City Heights Support Services Snapshots

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City Heights Support Services Snapshots

Compiled by:

Becky Modesto, Director of University Relations

Phillip A. Barbour

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Unless otherwise specifically stated, the information contained herein is made available to the

public by Price Charities for use as a resource document. Price Charities developed the City

Heights Support Services Snapshots with the intent to transmit information to strengthen

net-working between organizations.

Price Charities compiled all information with the express permission of the appropriate entity,

nei-ther Price Charities nor any onei-ther agency or entities named hereof assumes any legal liability or

responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information.

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Organization

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Able Disabled Advocacy (AD-A)………. 17

Affordable Housing Advocates……….………. 21

AjA Project………..……… 23

Alliance for African Assistance………..……… 25

Alpha Project……….……… 27

Alternative Healing Network……….………. 29

Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario……….………. 31

B Big Brothers Big Sisters………..……… 33

Bridge of Hope……….………. 35

C California Western School of Law—City Heights Community Law Project ……... 37

Cardinals Interact………..………. 39

Casa Cornelia Law Center……….……… 41

Catholic Charities……… 43

Center for Community Counseling and Engagement …..……… 45

Center for Community Solutions……….……… 47

Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired……… 49

Central Public Region Health Center……….……… 51

Cesar Chavez Service Clubs……….………. 53

Circulate San Diego……… 55

City Heights Community Development Corporation…….………... 57

City Heights Farmers Market……….………. 59

City Heights Foundation………. 61

City Heights Recreation Center……….……… 63

City Heights Wellness Center……….……… 65

College Area Pregnancy Services ……… 67

Community Housing Works……….……… 69

Comprehensive Training Systems………..……… 73

Consensus Organizing Center……… 75

Copley Family YMCA……….……….. 77

Community Resources and Self Help……….……….. 81

E East African Community and Cultural Center……….……….. 83

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Family Health Centers of San Diego……….. 87 Feeding America……….. ………. 89

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Girl Scouts………... 91 Global Institute for Public Strategies………... 93

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Home Start……….………. 95 Horn of Africa……….……….. 97

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International Rescue Committee……….……… 99

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Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank………..……… 103 Jewish Family Services………...……… 105 Juma Ventures……….……… 107

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Karen Organization of San Diego……….………... 109

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La Maestra Community Health Centers……….………. 111 Leah’s Pantry……….……… 113 License to Freedom………..………... 115

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Mama’s Kitchen………..……… 117 Mid-City CAN………. 119 Multi-Cultural Community Relations Office………. 121

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National Conflict Resolution Center………..……… 123 Neighborhood House Association………..……… 125 Nile Sisters Development Initiative……… 127

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Ocean Discovery Institute……….……… 129 Outdoor Outreach……….……… 131

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Planned Parenthood ………..……… 133 Pro Kids—The First Tee San Diego……….………. 135

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READ San Diego—San Diego Library ……… 137

Reality Changers ………. 139

Restorative Justice Mediation Program………..………... 141

S Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Center……….……… 143

San Diego Canyonlands………..……… 145

San Diego Family Care………. 147

San Diego Futures Foundation……….………. 149

San Diego Hunger Coalition……….………... 151

San Diego Organizing Project………... 153

San Diego Regional Center……….………... 155

San Diego Workforce Partnership……….………... 157

San Diego Youth Services………. 159

SAY San Diego………..………. 161

SAY San Diego Teen Court……….……… 163

School in the Park………..……… 165

Second Chance……….………... 167

Serving Seniors……….……… 169

Somali Bantu Association of America……….. 171

Somali Family Service………..……… 173

Southern Sudanese Community Center……….………... 175

STAR/PAL……….………. 177

Survivors of Torture International………..………... 179

T Tariq Khamisa Foundation……… 181

TranscenDANCE………..………. 183

U UCSD Mother, Child, Adolescent HIV Program……….…..………..……….. 185

United Women East African Support Team………...…..………..……….. 187

Uplift………..………..……….. 189

Urban Corps………..…..………..……….. 191

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Waters of Jordan……… 195

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Index by Category

Arts and Culture

AjA Project

Cesar Chavez Service Clubs City Heights Recreation Center Pro Kids—The First Tee of San Diego School in the Park

