• Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant – to provide incentive to farmers to prevent soil erosion and runoff with Lower Broker Sword.

•  Ohio Department of Transportation, On-the-Job Training/Supportive Services Benefits for Women & Minority Workforce program – to assist 25 women minority enrolled in constructing futures program obtain employment or higher education.

• Ohio Housing Finance Agency for the Hardest Hit Fund Program – provide foreclosure prevention services to 507 households in Allen, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Hardin, Huron, Marion, Morrow, Ottawa, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood and Wyandot.

• City of Geneva GPS and GIS Contract – to complete GPS Data Collection & GIS Mapping of the water, sewer and storm water utilities