Rochester Early Enhancement Project (REEP)
REEP is a multi-agency collaborative that promotes the healthy development of families with young children in Rochester, New York. Comprehensive, integrated, and intensive educational programs and services are delivered to families through in-home visits and at neighborhood centers and schools.
By pooling resources and reaching consensus on important issues, each REEP member agency is able to increase services to families. As lead agency, Children's Institute is responsible for the financial management, coordination, resource development, and evaluation of REEP.
Goals
- Promote healthy development of families with young children
- Provide comprehensive, integrated, and intensive educational programs and services to those in three quadrants of Rochester
- Pool resources and coordinate efforts of multiple agencies
Primary Strategies
- Services are provided to children and families in their homes, schools and local communities
- Agencies maximize services by working together to support young families
Ongoing research and evaluation of REEP shows that it provides the opportunity for:
- Early detection of need and access to appropriate services
- Children to be born healthy
- Children to develop stronger social, cognitive, language, and school adjustment skills
- Parents to acquire greater self-esteem, understanding of children's age-appropriate behavior, and confidence in their parenting abilities
- Agencies to improve program and service delivery and to be more in-touch with the people they serve
REEP Member Agencies:
- Baby Love of Strong Memorial Hospital
- Charles Settlement House
- Children's Institute Inc.
- Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation
- Family Resource Centers of Rochester:
- Peter Castle Family Resource Center
- The Family Place
- Southwest Family Resource Center
- Healthy Moms of Unity Health System
- Monroe County Department of Social Services
- Monroe County Health Department
- Peter Castle Family Resource Center
- Rochester City School District:
- Rochester Preschool Parent Program
- Southwest Area Neighborhood Association
- United Way of Greater Rochester
- Westside Health Services
- YMCA:
- Maplewood YMCA
- Southwest YMCA Active Family Center
Primary funding for REEP is provided by the United Way of Greater Rochester and Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation with additional funding and support from member agencies and the Rochester Area Community Foundation, Halcyon Hill Foundation, Gannett Foundation, and March of Dimes.
(Pictured left to right) Dawn Pozzi, REEP
Director; Rob Gross, CEO of Monro Muffler Brake and Service; Karen Ward, Human Resources
staff
Since 1994, the Monro Muffler Brake and Service corporate office has been purchasing Christmas gifts for children who are being served by agencies in the REEP collaborative. This year, 75 gifts were hand selected for each child by name and age and beautifully gift wrapped. Gifts were presented to Dawn Pozzi of Children's Institute for dissemination to children who live in the poorest neighborhoods in Rochester. Rob Gross, CEO, commented that the company does this every year, "because it's the right thing to do." Employees expressed their gratitude and shared that they want to give back to a a community that has given them so much.