TranscenDANCE

Civic Engagement Media

AjA Project

Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario Cesar Chavez Service Clubs

Circulate San Diego Feeding America Girl Scouts

Global Institute for Public Strategies License to Freedom

Mid – City CAN

San Diego Hunger Coalition San Diego Organizing Project Somali Family Services STAR/PAL

TranscenDANCE

Environment

Affordable Housing Advocates Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario Cesar Chavez Service Clubs

Circulate San Diego

City Heights Community Development Corp City Heights Recreation Center

Community Housing Works

Global Institute for Public Strategies Ocean Discovery Institute

Outdoor Outreach San Diego Canyonlands San Diego Futures Foundation Urban Corps

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Index by Category

Health

Alpha Project

Alternative Healing Network Bridge of Hope

Cesar Chavez Service Clubs

Central Region Public Health Center

City Heights Community Development Corporation City Heights Farmers Market

City Heights Recreation Center City Heights Wellness Center Copley Family YMCA

Community Resources and Self Help (CRASH) Crawford Community Connection

Family Health Centers of San Diego Feeding America

Global Institute for Public Strategies Home Start

Horn of Africa

International Rescue Committee

Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank La Maestra Community Health Centers Leah’s Pantry

License to Freedom Mama’s Kitchen

Neighborhood House Association (Head Start) Nile Sisters Development Initiative

Planned Parenthood

Pro Kids—The First Tee of San Diego Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Center San Diego Hunger Coalition

San Diego Organizing Project San Diego Regional Center San Diego Youth Services SAY San Diego

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Index by Category

Health

Somali Family Services

Southern Sudanese Community Center Survivors of Torture International YWCA of San Diego

Immigration & Resettlement

AjA Project

Alliance for African Assistance Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario

California Western School of Law—City Heights Community Casa Cornelia Law Center

Catholic Charities

East African Community and Cultural Center Horn of Africa

International Rescue Committee Jewish Family Service

Karen Organization of San Diego Nile Sisters Development Initiative Somali Family Services

Southern Sudanese Community Center Survivors of Torture International

Jobs

Able-Disabled Advocacy AjA Project

Alliance for African Assistance Alpha Project

California Western School of Law—City Heights Community City Heights Community Development Corporation

Comprehensive Training Systems Copley Family YMCA

East African Community and Cultural Center Home Start

Horn of Africa

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Index by Category

Jobs

Jewish Family Service Juma Venture

Karen Organization of San Diego Nile Sisters Development Initiative San Diego Workforce Partnership San Diego Youth Services

SAY San Diego Second Chance Somali Family Services

Southern Sudanese Community Center Urban Corps

Youth Build—Labor Council

Safety

AjA Project

Center for Community Solutions City Heights Recreation Center Consensus Organizing Center

East African Community and Cultural Center Global Institute for Public Strategies

Home Start

Jewish Family Service License to Freedom

Multi-Cultural Community Resource Center Neighborhood House Association (Head Start Restorative Justice Mediation Program San Diego Futures Foundation

San Diego Teen Court SAY San Diego

Southern Sudanese Community Center STAR/PAL

Traiq Khamisa Foundation Waters of Jordan

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Index by Category

Social Services

Able-Disabled Advocacy Affordable Housing Advocates Alliance for African Assistance Alpha Project

Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario Catholic Charities

Center for Community Counseling and Engagement Center for Community Solutions

City Heights Community Development Corporation City Heights Wellness Center

Community Housing Works

Community Resources and Self Help (CRASH) Crawford Community Connection

East African Community and Cultural Center Elder Help of San Diego

Feeding America Home Start Horn of Africa

Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank Jewish Family Service

Karen Organization of San Diego Leah’s Pantry

Multi-Cultural Community Resource Center National Conflict Resolution Center

Neighborhood House Association (Head Start) Nile Sisters Development Initiative

Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Center San Diego Futures Foundation

San Diego Hunger Coalition San Diego Regional Center Second Chance

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Index by Category

Social Services

Somali Family Services

Southern Sudanese Community Center Survivors of Torture International Uplift

UrbanLife Waters of Jordan

YMCA Youth& Family Services YWCA of San Diego

Youth Mentoring and Education

Able-Disabled Advocacy AjA Project

Alpha Project

Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario Big Brothers Big Sisters

