Community Outreach
Smoking Cessation Prevention
Focus on adults and parents to increase awareness of tobacco-related risks and to increase tobacco cessation services.
Focus Group Recruitment
Our demonstrated ability to conduct culturally competent, culturally relevant, and culturally sensitive services among low-income and culturally diverse populations has earned us a reputation as the contact to call for focus group needs in communities of color.
Community Asset Mapping
Providing community members with knowledge on services available in their community.
Healthy Women Outreach
Educate the community on infant mortality, strategies to reduce it and behaviors aimed at achieving healthy pregnancies and outcomes. Promotions include outreach to women of child bearing age to:
Photo Novels (foto novelas)
Development of culturally and linguistically appropriate materials called Photo Novels. The Photo Novel is designed for low literacy audiences. They are an effective and fun way to educate when the audience can personally identify with the individuals pictured. Because this method consists of a story board format with photos and dialogue, they appeal to low verbal learners who may have difficulty with meaning from words alone. Photo Novels motivate the reader and are relatively inexpensive to produce. Photo Novels have been proven to get repeated usage because they are shared and not thrown away.
Parent Support Classes
Develops strong parents. The objective is to teach parents skills needed to support their children as they grow and thrive. Families will enhance their capacity and confidence in their ability to support their child’s safety, health and well-being. Class topics include child development, discipline, safety, nutrition and much more.
Employment
Receive the benefits through our Employment program which includes one-on-one meetings with our employment specialists for candidates seeking employment and the opportunity to enhance diversity recruiting for employers
Housing
The Home buyers Education program provides information on the steps necessary to obtain home ownership, with workshops that teach participants how to clear up/dispute credit issues and develop a successful financial plan to begin the process of saving for a down payment and closing costs.