Indianola Get Involved
“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say “It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.” Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.”
About Indianola Excel By 5:
Indianola Promise Community: Cradle to Career Initiative
The Indianola Promise Community (IPC) is a community-led initiative unique to the Delta, which offers programs that touch the lives of people in Indianola by improving access to quality healthcare, by providing programs for early childhood development and literacy, and addressing the social needs of children and adolescents as well as their families. The goal of IPC is to build a continuum of programs that will blanket Indianola with programs that cover significant unmet needs of children from prenatal care to college preparation, focusing specifically on health care, adult literacy, early childhood development, parenting, after school tutoring, healthy lifestyles, and social needs for children and teens.
Services include but are not limited to:
In-Home Visitations
Trained staff provide visitations to help improve prenatal care and the health and development of children.
Free Books
Free books provided monthly for children and their parents ages birth to five-years-old.
College and Career Courses
Programs dedicated to providing college and career preparedness courses.
Literacy Programs
Special classes geared toward helping students achieve higher literacy.
Behavioral Support
Parenting and family support initiatives to prevent and treat behavioral and emotional problems in children and teenagers.
Summer Camps
Summer Camps seek to provide innovative opportunities that support youth vocabulary and reading enhancement during the summer while school is not in session.
Delta Futures Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
Focuses on pre-conceptional health, risk reduction, the importance of delaying pregnancies to improve infant health, and development awareness.
For information on becoming involved with Indianola Excel by 5 and their efforts, please contact:
Eileen Beazley, Indianola Excel By 5 Coalition- Certification Manager
ebeazley@deltahealthalliance.org