Cardinals Interact

Casa Cornelia Law Center Center for Community Solutions Cesar Chaves Service Clubs Circulate San Diego

City Heights Community Development Corporation City Heights Recreation Center

City Heights Wellness Center Community Housing Works Consensus Organizing Center Copley Family YMCA

Family Health Centers of San Diego Girl Scouts

Home Start

Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank Jewish Family Service

Juma Venture License to Freedom

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Index by Category

Youth Mentoring and Education

Mid – City CAN

Multi-Cultural Community Resource Center National Conflict Resolution Center

Neighborhood House Association (Head Start Nile Sisters Development Initiative

Ocean Discovery Institute Outdoor Outreach Planned Parenthood

Pro Kids—The First Tee of San Diego READ San Diego

Reality Changers

Restorative Justice Mediation Program Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Center San Diego Canyonlands

San Diego Futures Foundation San Diego Hunger Coalition San Diego Organizing Project San Diego Regional Center San Diego Teen Court

San Diego Workforce Partnership San Diego Youth Services

SAY San Diego School in the Park Second Chance Somali Family Services

Southern Sudanese Community Center STAR/PAL

Survivors of Torture International Traiq Khamisa Foundation TranscenDANCE

UCSD Mother, Child and Adolescent HIV Programs United East African Women's Support Team

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Index by Category

Uplift Urban Corps UrbanLife Waters of Jordan

YMCA Youth & Family Services Youth Build—Labor Council

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17 Contact: Elaine Cooluris Executive Director [email protected] (619) 231-5990 www.able2work.org

Who are they?

Able-Disabled Advocacy (A-DA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in 1975 in San Diego, California, which serves over 800 individuals a year at four locations. A-DA program sites include (1) A-DA’s main office in City Heights, which serves the Metro, North County, and East County regions of San Diego; (2) a Youth Center in Mount Hope, which, serves the City Heights area; (3) a Veterans Center, which serves the downtown and southern Metro are-as; and the South County Career Center where A-DA co-locates both veterans services and advanced Information Tech-nology (IT) training. A-DA provides educational advancement opportunities for youth and adults, vocational skills train-ing, work-based learntrain-ing, work readiness and life skills Traintrain-ing, career counseling and job placement assistance in a wide variety of occupations, through their contacts with over 500 employers every year.

What is their affiliation with City Heights?

 Their main office and the majority of their Technology-Based Learning (TBL) programs are located in City Heights at 4283 El Cajon Boulevard, Suite #110, San Diego, CA 92105.

 They generate millions of new grant dollars each year to serve San Diego adults and youth with a particular in-terest in City Heights and other challenged areas highly impacted by crime and poverty.

What support services do they offer?

 TechWORKS Program: Provides technical training and employment in labor market demand occupations with career pathways for low-income individuals. The program offers highly skilled vocational training leading to in-dustry recognized credentials in IT and healthcare, utilizing distance learning strategies; and provides

“Technology-Based Learning” (online coursework), which can be accessed in both lab settings and from home for those with mobility and childcare issues. Computers are donated to those who do not have a computer at home.

 Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program: Provides technical training and employment in labor market de-mand occupations with career pathways for Homeless Veterans; offers training in a wide variety of occupations, housing and transportation assistance, hot meals (breakfast and lunch), and an array of other support services.  VetWORKS: Provides technical training and employment in labor market demand occupations with career

path-ways for recently separated veterans, with priority placed on veterans with service-connected disabilities (Wounded Warriors); offers training leading to industry recognized credentials in IT, business services,

healthcare, and other occupations in local labor market demand, utilizing distance learning strategies, which can be accessed in both their lab settings and from home, for those with mobility challenges and childcare issues.  YouthBuild: Operates over a three year period and is dedicated to the personal, educational, and vocational

advancement of drop-out youth (16-24 years of age) who have high risk challenges to success (i.e. offender and gang youth, foster youth, and homeless youth). During YouthBuild, students participate in: (1) Education lead-ing to a diploma; (2) Trainlead-ing in “Green Construction” that results in a credential as a Level I or Level II Appren-tice; (3) Leadership/Citizenship Development activities; and (4) 120 hours of community service, which offers youth opportunities to earn back community respect and trust.

