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The mission of AALI (African American Leadership Initiative) is to identify and cultivate African American leaders in Mansfield and Richland County. AALI functions to create a network of diverse leaders with relevant opportunities to connect and contribute. AALI Social is a monthly gathering for the purpose of networking and establishing connections.

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Business Networking Groups
African American Community
Provides a program for African American girls focused on enhancing confidence, mental wellness, self-esteem, etiquette, hygiene, and financial literacy.

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Youth Enrichment Programs
African American Community
Provides an after school learning lab with computers, reading materials, and tutors. Overall focus is on literacy. Includes: service learning, college and career exploration, health and wellness, social skills and self-esteem, recreation trips, among other services. Also offers a competitive summer arts program where girls work with professional artist/teachers in several areas of the arts including: music and poetry composition, creative writing, dance, acting, or graphic design. Girls write music and lyrics, choreograph, perform, and record a CD of their work. Live performance at end of summer.

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Team Building Activities
Music Groups
Writing Instruction
Arts and Crafts Instruction
Music Instruction
Acting Instruction
Dance Instruction
Yoga
Day Camps
Youth Community Service Programs
African American Community
Physical Fitness
After School Meal Programs
Tutoring Services
Functions as a grant making public charity providing funding to charitable organizations only which provide services to residents of greater Cleveland's communities in need. Focuses on providing funding for education including family life and cultural and arts, homelessness, crisis intervention, HIV/AIDS education, re-entry (ex-offenders), workforce development, seniors, youth and social services to African Americans. Does not fund endowments, capital grants, or individuals.
Provides college students with programs designed to equip them with skills, practical work experience and insights necessary to become successful in business, technical and/or allied health careers. Services include mentoring and leadership development activities. The goal is placement in a job following graduation, preferably with the sponsoring business. Also provides a support group for the parents of participants, who meet to assist the development of their children, to further their own professional development, and to plan fundraising activities. There is also an active alumni group.

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Job Training Formats
African American Community
Leadership Development
Career Counseling
Native American Community
Career Awareness
Hispanic/Latino Community
Provides specialized home-based prenatal services to African American mothers and their families with the goal of reducing infant mortality. Licensed community health workers are assigned to enrolled pregnant women to provide 1 or 2 in-home, monthly face-to-face visits that will continue until the child is 2 years old.

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General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
African American Community
Offers a prenatal support program for low-income African American pregnant women. Provides in home case management services through Community Health Workers (CHW) who make regular home visits throughout the duration of the pregnancy and until the infant turns one (1) year old. In addition, offers support, education and resources via a telehealth option.

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Prenatal/Postnatal Home Visitation Programs
General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
African American Community
Offers a virtual lactation consultation with a Certified Lactation Counselor to support black mothers who are currently breastfeeding their child(ren). Topics of the consultation can include: latching, milk supply, nipple pain/soreness, feeding positioning, expression skills, breastfeeding supplies (e.g., nursing bras, nipple cream, and hand pumps), and questions or concerns.

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Breastfeeding Support Programs
African American Community
Offers a program to help new and experienced fathers with barriers to develop parenting skills. Curriculum includes addressing financial instability, communication issues and negative thought patterns to overcome in order to participate in a meaningful way in their children's lives.
Provides the opportunity for Black/African-American Greater Clevelanders to find safe support and share challenges.

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African American Community
Mental Health Related Support Groups
Offers community-based meetings and discussions for underrepresented minority populations in Lorain County. These meetings will address these groups' unique challenges in accessing mental health services and provide valuable information and resources to overcome these barriers. Focus on psychoeducation, group discussions, and hands-on activities to increase knowledge, reduce stigma, and improve access to mental health and substance abuse services.
Provides culturally appropriate mental health counseling for a variety of conditions, including bereavement, mood disorders in pregnancy and postpartum, relationship work, teen parenting, and general counseling to adjust to life transitions.

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African American Community
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Treatment
Bereavement and Grief Counseling
General Counseling Services
Provides an annual black experience cultural series for the community with lectures by speakers, the creative work of visual and performing artists, videos, and film presentations.

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Music Performances
Dance Performances
Public Lectures/Discussions
African American Community
Film Presentations
An Africentric mentoring program committed to affirming the positive aspects of childhood while easing the transition to womanhood. Matches African American women to act as role models for African American girls. Mentor is assigned for a minimum of 6 months.

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African American Community
Adult/Child Mentoring Programs
Provides performing arts instruction for lifelong learners.

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Music Instruction
Acting Instruction
Dance Instruction
African American Community
Arts and Crafts Instruction
Provides tutoring in math, reading, and language arts, as well as other character development curricula. Learning Center promotes fluency in reading and comprehension of math concepts, while developing self-determination and self-pride in their studies. Offers classes in computer use and leadership development.Youth development programs include African drumming, anger management, and martial science. Capacity of the program is 65.

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African American Community
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Tutoring Services
Leadership Development
Recruits, screens, and trains residents to successfully submit employment applications. Applicant services include: soft skill interview training, skills for successful employment, computer/technology training classes, mentoring and career coaching. Also works with local employees to host neighborhood hiring events.

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Career Awareness
Prejob Guidance
Job Training Formats
African American Community
Provides information and assistance in completing forms to apply for various benefits and entitlements they may be eligible for. Also provides basic information about income taxes, as well as State, Federal, and local Income Tax forms. Provides blood pressure screening and one on one evaluations from the agency staff, assessing needs around food, personal care, and other urgent matters.

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Secretarial Assistance
Benefits and Services Assistance
Blood Pressure Screening
African American Community
Offers a program to assist in building self-confidence and self awareness in an effort to resolve past trauma, avoid substance abuse and end cycles of poverty. Program includes sessions on resolving conflict before it escalates, managing money and building credit, time management, goal-setting, effective communication, critical thinking skills for problem solving, and avoiding premature fatherhood. Program may include participation in a golf program.
Program is based on Africentric mentoring and rites of passage. Simba matches African American male youths with African American men from the community to act as role models and give friendship, support, and guidance to the young men. Mentors are assigned for a minimum of six months.

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African American Community
Adult/Child Mentoring Programs
Provides a substance abuse prevention program that incorporates arts activities to reduce risk-taking behaviors of African American teenaged girls.

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Substance Use Disorder Education/Prevention
African American Community
Provides access to credit to existing African American and disadvantaged businesses in Cuyahoga County and the Greater Cleveland area.

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Business Financing
African American Community
Provides workshops designed to develop life skills needed to decrease infant mortality, reduce stress, accomplish goals, and make health life choices.

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New Parents
Life Skills Education
Parenting Skills Classes
Pregnancy/Childbirth Support Groups
Parent Support Groups
Parenting Materials
Single Parents
African American Community
Provides counseling, case management, family and group therapy and crisis intervention services on a short-term basis for clients who demonstrate a need for support beyond prevention. Service includes counseling to deal with bereavement and trauma issues.

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Bereavement and Grief Counseling
Psychiatric Case Management
African American Community
General Counseling Services
Provides a variety of services that cover women's health concerns, including, breast exams, pap smears, obstetrics/gynecological services, pregnancy testing, birth control, midwifery, and prenatal care, including care for high risk pregnancies. Offers testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.

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General Obstetrics
Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening
Midwifery
Breastfeeding Support Programs
African American Community
Breast Examinations
Sexually Transmitted Infection Treatment
Prenatal Care
Pregnancy Testing
Pap Tests
Gynecology Services
HIV Testing
Birth Control
AIDS/HIV Clinics