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Program pushes woman to excel By GINA KINSLOWGlasgow Daily Times The program offers single parents many things, said Vinetta Williams-Bristow, a program facilitator.
“We expose single parents to resources that will help them with parenting skills, help them find affordable insurance, provide them with resources to help them buy housing rather than always renting, resources for recreation and family type programs where both they and their children can participate, and spiritual enlightenment,” she said. The program networks with community agencies to provide single parents with that type of information. Participating agencies include the University of Kentucky Extension Service, which presented a program on how to prepare quick meals, and the Barren County Health Department, which provided information on health care. “It’s a community network of people that we invite to come to help these single parents,” Glover said. The program also provides child care. “We try to make it easy for people, so they can attend the meetings,” she said. Williams-Bristow said she hopes participants build “a sense of self-efficiency” and “understand their role in society.” Single parents don’t necessarily want handouts, but rather opportunities where they can improve themselves, she said. “Personally, what I do is try to set up programs, speakers and things where they can interact,” she said. “Not just have someone come and lecture to them. I try to facilitate opportunities for them to put to practice what they hear being offered.” Tisdale is the first program participant to graduate from college. A reception to honor her is Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Liberty District-Ralph Bunche Community Center. For more information about the Single Parent Explosion Program, call 834-8537. 
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