 “Employment Services” Vendor Program for clients of the Department of Rehabilitation.

 “Ticket to Work” Program: Is a work incentive program of the Social Security Administration to help disability recipients get off public benefits because they work and support themselves. Participation is voluntary. It is only for disabled individual who desire to get off benefits.

 San Diego CONNECTS: Provides free desktop computers to eligible “New Internet Subscribers.” Through a grant from the California emerging Technologhy Fund, low-income, veterans, seniors, and those with disabilities can receive a free desktop computer with documentation of a new internet subscription. Those with existing inter-net service will not be eligible.

Able Disabled Advocacy

Mission: To provide vocational skills training and

edu-cational advancement for youth and adults with disabili-ties and other employability challenges. To assist them in finding employment and overcoming barriers to per-sonal and financial self-sufficiency.

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 Staff: 28 Full-time, 1 Part-time

 Volunteers: 26 annually

Who do they serve?

 Adults with disabilities

 Youth ages 16 to 24 years of age  Unemployed/underemployed  Dislocated workers

 Homeless veterans

 Recently separated veterans

What are their goals?

 Provide persons with disabilities and other employability challenges training and employment opportu-nities to increase independence and improve quality of life.

 Employ qualified people who can effectively assist in the achievement of their mission through high quality work and excellent customer service.

 Provide a work environment that is conducive to personal and professional growth.

 Promote a cooperative approach with their employees to provide a positive working environment.  Generate sufficient revenue to not only sustain, but to “grow” the organization, and enhance the

com-prehensive array of employment-related services they offer.

 Further expand the demographics (target populations) of those they serve.

 Extend the scope of their leveraged partnerships, employer networks, and funding resources.  Generate more extensive “Fee for Service” activities to increase revenue.

What impact have they made?

 Placed over 13,000 San Diegans into “living wage” jobs.

 Provided comprehensive employment and training services for persons representing all ages, ethnici-ties, and disability groups.

 Received the President’s New Freedom Initiative Award during its inaugural year, for outstanding efforts in advancing the employment of people with disabilities through the use of Assistive Technology.  Provided occupational skills training, work-based learning opportunities, Work Readiness Training,

ca-reer counseling, and job placement in a wide variety of occupations.

 Provided occupational skills training using Assistive Technology that is directly tied to employment-related outcomes and job placement.

 Placed 80% of youth who completed YouthBuild into jobs.

Who are their key supporters?

 California Employment Development Department

 City of San Diego

 National Football League Foundation

 San Diego Gas & Electric

 San Diego Workforce Partnership  San Diego Association of Governments  U.S. Department of Labor

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19 Who are their community partners?

 California Department of Rehabilitation  City of San Diego

 County of SD Department of Probation  U.S. Department Health & Human Services

Agency

 Hoover High School  ResCare

 San Diego "Mayor's Committee on Disability"  San Diego Association of Governments  San Diego Housing Commission

 San Diego Unified School District - Special Edu-cation Department

 San Diego Vet Centers

 San Diego Comm. on Gang Prevention & Inter-vention

 San Diego County of Education/Juvenile Court & Community Schools

 San Diego Futures Foundation  San Diego Health Care Association  San Diego Workforce Partnership

 Skillsoft/Association of Rehabilitation Programs in Computer Technology

 South County Economic Development Council  University of California San Diego, Alliant &

Uni-versity of California San Diego  Veterans Affair Hospital  Veterans Administration  Veterans Service Office

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Contact:

Catherine A. Rodman

Director & Supervising Attorney

[email protected] (619) 233-8441

www.affordablehousingadvocates.org

Affordable Housing Advocates

Mission: To expand affordable housing for the poor

through legal advocacy.

Who are they?

Affordable Housing Advocates (AHA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public benefit corporation working to save rental housing, improve it, and add to it, to create balanced communities. AHA represents the poor through impact litigation and ad-vocacy. AHA provides legal representation in impact housing and tenants' rights cases through two projects: Project IMPACT and the Tenants' Rights Project.

