Friendly House

Charter school - high academic standard program with emphasis in math and science designed to meet the academic, social, individual and cultural needs of students in k-8. This educational model is aimed at recently immigrated children, overage, at-risk students and those interested in a challenging academic environment. The program served throught the year 341 students.

Adult workforce education - this program services south and central phoenix, which has a high density of limited english proficient residents, who are, for the most part, under or unserved in the areas of education and employment. In addition, we provide a seamless workforce development system that meets the individual needs of each eligible individual enrolled in the program. Individuals meet the workforce needs of high demand/targeted industries in the greater phoenix area, as well as other businesses in need of qualified and skilled employees. The programs served approximately 55 persons.

The early childhood development center served approximately 35 children.

The adult education programs served approximately 122 in adult basic education, 228 in english language acquisition for adults; and 877 in english language training. The emergency services program addresses the issues of poverty, homelessness and hunger, throughout maricopa county, particularly in south/central phoenix (scp). High poverty, unemployment and food deserts in this area give residents fewer options to feed their families and find themselves in crisis situations. The emergency services program goal is to help people during life's difficult moments and to provide resources when crisis arise. Friendly House and many of its clients are located in an area determined to be a food desert. This year, the emergency services program provided 150 unduplicated households that received 192 utility assistance services. Friendly House held 3 quarterly food distributions for 1,622 adults and children within 405 families. Friendly House's parent education and drug prevention strengthens family bonds and improves family management, interaction and communication, while providing parents with the skills to speak with their children about alcohol and drug use. This program served approximately 122 adults and 650 youth. The mission of Friendly House's victim advocate services (fh vas) is to deliver high-quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental support to primary and secondary victims of crime. We are committed to empowering individuals towards self-determination and independence. We strive to lead our efforts against crime and violence through advocacy, community education, and comprehensive support services. The services we offer are interpreter and translation services, information about victim rights, transportation assistance, crisis intervention, emergency financial assistance, rent and utility assistance, legal fee assistance (u-visa and vawa), victim compensation application assistance, and victim impact statement assistance. This program served approximately 85 clients. College and career readiness (trio) program mentors, supports, and informs middle school and high school first generation students from disadvantaged backgrounds to successfully graduate high school and enroll into post- secondary education. Students receive the necessary resources and tools to start their path towards a college education. This program served approximately 550 youth. Friendly House delivers teen pregnancy prevention programs, working towards reducing teen pregnancy rates and sexually transmitted infections among adolescents. Evidence based services are delivered to youth ages 11-19 and parents/caregivers in underserved areas. Youth learn to develop social and emotional dkills, goal setting, problem solving, healthy relationships, life skills and participate in community serivce learning. The parents/caregivers particpate in active parenting of teens. The parents/caregiver component address parent child communication, positive behavioral management, interpersonal relationships for adolescents, ways for families to have fun together, enhancement of the adolescent self- esteem, sexuality, drug prevention, and factors that promote school succes. Total of 247 youth and 95 parents/caregivers received services. The immigration program provides comprehensive, high-quality immigration assistance and legal representation to low-income immigrants. The program served approximately 850 applicants. Moreover, it reached out to an additional 358 applicants through its free immigration clinics, coffe talks and presentations. Friendly House provides services to residents through referrals and trainings in the housing complexes this program served approximately 150 clients.