Programs

The NAACP sponsors a variety of programs to make real the promise of America. Our programs are designed to ensure civil rights compliance, equitable treatment of all Americans under law, the attainment of educational excellence, access to health care, and economic empowerment. Our political empowerment initiative is devoted to that most fundamental right of all Americans, fully participatory democracy.

Stepping Stone Project

The Jeffersonville/Clark County NAACP has developed a partnership with local substance abuse service and referral providers which includes:

• Jeffersonville Public Housing Authority
• Substance Abuse Initiative of Southern Indiana
• Clark County Superior County One
• Clark County Court
• Jeffersonville City Court
• LifeSpring Mental Health

Through this partnership, the Jeffersonville/Clark County NAACP Stepping Stone Project provides outreach service delivery to minority populations with target group emphasis being placed on low income blacks in public housing facilities.  “Outreach” refers to a program of reaching out to clients in need who do not otherwise seek out services. This program will provide substance abuse prevention and intervention for this minority community and will assist at-risk and/or chemically dependent individuals seeking treatment. The Stepping Stone Project is funded through the Governor’s Commission for a Drug Free Indiana.

The staff will serve as a liaison between local treatment facilities and the court systems. The staff will establish working relationships with the residents of the public housing faciliities and develop and implement the following:

• recruiting strategies
• prevention and intervention workshops
• referral to substance abuse treatment facilities
• support groups
• recreation activities
• Clark County Jail Outreach Program
• Clark County Juvenile Detention Program
• Youth Recreation Program
• Mentoring Program

The program hours will vary by need, with basic hours of 9:00am to 3:00pm daily, extending into evening hours or weekends for group counseling or crisis situations.

The prevention, intervention, and referral components of this program will provide numerous options for the participants of this program. The major goal is to provide substance abuse prevention and intervention to break the cycle of chemical dependency and assist the dependent participants through the necessary steps to recovery. (learn more)

Back-to-School / Stay-in-School

The Back-to-School/Stay-in-School Program was created in response to alarming high school dropout rates. Understanding the correlation between education and life-long earnings and the need to maximize the human potential. The program's goals are to increase the human potential. The program's goals are to increase the number of skilled and literate African American youth graduating from high school by providing them with mentoring, tutoring, remedial assistance and incentives for maintaining regular attendance.

The program seeks to heighten public awareness of the dropout rate among African American youth; nurture positive attitudes toward public education; increase self-development of African American youth; and broaden knowledge in the areas of educational, cultural awareness and community service.

Emphasis is placed on promoting self-development and raising the standard of excellence by having higher expectations for young people and pushing them to seek educational excellence. The Back-to-School/Stay-in-School program is available to youth between the ages of 11 and 18. (learn more)

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