 Located in City Heights at 4305 University Avenue, Suite 520, San Diego, CA 92105.  Most of their clients live in the City Heights and Mid-City area.

What support services do they offer?

 Project IMPACT: Represents clients in their fight for housing justice by enforcing laws that require planning, funding, and development of affordable housing and balanced communities.

 Tenants’ Rights Project: Works to save rental housing and helps tenants in their fight for decent housing.

What is their organizational profile?

 Staff: 2 Full-time, 4 Part-time

Who do they serve?

 Extremely low income individuals and families earning at or below 125% of the federal poverty guideline. If em-ployed, this equates to at or near minimum wage.

 In 2012, the Tenants’ Rights Project served 117 individuals:

ｏ Male: 33.3% (39)

ｏ Female: 66.6% (78)

ｏ White/ Non Hispanic Origin: 16.2% (19)

ｏ Black/ Non Hispanic Origin: 12.8% (15)

ｏ Hispanic: 65.8% (77)

ｏ Asian or Pacific Islander: 0.9% (1)

ｏ Other: 2.6% (3)

What are their goals?

 Conduct impactful litigation for low income individuals and families.

 Ensure that former redevelopment agencies’ past, unmet affordable housing obligations are met in the region. Agencies have four long-term affordable housing obligations. They must:

ｏ Replace all low and moderate income housing demolished as a result of a redevelopment project, within four years.

ｏ Develop land purchased with housing funds, within five years of purchase, or within one extension up to another five years.

ｏ Every 10 years, ensure that a minimum amount of the housing rehabilitated or built in the project area, or by the agency, is affordable.

ｏ Every 10 years, target the housing fund to assist the very low and low income, and families with children, in proportion to their needs among all income eligible households: the very low, low, and moderate income.

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 The Tenants’ Rights Project served 117 low income individuals in 2012.  Project IMPACT:

ｏ Won a five year litigation ensuring the building of 208 additional affordable housing units in Brea.

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For more information see: www.affordablehousingadvocates.org/impact_brea.html

ｏ Recovered $34 million in underfunding for the Housing Fund in Escondido and ensured income to the fund through 2030.

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For more information see: www.affordablehousingadvocates.org/impact_escondido.html

ｏ Recovered over $9 million in underfunding and misexpenditures for the Poway Redevelopment Agency’s Housing Fund.

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For more information see: www.affordablehousingadvocates.org/impact_poway.html

ｏ Successfully settled a case requiring the development of 272 (10%) 1, 2, and 3 bedroom affordable apartments in a previously exclusive development of 2,718 new homes in San Elijo Hills, San Mar-cos.

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For more information see: www.affordablehousingadvocates.org/ impact_san_marcos.html

Who are their key supporters?

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Most of their funding comes from attorney fee awards

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Price Charities

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The Impact Fund [Escondido litigation]

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The State Bar of California’s Legal Services Trust Fund Program

Who are their community partners?

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Sister non-profits that serve clients on housing issues, including:

ｏ Center for Social Advocacy

ｏ Fair Housing Council of San Diego

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23 Contact: Sandra Ainslie Executive Director [email protected] (619) 223-7001 www.ajaproject.org

Who are they?

AjA is a non-profit organization which uses a method known as participatory photography method and an assets-based approach (a principle that focuses on the talents, skills, and assets of an individual rather than on problems and needs) to empower youth to reach their full potential through after-school and in-school programs. AjA is an acronym for the phrase autosuficiencia juntada con apoyo which means supporting self-sufficiency.

What is their affiliation with City Heights?

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Located in City Heights at 4089 Fairmont Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105.

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Of the youth they serve, 75% are from City Heights.

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Journey: An afterschool program working with high school refugee students using a participatory photography method to help with trauma processing, issues around identity, behavioral health, linguistic ability, and social capacity.

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Photo City: A participatory photography program created in response to community violence to help youth think critically about what is going on in their schools and neighborhoods. The program is designed to connect with larger community efforts in the area and provide a platform for cooperative solution-making between youth, school administrators, community organizations, and policy makers.

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Youth Advisory Council (YAC): A leadership development program providing opportunities for public speaking, mentorships with younger AjA students, college prep/career development, and personal portfolio projects.

