from staff As our community continues to face a tight economy and shrinking budgets, the Daily Record has established this page that will each
week chronicle the efforts of local nonprofit organizations. Bailey Publishing & Communications invites all members of the local nonprofit community to submit news, announcements, success stories and any other information they feel would be of interest to our readers. E-mail to: nonprofitnewsbaileypub.com. We also encourage our readers to become more aware of the needs of these worthy organizations as they try to continue to provide valuable services with reduced resources. Supporting the community one family at a time Each day of the week, Community Connections Day Care Center provides a quality early learning experience in a loving environment for 65 homeless pre-school children while their parents are at work. Through the Davis Center homeless housing program, the women in residence take classes on financial management and parenting while they juggle being parents and working often low paying jobs in the community. When they arrive at their Community Connections home in the evenings, many attend the Adult Basic Education Classes and GED classes, trying to better themselves educationally.
The women come from many diverse backgrounds that range from being victims of domestic violence to having been homeowners a year ago. Some arrived from extremely fragile economic situations that rendered them homeless with the chronic illness of a child.