Creciendo Juntos Growing Together: An Initiative to Improve Outreach to LatinosHispanics in Central

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Creciendo Juntos Growing Together An
Initiative to Improve Outreach to
Latinos/Hispanics in Central Virginia

• Presented by
• Peter Loach
• Deputy Director of Operations
• Piedmont Housing Alliance
• February 1, 2006

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An Introduction to Latinos/Hispanics Looking at
the Numbers
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1990 Charlottesville and Albemarle Co.
Total Population 108,381
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2000 Charlottesville and Albemarle Co.
Total Population 124,285
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2000 Virginia
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2000 Virginia Average Population Age
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Virginia Change in Residence 1995-2000
69 of VA Hispanics have moved in the last 5 years
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Place of Residence in 1995 if Different from
Today (Virginia)
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2000 Median Household Income in Region
Median Household Income 41,705
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2000 Charlottesville Income Level
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2000 Albemarle Income Level
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2000 Renter Occupied Units in TJPD
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2000 Home Ownership by Race/Ethnicity
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Charlottesville City Schools 2004-05
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Albemarle Co. Schools 2004-05
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2004-05 School Year
ESOL English Speakers of Other Languages
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Increase in ESOL Students Over 10 Years
Up 555
Up 384
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Albemarle County Male Educational Levels
32 of Hispanic Males in Albemarle have less than
a 9th grade education
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Albemarle County Female Educational Levels
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Charlottesville Male Educational Levels
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Charlottesville Female Educational Levels
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Overview of Latinos/Hispanics and the Economy

• President George Bush
• We hear claims that immigrants are somehow bad
  for the economy -- even though this economy could
  not function without them.
• State of the Union January 31, 2006

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Virginia Hispanic Employment by Industry
Source PCT85. SEX BY INDUSTRY FOR THE EMPLOYED
CIVILIAN POPULATION 16 YEARS AND OVER Data
Set Census 2000 Summary File 4 (SF 4) - Sample
Data
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Virginia Employment Distribution by Industry
Construction
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8 Const.
15 Manufacturing
Recreation
Recreation
11 Manuf.
6
8
11 Retail
18 Education
22 Education
11 Retail
12 Prof.
9 Prof.
African American
White
Construction 3
7 Manuf.
17 Construction
13 Retail
12 Recreation
15 Recreation
8 Manuf.
15 Education
11 Education
9 Retail
17 Professional
12 Prof.
Hispanic
Asian
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CRECIENDO JUNTOS GROWING TOGETHER

• Misión
• Somos una red de organizaciones y personas que
  trabajamos para apoyar y fortalecer la comunidad
  de la región de Charlottesville a través de la
  integración y desarrollo de sus miembros
  Latinos/Hispanos.
• Mission
• We are a network of organizations and people
  working to support and strengthen the
  Charlottesville regional community through the
  integration and development of its
  Latino/Hispanic members.

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Participants To Date
City of Charlottesville
Charlottesville Police Department Charlottesville
Department of Social Services Charlottesville
Neighborhood Development Services Charlottesville
Transit Service
Over 75 individuals and 35 organizations
involved
Albemarle County
Albemarle County Schools Albemarle County Office
of Housing Albemarle County Department of Social
Services Albemarle County Police
Department Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
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Participants To Date

• International Rescue Committee
• Jefferson Area CHIP
• TJPDC
• Nuevas Raices Newspaper
• Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
• Legal Aid Justice Center
• United Way
• Rockfish Presbyterian Church - Nellysford
• UVA School of Medicine
• Internal Revenue Service
• Shelter for Help in Emergency
• Church of the Incarnation
• La Clinica _at_ UVA Med Center
• Rural Health Outreach Program
• Piedmont Housing Alliance

• Love Presbyterian Church
• HIV Prevention Education/ASG
• Piedmont Council of the Arts
• UVA Cancer Center
• Tienda De Propiedades (Property Store) Homes and
  Land Realtors
• US Postal Service
• Ch-Alb. Commission on Children and Families
• UVA Dean of Students Office
• Sexual Assault Resource Agency
• Zona Latina TV Program
• Focus Womens Resource Center

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Accomplishments in First Nine Months

• Six meetings to share information/lesson learned
• Spanish Language Resource Guide
• English staff guide
• Focus Group study with 30 Latinos/Hispanics
• Help Fair in Spanish involving 30 agencies and
  200 Latinos/Hispanics
• Formal presentations on immigrant legislation,
  City of Richmond experience with outreach to
  Latinos/Hispanics
• Meetings with Chamber of Commerce, VA Hispanic
  Chamber of Commerce, UVA faculty

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Goals This Year

• Complete development of website hosted by PHA
• Develop regular schedule of sector-specific
  roundtables
• Develop regular series of staff-level workshops
  (cultural sensitivity, language resources,
  education, health, housing, criminal justice,
  etc.)
• Monthly prominent speakers series
• Monthly plenary meetings
• Support to development of bilingual cultural
  television program
• Develop Latino/Hispanic community roundtables
• Focus on Southwood Trailer Park
• Expand support to Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Etc.