Latin American Community Center

Early development Center (child care) - lacc provides a comprehensive program that meets the highest academic standard to 143 children ages six- weeks to 5 years old from low-income families mostly latino background living in urban communities. Of those 143 children, 44 were enrolled in early head start program, 14 children were enrolled in early childhood assistance program (ecap) and 44 children were enrolled in the redding preschool program. Lacc strives to provide affordable and neighborhood based educational programming in a safe, secure and enriching environment that allows for physical, social- emotional, cognitive and language development of the children. Out of the 143 children, 26 children who have diagnosed disability were served. In addition, 94% of the pre-k students demonstrated kindergarten readiness based on teaching strategies gold assessments system. All parents surveyed were satisfied or very satisfied with the progress of their children. Our infants and toddlers spend their day in a spanish language immersion environment. Pre-k students transition to a dual language model school with both spanish and english used as the language of instruction. Our children learn through play and exploration using the creative curriculum. Preschoolers investigate various science and social studies topics while building their skills in language, literacy, math and cognitive development. Our early development Center is also implementing the conscious discipline program to assist children in developing their self-regulation and problem-solving skills. During 2022, 19,000 were provided to families for tuition relief through scholarships and sliding fee discounts.

Prevention and advocacy services. Lacc provides individuals and families with the tools to handle many forms of addiction, including drugs and alcohol, to create a positive and healthy home and living environment. Programs include alcohol and other drugs prevention, hiv early intervention services, healthy families and healthy homes assistance and financial literacy and the conexiones program. Within the prevention program, 66 participants completed the education session and increased their knowledge about drugs and alcohol. The program hosted a total of 5 alcohol or drugs free events to promote alternative activities to substance abuse. The program conducted outreach events and reached 641 individuals. The hiv early intervention services program served 314 clients with hiv and aids testing. Our financial literacy program served 384 clients with their credit reports, debt reduction, credit improvement and development, budget development, and home ownership. The healthy homes program provided services for 548 home risk assessments. The conexiones program advocates for rights of the latino Community by providing covid-19 care, testing, vaccine distribution, education, and other resources that will empower them. During 2022, the prevention and advocacy department conducted 15 vaccination events. 447 of covid vaccine doses, 56 flu vaccines, and 48 monkey pox vaccines were administered to individuals by medical providers who worked with lacc. Also, under the conexiones program, 435 outreach events and 2 Community engagement workshops were conducted. The prevention and advocacy departmentworked with medical providers who conducted 840 pcr covid-19 testing. It also distributed 2,728 at-home covid 10 rapid tests to individuals. Lacc believes in prevention as a way of life and all of the prevention and advocacy programs complement each other to create wrap-around preventive care services.

Youth development services department: the hours immediately following the end of the school day are critical for children ages 5 - 12. Lacc provides a year-round quality before and after school enrichment program, Community Center learning hub, youth achievement Center, and a summer-camp in a safe and engaging environment where children learn and grow, eat healthy meals, as well as receive academic enrichment activities including dance, arts, journalism and athletics. It served 249 children while their parents are at work, and 137 children in summer camp. The program enhances the children's knowledge of stem and helps them understand the possibilities of working in stem-related careers. This is done through annual lego mindstorm teams, and partnerships with local science and art-based partners for the integration of the arts and through the reading is fundamental program. The integration of the arts into our stem programming shows students the close relationship between art, design, and engineering. The evening enrichment program provides students with homework help and assistance with college, job, and scholarship applications. Students participate in activities that enhance their academic skills and their lives, including athletics, the arts, substance abuse prevention, and stem. We also provide youth with career awareness, job shadowing, internship opportunities and job skills development. The high school credit recovery program has made it possible for 5 at-risk students to remain in school, make up credits, and be promoted to the next grade and graduate. The hispanic student recognition program (hsrp)recognizes high-achieving students statewide and inspires pride in the latino Community. Hsrp encourages families and communities to support students who are in pursuit of greater opportunities. The youth achievement Center offered a program in a hybrid model which include various activities such as cooking class, art class, cosmetology and breaking barrier fitness. It served 36 students during 2022. The Community Center online learning hub was used as a model for other organizations to set up similar programs with their students. Lacc was recognized multiple times by other organizations for its efforts in supporting its students. The youth prevention program offered a program with activities to meet the students' unique social emotional needs. It served 36 students during the year. During 2022, 11,277 were provided to families for tuition relief through scholarships in before and after school and summer camp.

Family support services: lacc offers comprehensive case management support to individuals and families through holistic wraparound services in a bilingual, safe and culturally-appropriate environment. Family support services include long and short-term case management, basic life needs (food, clothing and shelter), breastfeeding assistance, victims services and workforce development assistance to help clients through critical periods of survival, re-establishment of self-sufficiency and eventual independence. Lacc also has partnership with the Delaware state housing authority to provide housing assistance to clients. In july 2022,lacc received recognition and accreditation from the department of justice to provide family immigration services. The services included consultations to individuals seeking immigration services and representing clients in filing their cases. During year 2022, approximately 2,924 individuals were served in the above family support services program. Included in family support services is the los abuelos program which served 80 seniors who live in los jardines and throughout new castle. Among the activities provided under the program are medical check-ups, nutritional services, educational sessions, recreational activities, field trips, zumba classes, and arts & crafts. Also included in the family support services is the adult basic education. Lacc serves adults who have limited english proficiency and possess a desire to achieve competence in the english language. Lacc provided free classes in english as a second language(esl), english learner civics, ged programs, and basic computer literacy skills to 269 hispanic adults. These numbers included 57 citizenship/civics students and 78 adults digital literacy (adl) students.