Local, Area Briefs: New Infant Education Program Offered

Mar 26, 05:01 PM

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The Community Action Project and Sand Springs Public Schools have partnered to offer early childhood education for infants to toddlers.

Enrollment for the early childhood program at Twin Cities Early Childhood Education Center, 11 S. 65th West Ave., is ongoing.

The program is designed for children up to 36 months old. The program is free to families that qualify. A birth certificate, shots record, proof of address and proof of income are required to enroll in the program.

To enroll, contact Mayra Burke or Amy Fain at 585-3227.

Volunteers needed for OHLAP program

Volunteers are needed to help students apply for Oklahoma's Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP) through a program at the Community Action Project of Tulsa County.

The program offers assistance for higher education to Oklahoma students with limited financial resources. It is administered through the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

Volunteers can work days, nights or weekends to help students and their families with the application and understand the program guidelines.

OHLAP requires students to complete a core curriculum, maintain a minimum grade point average and meet codes of conduct to be eligible for free tuition for up to five years at any public Oklahoma college or university.

To volunteer, call 382-3269.

Energy crisis program taking applications

The Energy Crisis Assistance Program will be accepting applications beginning Monday at all Oklahoma offices of the Department of Human Services. Applications will be taken until the funding is out.

To be eligible, households must have had their home heating service discontinued by their supplier, have a 72-hour cut-off notice, have received a refusal to provide additional fuel or require help with a fee for a new connection.

When applying, people should bring their latest heating bill or cut-off notice.

Maximum monthly income guidelines are $899 for a single person, $1,210 for a two-person household, $1,522 for three people, $1,834 for four people, $2,145 for five people and $2,457 for six people.

Payment will be made in the amount necessary to maintain, restore or obtain service up to a maximum of $500, without regard to household size.

Cherokee Nation holding science fair

TAHLEQUAH -- Students who live in the Cherokee Nation's 14- county jurisdictional area can participate in a Cherokee Nation Science and Engineering Fair on May 8 at the Sequoyah High School gym.

The fair features 15 categories to submit projects. They include behavioral and social sciences, biochemistry, botany, chemistry, computer science, earth and space sciences, engineering, environmental science, gerontology, math, medicine and health, microbiology, physics, zoology and team projects.

Daniel Faddis, event coordinator, said the fair will provide a forum for students to have their research reviewed in the categories of math, engineering, technology and cultural preservation.

Call Faddis for more information at (918) 453-5224. College accredited by nursing board

Eastern Oklahoma State College has been awarded a full five-year accreditation from the Oklahoma Board of Nursing, the college announced last week.

The college's nursing program has been accredited at the state and national level since its 1974 beginning. In the past several years, the college's two-year registered nursing program has averaged 45 graduates a year.

The evaluator recommended the school continue to work on freshmen retention. College officials say a three-year, $1.7 million grant that the school is receiving to expand the program also will aid in retention. Alzheimer's group adds caregiver classes

The Alzheimer's Association of Oklahoma and Arkansas has added new program times for its Caregiver Essential Series workshop.

The workshop, which provides practical help to caregivers, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon or 6 to 8 p.m. March 22, April 26, May 24, June 28, July 26, Aug. 23, Sept. 27, Oct. 25, Nov. 8 and Dec. 13. All workshops will be held at the Warren Clinic, 6600 S. Yale Ave.

Admission is free, but space is limited. For more information or to register for a workshop, call 481-7741 or (800) 272-3900.

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