Dear LEO Community:

With ongoing reductions to the federal workforce, it is reasonable to be unsure if the programs you and your family rely on are still available. LEO is very much open. Early Head Start and Head Start classrooms are bustling, all branches of Community Services (HEAP/Home Energy Assistance, VITA, Rental Assistance, Food Distribution, Homelessness Supports) are up, operating, and providing opportunities for our community to thrive. We are all in, nothing has changed about how we support, educate and care for our community.

If we know more, we will share more, that is our pledge to our clients, families and staff.

Thank you for trusting LEO Inc.

Birgitta S. Damon, CEO

A Two-Generation Approach to Success

When Rona Henry moved here from the South, she did not have family or any support in the area. In fact, she didn’t move with much more than her children, and was apprehensive to leave them in outside care. She soon had all three of her children in LEO programs. Her oldest daughter Julia was in our afterschool program, and her two little ones, Kendall and Cameron, were at our Jack Robinson Child Care Center.

“Eager to find stable employment, Rona worked diligently with our staff and the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) to get into a job training program, and was ultimately accepted into a medical billing coding program at Salem Hospital.”

She lives in the highlands and walks to JRCCC to drop the kids off at school. Most mornings Rona arrives early to play games with her children in the driveway: I Spy, Red Light Green Light. Rona embodies the qualities of a fully engaged Head Start parent.

Success at LEO is measured in steps forward; moving each day toward a goal. Showing up for your children AND yourself.

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