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College scholarships and paid internships are also available to YAC students.

What is their organizational profile?

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Staff: 4 Full-time

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Volunteers: 4 to 6 annually; Interns: 4 per semester

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About 100 youth each year, ages 12 to 18 years of age

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City Heights youth: 75%; Southeast San Diego and El Cajon youth: 25%

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Middle East (Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey): 49%

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Latin America (Mexico): 20%

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Southeast Asia (Burma, Cambodia, China, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam): 17%

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East Africa (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and Tanzania): 12%

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North Africa (Egypt and Sudan): 1%

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Europe (Germany and Greece): 1%

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Empower displaced and at-risk youth to be change-makers in their individual lives and in their communities through photography-based education.

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Promote the use of participatory photography (pp) as an alternative learning method with at-risk youth commu-nities.

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Engage the community by exhibiting student work in order to initiate dialogue around relevant social issues.

The AjA Project

Mission: To provide photography-based programming

and an assets-based model to transform the lives of youth and communities.

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The AjA Project underwent a program evaluation funded by The California Endowment and Alliance Health to examine the immediate effects of Journey on program participants. The evaluation focused on psychosocial indicators including self-esteem, coping, and behavioral health. The evaluation results indicated that Journey

has positively affected AjA students’ success in the following ways:

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Improved communication skills among 70% of middle-school aged youth.

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Increased participation in school as evidenced by teachers.

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Of the students who advance to The AjA Project's intensive leadership program, 80% go on to pursue a college education.

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Increased the ability among 50% of youth to engage in civic dialogue and believe in themselves to be capable of affecting change.

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Helped to alleviate the despair, loss, and alienation felt among refugee and immigrant youth accultur-ating to life in America.

Who are their key supporters?

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Gould Family Foundation

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James Irvine Foundation

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National Endowments for the Arts

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Parker Foundation

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Price-Galinson Fund

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S. Mark Taper Foundation

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San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture

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The California Endowment

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City Heights Wellness Center

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Mid-City CAN

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Speak City Heights Collaborative with TCE’s media grant

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Partnership with Voice of San Diego, Media Arts, and KPBS.

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Connecting media coverage with City Heights resident experience

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University of San Diego’s Institute for Peace and Justice

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25 Contact: Jimmy Dervishi COO/Resettlement Director [email protected] (619) 286-9052 ext. 229 www.alliance-for-africa.org

Alliance for African Assistance

Mission: To assist refugees, immigrants, the

economi-cally challenged, and the underserved to become self-sufficient, productive members of their communities.

Who are they?

The Alliance for African Assistance is dedicated to providing social, cultural, and educational support to all refugees in the resettlement process including: preparing host families, securing safe and affordable housing, help with rent and transportation, health screenings, enrolling children in school, English language classes, translation services, and job assistance and training.

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Located in City Heights at 5952 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92105.

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Many of their services are focused within City Heights.

What support services do they offer?

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Resettlement: Plays an integral role in the resettlement processes for each of the refugees they assist, through the work of case managers, drivers, and job developers.

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Economic Development: Empowers marginalized community members in order to improve the economic stabil-ity of low income individuals, families, and their host communities.

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Employment Services: Assists refugees, asylum seekers, and victims of human trafficking/torture obtain self-sufficiency and well-being for themselves and their families.

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Immigration Service: Provides professional and low-cost immigration and naturalization services.

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Translation and Interpretation Services: Offers low-cost oral and written interpretation and translation services in more than 94 languages to the San Diego community.

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Safari Seconds Thrift Store: Assists and supports refugees in meeting their basic needs required to adapt to their new homes.

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Citizenship classes.

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Staff size: 29 Full-time, 6 Part-time

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Volunteers: 170 annually

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Refugees from all over the world (with a high focus on African refugees) including: Somalia, Sudan, Congo, Zim-babwe, Uganda, Ethiopia, Liberia, Eritrea, Vietnam, Iran, Kosovo, Bosnia, Iraq, and Russia.

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Resettle new arrivals and make them self sufficient within eight months.

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Resettle new family arrivals and make them self sufficient within 90 days.

What impact have they made?

