(WNY News Now) – Jamestown Community Learning Council (JCLC), a nonprofit serving families across Chautauqua County, has received $104,377 grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. JCLC will use these funds to expand the Parents as Teachers (PAT) Home Visiting Program by adding an additional full-time home visitor and covering a portion of the TEAM (Teenage Education and Motherhood) home visitor salary. Parents as Teachers is an evidence-based home visiting model that improves the early learning, development, and health of babies and young children by partnering trained professionals with parents and caregivers beginning as early as pregnancy through kindergarten.
“I’m thrilled that we can add another home visitor to our community to help support our mission of
strengthening the capacity of families to nurture, support and provide for their child’s academic development,
emotional growth and physical wellbeing.” said Krista Camarata, Executive Director. “We thank the Mother
Cabrini Health Foundation for their generous grant, which will directly benefit the families in our community.”
The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the
health and wellbeing of New Yorkers, bolster the health outcomes of vulnerable communities, eliminate barriers
to care, and bridge gaps in health services. Named after a tireless advocate for immigrants, children, and the
poor, the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation funds programs, and initiatives across New York State that either
provide direct healthcare services or address the social determinants of health. For more information, visit
https://www.cabrinihealth.org.
“As we begin to recover from a pandemic that has hit vulnerable populations the hardest, we must continue to
address the challenges that communities across New York State are facing: food and housing insecurity; lack of
access to basic healthcare including vaccines; workforce issues; and educational, racial, economic, and health
disparities made worse during COVID-19. We must continue to support the full range of services that make for
healthy people and communities,” said Msgr. Gregory Mustaciuolo, Chief Executive Officer of the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation.
JCLC was founded in 1989 as a pilot community school project in Jamestown School District. The Parents as
Teachers model was adopted in 2000. JCLC has home visitors in nine of the 18 county school districts as well as
six, full-time PAT across the county. In addition, JCLC runs the Healthy Families Chautauqua Home Visiting
program in Chautauqua County.
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