Getting Ahead Program

Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World

Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World (GA) is an internationally recognized, 16-20 week program known for its interactive small group format. No one “teaches” you what you want to learn – you discover what’s best for you. Getting Ahead helps individuals impacted by poverty to build their resources needed for a better life.

Though we are not offering sessions at Seton Center at this time, we are part of the Frederick County Getting Ahead Coalition. It is available to all Frederick County residents, including Northern Frederick County. Please click the button below for more information on the next session.

The Getting Ahead Curriculum

• Involves rigorous work done in a safe, kitchen-table style learning environment with the support of an experienced facilitator.
• Enables participants, called “Investigators,” to examine their own experience of inadequate resources as well as explore issues in the community that impact success − banking, housing, jobs, transportation − providing critical information the community can use to take action to end the cycles of poverty.
• Compensates Investigators for their time when they attend a weekly three-hour meeting.
• Guides Investigators through an assessment of their own resources and how to build those resources as part of their move toward self-sufficiency.
• Puts the concepts, tools and relationships in the hands of people in poverty to make a difference in their own lives and in the life of their community.

New groups form about twice a year, and we’re looking for more participants!