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Have successfully resettled more than 4,350 refugees from Somalia, Sudan, Congo, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ethiopia, Liberia, Eritrea, Vietnam, Iran, Kosovo, Bosnia, Iraq, and Russia.

Who are their key supporters?

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City of San Diego

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Federal Government

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Private Donors

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Arbor E&T / ResCare

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Best Start

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Bethel Memorial AME Church

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City of San Diego

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Claremont Covenant Church

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Community Technology Foundation of CA

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County of San Diego

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Crossroads Community Church

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East African Community of Orange County

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El Cajon Covenant Church

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Faith Presbyterian Church

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Gloria Dei Lutheran Church

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La Jolla Playhouse

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La Jolla Presbyterian Church

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Las Patronas

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National Organization for Somali Benadiri

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Our Savior Lutheran Church

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Parker Foundation

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Presbytery of San Diego

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Richard Heath & Association

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San Diego Community College District

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San Diego Foundation

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San Diego Interdenominational Alliance

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San Diego Workforce Partnership

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Shadow Mountain Community Church

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Solana Beach Presbyterian Church

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South East Presbyterian Church

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South Sudan Christian Youth & Community Organization

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St. Luke Episcopal Church

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St. Stephen Church of God

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State of California: Refugee Health

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State of California: Refugee Programs

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Contact: Janice Izor

Director of Marketing and Resource De-velopment

[email protected] (619) 542-1877

www.alphaproject.org

Alpha Project

Mission: To empower individuals, families, and

com-munities by providing work, recovery, and support ser-vices to people who are motivated to change their lives. Alpha Project serves people in need, offering cost-saving solutions to problems affecting neighborhoods, commu-nities, families and individuals.

Who are they?

Alpha Project is a non-profit human services organization that serves over 4,000 men, women, and children each day. Services offered include affordable housing, residential substance abuse treatment, supportive housing for people with special needs, basic and emergency services for the homeless, transportation assistance, mental health counseling, employment training, preparation and placement, emergency shelter, HIV/AIDS, education, outreach and prevention, and community services.

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Serve many individuals and families in the City Heights area. Specific data is not collected.

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Residential Treatment: Casa Raphael is a state-licensed residential drug and alcohol treatment program for homeless and formerly incarcerated men. Through Casa Raphael, men who have encountered drug and alcohol addictions are provided with the treatment they need to overcome these addictions, and also provide them with the job training in order to transition them back into the workforce. Casa Raphael is a three step program over a 9 to 12 month period.

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Supportive Housing: The Permanent Supportive Housing Program is located at the Metro Hotel in Downtown San Diego and includes 193 safe, high-quality, affordable, and sustainable housing units.

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Connections Interim Housing: Alpha Project's newest program consists of 150-interim housing beds located at Connections Housing in Downtown San Diego.

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Winter Shelter Program: Since 1996, the Single Adult Emergency Shelter operates from mid-November through the end of March, and provides shelter and services to over 1,000 men and women.

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Transitional Housing: Designed to provide sober living and transitional housing to clients needing safe, clean, and affordable housing while transitioning back into the workforce.

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Transitional Employment: Take Back the Streets (a.k.a. TBS) is a program that has been in operation since 1987. TBS is a catalyst for homeless people who are able to work, providing them with immediate transitional employ-ment and training while providing the community with vital cost saving services.

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Neil Good Day Center: Located at 299 17th Street, the day center offers case management, medical and coun-seling services, laundry, and showers.

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Hospice for the Homeless: Each year more than 100 homeless men and women die on the streets of San Diego. In 2007, Alpha Project launched Hospice for the Homeless to provide assistance to veterans, homeless, and indi-gent people diagnosed with chronic and terminal illnesses.

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Homeless Outreach: At the core of all of Alpha Project’s facilities and services is a program of Community Out-reach. Alpha Project Outreach teams are responsible for client outreach and recruitment, which takes place mainly at the Winter Shelter Program, area hospitals and through daily outreach on the streets of Downtown San Diego and surrounding areas.

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Fire Prevention Services: Alpha Project helps homeowner prepare their property for upcoming fire inspections and help protect their home and family from wild fires.

