Title: Creciendo Juntos Growing Together: An Initiative to Improve Outreach to LatinosHispanics in Central
1Creciendo 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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2An Introduction to Latinos/Hispanics Looking at
the Numbers
31990 Charlottesville and Albemarle Co.
Total Population 108,381
42000 Charlottesville and Albemarle Co.
Total Population 124,285
52000 Virginia
62000 Virginia Average Population Age
7Virginia Change in Residence 1995-2000
69 of VA Hispanics have moved in the last 5 years
8Place of Residence in 1995 if Different from 2000
(Virginia)
92000 Median Household Income in Region
Median Household Income 41,705
102000 Charlottesville Income Level
112000 Albemarle Income Level
122000 Renter Occupied Units in TJPD
132000 Home Ownership by Race/Ethnicity TJPD
14Charlottesville City Schools 2004-05
15Albemarle Co. Schools 2004-05
162004-05 School Year
ESOL English Speakers of Other Languages
17Increase in ESOL Students Over 10 Years
Up 555
Up 384
18Albemarle County Male Educational Levels
32 of Hispanic Males in Albemarle have less than
a 9th grade education
19Albemarle County Female Educational Levels
20Charlottesville Male Educational Levels
21Charlottesville Female Educational Levels
22Overview 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
23Virginia 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
24CRECIENDO 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.
25CRECIENDO JUNTOS GROWING TOGETHERParticipants
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
26CRECIENDO JUNTOS GROWING TOGETHERParticipants
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
27CRECIENDO JUNTOS GROWING TOGETHERAccomplishme
nts 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
28CRECIENDO JUNTOS GROWING TOGETHERGoals For
2006
- Complete development of website hosted by PHA.
- Develop regular schedule of sector-specific
roundtables. - Develop regular series of staff-level workshops
for variety of agencies on 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.
- Develop network of Latino/Hispanic residents as
points of contact in the community.