Congreso De Latinos Unidos, Inc.

Congreso De Latinos Unidos, Inc. (congreso) Requests Three Americorps Vista Members to Support With the Design and Implementation of Our Agency's Mission to Impact, a Project Through Which Congreso Is Enhancing Current Services and Creating New Programming to Most Effectively Serve Our Community. Congreso's Mission to Impact Is the Result of Our Recently Refreshed Theory of Change, Which Is Based on a "womb-to-work" Strategy: We Believe That Offering Quality Programming in the Areas of Education, Workforce Development, Health, Housing, and Parenting Will Enable Youth and Their Families to Achieve Economic Self-sufficiency and Well-being. One Vista Member Will Be Assigned to One of Each of Congreso's Three Programmatic Divisions: Education and Workforce Services (ews), Family and Housing Services (FHS), and Health Promotion and Wellness (HPW). Each Programmatic Division Corresponds With One of Americorps Vista's Focus Areas: Ews Corresponds With the Education Focus, FHS Corresponds With the Economic Opportunity Focus, and HPW Corresponds With the Healthy Futures Focus. in Year 1 of the Proposed Mission to Impact Project, Congreso's Three Vista Members Will Provide Capacity Building Support to Program Staff, Leadership, and Consultants by Conducting Literature Reviews of Best Practices in the Field and Helping to Create a Community Needs Assessment Through Which Congreso Staff Will Implement Client Voice to a Higher Degree in Programming in Order to Most Effectively Address Clients' Needs. Vistas Will Also Support With "design Lab" Workshops, the Process Through Which Congreso Is Implementing Human-centered Design (HCD), Into All Programming, Both New and Current. HCD Is a Management Framework That Develops Solutions by Involving the Human Perspective in All Steps of the Problem-solving Process, Simultaneously Matching Clients' Expectations, Personal Values, and Belief Systems to Program Design. Typically Used in the Private Sector, HCD Is Increasingly Becoming Recognized in the Public Sector for Its Transferability to Social Services. Congreso's Community in Eastern North Philadelphia Faces Numerous Barriers to Economic Self-sufficiency and Well-being, Including Unemployment, Low Educational Levels, Unsafe and Unaffordable Housing, Health Disparities, and Violence. of the 17,567 Unduplicated Clients Congreso Served in FY18, 73% Were Latino and 58% Spoke Spanish as a Primary Language, Which Presents Additional Barriers (i.e. Discrimination, Language Barriers) on the Journey Out of Chronic Poverty. Congreso, as a Multiservice Organization, Offers a Continuum of Services Through Our Three Programmatic Divisions to Support Clients as They Work Towards Economic Self-sufficiency and Well-being. as We Strive to Further Enhance These Services Through Mission to Impact, Vista Members' Support Will Enable Congreso to Achieve a Level of Sustainability That Will Position the Agency to Most Effectively Support Clients as We Work Together to Alleviate Poverty in the Youth and Their Families That Live in Our Community.