Needs
🤱🏻Community Lactation Assistance Program 👩🏽‍🍼
Our Community Lactation Assistance Program provides FREE clinical lactation services to WIC participants and low-income families in Sacramento County, ensuring expert breastfeeding support through phone, in-person, and home visits. However, due to a 17% budget reduction from First 5 Sacramento which is funded primarily by tobacco tax revenues, our ability to serve families has been severely impacted, limiting lactation consultant hours and reducing access to essential care.
Without this program, many parents will struggle to access lactation support, leading to lower breastfeeding rates, poorer health outcomes, and increased disparities for low-income families. Private lactation consultations cost over $200 per visit, an expense most cannot afford. Your donation helps sustain this critical service and ensures families continue receiving the support they need.
📖 Literacy is Key 🤸🏼‍♀️
Since 2021, CRP’s Literacy is Key annual event has made a lasting impact on children and families across Sacramento, Yuba, and Sutter Counties. Through generous donations, we’ve distributed over 600 children’s books, including bilingual options, helping to ignite a passion for reading in children who might not otherwise have access. These free events provide more than just books, they include live story time, activities, meals, and critical resources for families in underserved neighborhoods. Literacy is Key is fully donor-funded, and without the generosity of supporters like you, we wouldn’t be able to host these events. Your donation will help ensure that children can fall in love with reading and close the literacy gaps in underserved communities.
👨‍🔧Workforce Development 🌎
As a leading member in energy efficiency, HVAC, and retrofits, CRP recognizes the skills gap and labor shortages as the needs for employees tied to net-zero emission goals grow. However, this also serves as an opportunity for local residents to participate in the green economy in an industry sector with a positive outlook and with significant expected growth. In response, CRP aims to equip 30 unemployed and underemployed individuals from South Sacramento with the skills needed for sustainable careers in clean energy through their Community Learning, Employment & Awareness Network for Air (CLEAN Air Project) initiative.
To ensure the success of our trainees, we seek additional funding for essential support, including student transportation stipends, work boots, and hand tool kits. These resources will remove financial barriers and enable participants to fully engage in the program, ultimately strengthening the local workforce and advancing climate equity. Your support will help create a pathway to stable, well-paying careers for residents from underserved neighborhoods that will support the will advance while creating cleaner, healthier neighborhoods.