Easter
Seals - For more than fifty years, Easter Seals
- Central Texas, a local 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit, has been
providing quality, person-centered support services to children
and adults with disabilities and those who care for them. Support
from the IBM Uptown Classic would be used for support of our
Early Childhood Intervention Program (ECI), which provides services
for children (ages 0-3) with disabilities or developmental delays.
Many of these children are low to moderate income.
Family
Connections - Family Connections is a unique and
dynamic community-based nonprofit agency serving the city of
Austin and the surrounding area. The organization safeguards
the community’s youngest and most vulnerable residents
by educating and supporting those with the greatest responsibility
for child health, safety and well being, including parents,
child care providers, teachers, and community leaders. The merger
of Austin Families, Inc. and Connections Resource Center created
Family Connections in January 2004. After 10 years of serving
children and families in the Austin area, Connections Resource
Center was well established as a thriving community-based resource
located in Central Austin, three blocks from the busy interstate
highway that traverses the Central Texas region. Austin Families,
Inc. has provided services for families and child care programs
for the past 25 years. As the community’s child care resource
and referral agency, one of its roles has been to help families
locate child care for their children, help eligible families
pay for it, or identify resources to help them pay for it. Collectively,
the two agencies serve over 25,000 parents and child care providers
annually.
