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-Committed to equal opportunity, and providing services and advocacy to Alabama children and families in need since 1954
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ACHR offers a wide range of services to adults. Most of the services listed below are available in Lee and Russell Counties in Alabama and most have income guidelines.
The Head Start/Early Head Start staff provide several activities during the year specific to fathers. The Family Services Center program is designed to enable Head Start families to become self-sustaining through intensive case management, training, and advocacy. Through the EMERGE program non-Head Start participants are also accepted. ACHR is a HUD-Certified Housing Counseling Agency. Comprehensive housing counseling is provided to residents in Lee County. ACHR provides affordable housing at two locations in Lee County and in seven other counties in Alabama. The Alabama Coalition Against Hunger (ACAH) is a statewide community advocacy organization working on problems of hunger and malnutrition among those living with low incomes. ACAH can provide training and technical assistance to community organizations seeking to improve the lives of those living with low incomes. It also works in the area of community gardens. The Woman, Infants and Children's program (WIC) offers nutritious, supplemental food to low-income pregnant and nursing women, infants, and children under five who have anemia or other health/nutrition problems that can limit growth and development. ACHR provides services in Lee County at Boykin Center in Auburn and the Darden Center in Opelika. |
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