  G.W. Carver Center Operations Currently the G.W. Carver Center is open daily Monday – Friday with special events on Saturday. The Carver Center hosts the Road to Success Program Monday – Friday from 8:00am – 1:00pm and Open Gym from 2:00pm – 6:00pm. Our Summer Hours will be 8:30am – 5:00pm with Open Gym hours of 1:00pm – 5:00pm Program Update Community Assistant Program: On Wednesdays, the G.W. Carver Center provides a Community Assistant Program. Every other Wednesday, Flagler Cares offers services including Screening & Referral, Care Coordination, Benefit Assistance & Navigation, SOAR, Housing Assistance, ID Assist, Behavioral Health Programs, and Health Marketplace Navigation. Through our Community Assistant Program, we strive to be a valuable resource for the community. Community Assistance will be available every Wednesday, with Flagler Cares visiting every other Wednesday.Flagler Cares Dates: June 5th & 19th Senior Social Hour: Senior Social Hour is a program geared towards our seniors in the community. This program gives our seniors the opportunity to have social interaction with other seniors in the community through games, activities, and learning experiences every Tuesday and Thursday of the month. Our summer course will run from June 11th through July 9th, on one day a week.Senior Social Hour Dates: June 11th, 18th, & 25th Learn & Earn Program: Five weekly programs were held on Mondays from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. We hosted a group of 15 students who learned about goal setting, employability skills, financial literacy, communication, and more. Here is a picture of the students and our highly qualified facilitators who presented them with their Certificate of Completion.        Road to Success UpdateThe Road to Success (RTS) program has reached 375 GEDs to date, with 8 students graduating in May. We have a 97% positive outcome since the beginning of the program. This month, RTS had its graduation ceremony, which is shared with the Flagler Technical College. On May 28th, we held our joint graduation ceremony with Flagler Technical College. This year, we had 43 eligible graduates who could walk across the stage in front of family and friends. Our student success class (based upon entrepreneurs), which is funded through CareerSource, ended. The students had more guest speakers talk about how they became successful, lectures/activities, and were interviewed on the Flagler Health Matters radio show. RTS has one intern working currently at the Belle Terre Swim & Racquet Club. To find out about the GED program or the student internships, please visit our website (https://gwcarvercenter.com/rts/) or contact Brian Willard at 386-437-8279.    |
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