Padres Unidos

Early education:children attending Padres Unidos early education modules continued to show increases and improvement in the areas of basic reading, basic math and social emotional learning skills. Children participating in our early education modules begin kindergarten prepared socially and academically for the rigors of a formal education over 425 children received our early learning education support through our early education modules. 96% of parents reported observing an increase in motivation for school readiness. 93% of children showed an increase in basic math and reading skills at the end of the program.

Community engagement:as part of our community engagement initiative Padres continued our community worker and outreach programs which serviced over 5200 participants (adult, youth, children and infants). Understanding the importance of addressing human connection at a biological, emotional, and social level remains of key importance for Padres Unidos. Our community outreach, education and support services have helped lower levels of anxiety and depression, increased access to resources and support to struggling families as well as increase overall wellness/ health support. This has led to an increase. Participants of our programs go on to volunteer in their communities allowing for an increase of self-sufficiency and a strengthening of their community safety net support system. 75% of the selected participants from our Padres Unidos community worker award at chapman entered into their second year of program completion in 2023.

Strong families:statistical analyses performed in collaboration with the orange county department of educationevidenced that after parent participation in the Padres Unidos education program there was an increase of 89% of parent engagement in their teeanagers education. 92% reported they were better equipped to respond with functional love to their teens at-risk behaviors. 90% of parents reported an increase in healthy communication with their youth 3 months after their return home. Furthermore, 87% of youth participants reported an increase in healthy communication with their parents and a decrease in problematic communication patterns.