ProJeCt envisions a community in which a system of services is available to help people meet their most basic material needs; support their capacity to care for themselves; and map a path toward self-sufficiency through education that builds life skills and opportunity. ProJeCt will achieve its mission by developing an integrated system of services that builds on its own and other high quality community resources.

ProJeCt improves the community and helps economically and educationally disadvantaged adults and children by assisting them with their emergency needs and developing their potential to achieve self sufficiency through an integrated system of research-based social support and education programs. We do this through tiers of service including:• Family Literacy addresses the intergenerational cycle of low literacy and economic disadvantage in at-risk families using a four-component research model that includes adult literacy education, parenting education and support, high quality preschool and structured parent/child literacy opportunities. • Adult Literacy (Adult Basic Education, GED® Preparation, English as a Second Language) improves literacy skills and prepares adults to achieve self-sufficiency and economic progress as they learn to carry out their roles and responsibilities as workers, citizens and parents. • School-Age Supplemental Education Support (SIZZLE!®) is a free summer literacy day camp for at-risk, low-income children in kindergarten through fourth grade in the Easton Area School District. This six-week program prevents summer learning loss in at-risk children and provides them with an enriching summer experience. • Easton Area Middle School Student Success Program is a collaborative, school-based program that helps students develop self-control and self-management skills so they can maintain good attendance, behavior and classroom performance and ultimately succeed in school and graduate from high school. • Basic and Emergency Needs Support provides a 24/7 safety net for individuals and families living in poverty or facing economic crisis. Services include a food pantry and emergency assistance voucher program that provides shelter, transportation, prescription medications and other essential material supports.

ProJeCt offers a wide range of research-based programs, and builds partnerships intended to fill the gaps in our services. ProJeCt is committed to providing programs that consistently make a measurable impact on the people we serve and the wider community. Our programs build action plans, teach new life skills, and connect at-risk adults, children, and families to opportunities that will help them break the cycle of poverty. Our capabilities for meeting this goal include: highly qualified and well trained staff; a state of the art, full choice, handicapped-accessible food pantry; our literacy center located in Downtown Easton, with multiple classrooms, technology, and a library; partnerships with other organizations, such as the Easton Area School District, Second Harvest Food Bank, and Northampton County; a committed board of directors; and a diverse funding pool.

ProJeCt is committed to measurable goals and objectives. We will know if we are making progress by: the number of people assisted through our emergency services; the number of students who complete our educational programs and go on to earn their GED, U. S. citizenship, get a job with a life-sustaining wage, or other measurable goal; the number of youth who complete our programs (SIZZLE and the Student Success Program); the amount of funding raised; and the strength of our community partnerships.

ProJeCt has continued to offer high quality, research-based programs that provide real-life solutions to those in poverty. We are recognized as a leader in the community for poverty solutions. We continue to build partnerships in order to best serve those in need. Looking forward, ProJeCt aims to serve with gold standard, evidence-based interventions that produce measurable change for disadvantaged individuals and families. We plan on making our outreach more proactive. We will do this by:1. Moving all programs along continuum from activity-based to gold standard. 2. Building strategic partnerships3. Training and offering Professional Development opportunities for our staff4. Developing impact networks through coalitions committed to excellence and shared purpose of solving strategically targeted social problems5. Building efficient and effective agency administrative and board governance structure