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WSOS provides comprehensive family development, workforce development, education and child care assistance and other support services to families and individuals desiring to obtain basic needs stability, greater independence and self sufficiency.
Staff help families prepare for successful employment opportunities. We help individuals gain and retain employment with benefits, provide follow up services to ensure long term job retention and build community partnerships to support these efforts.
This is addressed through basic needs financial assistance programs, family and workforce development activities including case management, life skills, educational and vocational development and individual counseling.
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Child Development News
August 11, 2008 - Deadline for cooling assistance weeks away
In July, the Summer Cooling Program operated by WSOS Community Action Commission, provided assistance with air conditions and electric bill payments to 162 households for at total of $14,467.
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July 28, 2008 - WSOS accepting preschool applications now
The WSOS Head Start/Early Childhood Development Program is accepting preschool applications now for children from three- to five-years-old, and whose families are income-eligible and who live in the Tiffin or Fostoria areas. [continued]
July 21, 2008 - WSOS to use fundraising dollars for air conditioners
Beginning Monday, July 21, WSOS will use funds from its annual fund-raising account to help area residents stay cool during the summer months. [continued]
July 9, 2008 - Utility costs making a dent in food and shelter funds
Of the $47,122 awarded to Sandusky County earlier this year to supplement Emergency Food and Shelter Programs (EFSP) in the county, WSOS has used $22,980 by mid-June to help residents pay their utility bills. Last year, it took a month and a half to use $21,000. [continued]
July 8, 2008 - WSOS relocates preschool classrooms to Pemberville
The WSOS Child Development program is recruiting preschoolers ages 3-5 years old for its new center at 135 East Front Street, Pemberville. [continued]
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