Esperanza Community Housing Corporation

COMMUNITY SERVICES: The Health Programs deliver coordinated, community-based services to individuals and families to promote and achieve health and well-being in South Los Angeles and other areas within Los Angeles County. The Community Health Promoters (CHP) Training Program trained and cultivated 20 new CHPs to provide culturally and linguistically accessible health education, primary prevention, and advocacy to children and families. The Healthy Homes Program provides in-home assessments for environmental health hazards and educates tenants to mitigate threats. The Healthy Breathing Program utilizes Healthy Homes protocols to focus on asthma education/mitigation and distribute non-toxic cleaning supplies and materials. The Healthy Homes and Healthy Breathing Programs conduct at least 3 visits with each household within a 6-month period. Both Programs served a total of 129 families and outreached to 465 low-income community members. The Healthy Homes Program is comprised of 1 Program Manager and 2 CHPs. The Healthy Breathing Program is comprised of 1 Program Manager and 4 CHPs. Comprised of 1 Program Manager and 2 CHPs, the Lead-Free Home Project is an extension of our Healthy Homes Program and conducted outreach and enrollment services to 7,081 Willowbrook and Compton residents for a LA County Lead-Remediation Program. The Lanterman Program served 76 families that had one or more family members with a developmental disability to improve their access and utilization of Regional Center services as well as to facilitate linkages between wrap-around services. The Lanterman Program is comprised of 1 Program Coordinator and 4 CHPs. Additionally, CHP-staffed community outreach services reached more than 1,700 local residents providing education in the topics of Nutrition and Physical Education, Disaster Preparedness, and Breast Cancer Prevention. The Get Out the Vaccine Campaign provided COVID-19 outreach and vaccine education to more than 214,000 Los Angeles residents and provided direct assistance to more than 6,000 in need of emergency food, utilities and rental financial assistance, medical care, and other basic needs.

Developing and managing a neighborhood marketplace and office building to serve tenants of seven (7) restaurants, six (6) shops and nine (9) offices as well as a Community conference room and day table. Adding job opportunities and providing tenants with low-cost opportunities to yield services for the low-income Community. Organizing six annual arts and cultural festivals. Managing economic development programs to enhance local residents financial sustainablity.

Low-income Housing and Community development: planning development, acquisition, coordination of financing construction and management of low-income Housing. The program has developed and is providing Housing for 165 low-income families.