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Need more information? Just submit an Info Request Form for further assistance. [Back to Top of Page]	Families Get the Support that they Need Family Savings Account Program The Family Savings Account Program (FSA) is an asset-building tool that changes dreams to reality. It resulted from legislation signed by Governor Ridge in June 1997. The goal of the program is to encourage people with low-to-moderate incomes to save money and to move towards greater economic self-sufficiency. As a part of the program, financial literacy workshops are given as a tool to help individuals reach their savings goals. FSA is an asset-building program, and the money saved must be used towards the purchase of a home, starting a business, financing home repairs, or educational expenses. There must be close and detailed follow-up case management with clients to run a successful program. [Back to Top of Page] Garfield Family Support Center GJA implemented the Garfield Family Support Center plan. The Allegheny County Department of Human Services awarded GJA the contract. The Scaife Foundation and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh was instrumental in providing funding for the planning of the center. The Family Support Center provides educational, parenting, health and nutrition education, early childhood screening, employment training and career assistance to parents who have children 0 to 5 years of age. The Family Support Center is located at GJA, 5138 Penn Ave. at Evaline Street, as well as at a satellite center at 5341 Fern Street, in Garfield Heights. It is a parent-driven organization, and has a 17-member parent Advisory Council that meets monthly and provides leadership and oversight. [Back to Top of Page] Community Organizing Garfield Jubilee Association, Inc. helps members of the community empower themselves by organizing and conducting meetings, engaging new members of the community, and developing new leaders in the revitalization efforts in Garfield. Community organizing was implemented for the Garfield HOPE VI planning, the Garfield Family Support Center, the replacement housing for seniors who live in the Garfield Heights High-Rise, and the Master Planning for senior and market rate housing, commercial and retail space, and public community space around the Eat-n-Park site on Penn Avenue. [Back to Top of Page] TANF Client Support Garfield Jubilee Association, inc. received a grant from the Department of Welfare-Community Connections Program to provide case management to 250 TANF clients who are in danger of losing their benefits. GJA encourages clients to keep appointments with their DPW Case Managers to explore employment and training opportunities or enroll into the Maximizing Participation Project (MPP). GJA is a contractor for 4 District Offices: Northern, Eastern, Susquehanna and Liberty. From September 1, 2001 to December 31, 2001, sixty clients were referred to the program.
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