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Getting Started is the Key to Getting Ahead
Getting Started is the Key to Getting Ahead
See it Through by Edgar Albert Guest
You are not alone. Many Getting Ahead group members have said they were surprised to learn they were not the only people struggling. The friendships and insights they gained from joining the Getting Ahead group are truly life changing, they say.
“The conversations were fantastic,” said Head Start Policy Council President Susan West, who recently completed the program. “And it’s just conversation. You’re learning and you don’t even realize you’re learning.”
Getting Ahead is an empowering program in which participants find strengths, learn skills to become financially secure and work toward personal goals. The program helps individuals living in poverty build their resources for a more prosperous life for themselves, their families and their communities.
Those participating in groups as COVID-19 struck called Getting Ahead “essential” to their lives and eagerly switched to the online platform Zoom as soon as possible.
“We have always used a ‘kitchen table’ style setting,” Client Services Coordinator and Getting Ahead Facilitator Amy Steele said. “Now, we are literally bringing the program to your kitchen table.”
Getting Ahead groups meet regularly for eight weeks and discuss a wide variety of items from Ruby Payne and Phil DeVol’s book Getting Ahead in a Just Getting By World.
Books and materials are free to participants. Discussions include finances, planning for changes, time management, how to negotiate and much more.
The program is designed to be individualized and confidence building, while examining the many factors that hold people back, not just money.
Groups will begin on the following dates in early 2021:
Tuesday January 12 at 10 a.m.
Tuesday January 18 at 4:30 p.m.
Monday January 25 at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday February 2 at 4:30 p.m.
Monday February 8 at 1:30 p.m.
If you have questions, are looking for a different time, or are ready to sign up, contact Steele at 440-204- 3121 or asteele@lccaa.net.
