EnAct of WV

Description:

Enact offers a variety of specific programs and services to assist low-income individuals and families towards self sufficiency. Enact administers emergency, maintenance and developmental programs that are critical service in developing the framework for individuals and families to achieve self-sufficiency. Education: Enact partners with other community-based organizations to provide GED and ABE classroom instruction. Enact can provide school supplies to low-income children whose families are unable to afford them. The Oak Hill site has just established a partnership with the Fayette Institute of Technology/Vo-Tech center to help provide GED testing for eligible individuals. Emergency Assistance: Enact provides assistance to low-income, disabled and elderly persons through the Community Services Block Grant. Enact can provide direct payments on qualified, eligible customers' utility bills, housing bills, and in some of our sites eyeglasses and prescription costs. When funds and donations are available. Enact also has baby items for qualified customers. These items can include diapers, baby food, and formula. Employment: Enact offices in Chesapeake and Clendenin and Kimberly serve as Work Force West Virginia satellite sites where representatives from the Regional Workforce Investment Boards, Bureau of Employment Programs, and the Work Force West Virginia Centers work with Enact staff to schedule clients for needs assessments, job referrals, job training and job placement. Nutrition: Enact operates emergency food pantries throughout its entire service area. Staff distribute USDA commodities and supplemental foodstuffs to qualified clients to assist clients in meeting their daily nutritional requirements. Enact partners with the Upper Kanawha Valley Community Center in Kimberly, WV to provide hot and nutritious lunches Monday-Friday to qualified individuals. Garden seeds are available in growing season to qualified individuals in the spring to supplement their nutritional needs. Staff partner with local agencies to instruct and provide informational pamphlets on how to can and freeze vegetables. *Must have proof of income, picture ID and a utility bill with address and may use the food pantry service once a month.

Address Listings

Town:

Charleston

Phone Numbers

Miscellaneous

Provider Service Area

• WV

  Boone (serves entire county)

Clay (serves entire county)

Fayette (serves entire county)

Kanawha (serves entire county)

Putnam (serves entire county)