Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations

Covid containment: concilio serves as a provider of health benefits and payroll services to the city of philadelphia's department of health to facilitate the covid containment program.

Community-based services:education: summer and after-school youth programs: throughout the year, students are supported in developing life skills through service-learning projects, recreation, educational workshops, field trips, the arts, as well as homework help and tutoring. Concilio offers programming for youth that includes after-school (out of school time) for elementary, middle, and high school students throughout the week while school is in session (in collaboration with the department of human services and philadelphia health management corporation). A six-week summer camp is also provided for students in grades k-8. (continued on schedule o. )voices over violence: the Pennsylvania commission on crime and delinquency's (pccd) school safety and security committee has partnered with concilio to implement gun violence prevention program with a multi-layer approach. The program will utilize an anti-gun violence educational toolkit for the community targeting middle school aged youth. The program emphasizes prevention and ask youth to consider their assumptions about guns and discussing the negative impacts on their life.the summer youth employment program, in collaboration with philadelphia youth network, offers high school students a paid work experience through project development and soft-skills job readiness workshops. Family and community engagement (face):annual cultural and festival events: a philadelphia tradition, concilio has promoted unity, education, and cultural preservation by way of our annual cultural and festival events, beginning in the summer with the hispanic fiesta at penn's landing, and continuing during hispanic heritage month in the fall with the annual puerto rican festival. Concilio hosts these activities and events for the community to come together every year, and offers musical entertainment, food, and opportunities to learn and enjoy latino culture and customs:- hispanic fiesta at penn's landing- seniors' luncheon- annual puerto rican festival awards gala- annual puerto rican day parade- puerto rican festival closing ceremony- three kings day celebrationinternal/external outreach and referral: this program provides direct support to active consumers that need additional referrals to outside programming or recruiting individuals to become consumers and receive support from our existing services. Attending events to showcase our programs and services and provide a point of reference for information and details based on what we services we provide. Volunteers/interns: recruiting, training, and managing volunteers and interns that are placed with our organization.work force development:youth empowerment center: the youth empowerment centers (yec)'s mission is to provide a network of community safe havens for at-risk youth and young adults ages 13 to 24 years through intentional social services designed to respond to gun violence reduction. The yec hosts activities to advance the recruitment, education, training, retention, and preparedness of these individuals, focusing on mentorship, basic skills digital literacy, career readiness/exploration, service learning. This is accomplished by working with community partners to raise awareness of career opportunities in critical occupations, improving the basic skills and employability of workers, providing skills/career training in targeted fields, increasing collaboration and coordination of workforce development efforts, and creating a better data system for measuring supply and demand, and incorporation of the agency's digital media lab to assist internal and external partners. Digital media: providing a combination of 9 session curricula introducing digital media concepts and possible career and/or education outlets to youth, standalone workshops on different digital media platforms and learning modalities, and onsite training in our digital media lab on how to not only record audio/video content but also edit it.pyn summer-work ready program: through funding from philadelphia youth network, middle school and high school students get the opportunity to enroll in a 6-week work readiness program that provides them career exploration and service-learning skills.

Family social services: foster care: as a licensed foster care agency, concilio recruits, trains and certifies, and monitors the homes of community members who are able to provide a temporary safe space for children in need. Adoption/permanency: additionally, as a licensed adoption agency, concilio is able to facilitate support towards the adoption process for children who are unable to be reunified with their biological families. Once children are adopted, post-permanency services are offered to ensure long-term stability for children and families. (continued on schedule o. )parenting collaborative training: through training and effective coaching, families can increase their ability to nurture healthy child development parenting skills towards leading a productive lifestyle for themselves and their children. Though this program, expectant and parenting caregivers can receive parenting skills education in a series of workshop classes using the nurturing parents curriculum model. Classes are hosted in both english and Spanish and are available for free at various community centers throughout the city. Cpr/first aid training: provide onsite/virtual training on cpr and first aid that results in certification. Victim witness services: provides, in collaboration with the district attorney's office, services to victims and witnesses in the preliminary hearing rooms in the criminal justice center and on-site at concilio. Services offered include informing victims and witnesses about the criminal justice process, reporting any victim-witness intimidation and/or retaliation, and providing support for additional service needs.