Parents as Teachers , one of the nation's premier home-visiting program, announced the recipients of their 2024 Challenge Grants, marking the beginning of their 40th anniversary with their "Investing in the Power of Families" initiative. Project Self-Sufficiency was one of only two organizations from the state of New Jersey to be selected to receive a grant from Parents as Teachers, and one of twenty nationwide to receive a grant of $50,000. The agency will allocate the funds towards the purchase vehicles for agency home visitors to use when they visit mothers of young children in Sussex and Hunterdon Counties. This three-pronged initiative by Parents as Teachers aims to restore post pandemic family enrollments in affiliates’ home visiting services, enhance mental and physical health support services, and foster systemic positive changes through engaged parent leaders. “Transportation to and from our participants’ homes is crucial to the success of our ho...
Project Self-Sufficiency is a non-profit organization which has been serving individuals and families in northwestern New Jersey since 1986.