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Young Adult Opiate Treatment Program: An Intensive 3-6 month State Licensed Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program specifically designed for young adult males between the ages of 18 to 24 years of age.

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Affordable Housing: Alpha Project has amassed an inventory of permanent affordable housing totaling 698 units at six sites between Chula Vista in the south and Oakland in the north. Along with housing individuals and seniors, these sites serve over 260 families and over 230 children.

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Located at 3737 5th Avenue, Suite #203, San Diego, CA 92103

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Staff: 119 Full-time, 2 Part-time

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Volunteers: Varies month to month

Who do they serve?

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The homeless

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Low income individuals

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At-risk children

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Ex-offenders

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Substance abusers

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Mentally ill

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Veterans



Seniors

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Children

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Victims of domestic violence

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The disabled

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Others with special needs

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To combat the causes and consequences of homelessness through provision of employment and related services for low-income men and women with barriers to self-sufficiency.

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To reduce the impact of crime, addiction, and unemployment on low-income households and neighbor-hoods.

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To create opportunities through housing, treatment, employment, and comprehensive human service for under-served men, women, and families to break the cycle of poverty and achieve sustained inde-pendence.

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Served 1,200 individuals in one fiscal year

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Served 300 dogs in one fiscal year

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Refer to website for a complete list: www.alphaproject.org/about-us/2010-11-sponsors/ Who are their community partners?

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Catholic Charities

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Community Research Foundation

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Family Health Centers

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Father Joe’s

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Mental Health Systems

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People Assisting The Homeless

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Salvation Army

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29 Contact: Ryan Altman Founder, CEO [email protected] (619) 546-4806 www.althealnet.org

Alternative Healing Network

Mission: To promote the use of integrative healing

arts to the public and improve access to integrative health care in underserved communities.

Who are they?

Alternative Healing Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that promotes the use of integrative healing arts and improves access to “alternative” health care for underserved populations. They host weekly Integrative Health Nights

(community outreach clinics) that offer free holistic health services such as acupuncture, massage, chiropractic, and energy healing in City Heights, Southeast San Diego, the YWCA Women’s Shelter Downtown and at a VFW Hall in Linda Vista for the Veteran community. They operate two “sliding-scale” pay-for-services wellness centers (Adams Avenue Integrative Health and La Mesa Integrative Health) that helps keep these essential preventative health practices afford-able for the entire family. All the proceeds from these go towards funding their free outreach programs.

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Host free services to City Height residents through their Integrative Health Nights at Hoover High School (2nd & 5th Thursdays each month from 3 to 7pm) and the City Heights Scripps Wellness Center (4th Thursdays each month from 3 to 7pm.)

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Serve residents and families in City Heights on a sliding scale at their affordable pay clinics.

What support services do they offer?

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Adams Avenue Integrative Health and La Mesa Integrative Health: These clinical outreach programs use a slid-ing scale to keep health care affordable for everyone while simultaneously providslid-ing needed resources and funding for their free community outreach clinics in underserved communities. It is a “Community-Style” treat-ment center where all services are conducted in an open treattreat-ment space with acupuncture, chiropractic, na-turopathic medicine, nutritional counseling, and massage all being practiced together. It was established to reduce reliance on grants, provide financial support to run free clinics, and to provide access to integrative health care via sliding scale services.

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Integrative Health Nights: Free clinics offering massage, acupuncture, energy healing, yoga classes, and much more every Thursday afternoon from 3 to 7 at alternating locations.

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Corporate Wellness Program: Partners with corporations and health institutions to offer their employees holis-tic health events and services such as Yoga, Tai Chi, Meditation, Acupuncture, Chiropracholis-tic and Massage.

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Research: The goal of AltHealNet’s Research Division is to build bridges among researchers, integrative health practitioners, current and future doctors in order to advance Traditional Chinese Medicine via research, and encourage the awareness of an integrated eastern and western medical approach by conducting studies and publishing its results in peer reviewed journals.

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Alternative Happy Hour: These quarterly events include music, acupuncture, massage, energy healing, classes, presentations, and more, and are hosted several times a year in various locations around San Diego.

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Healing Arts Festivals: An annual event (returning in 2015) offering yoga, massage, music, workshops, dozens of healthy exhibitor booths, and more.

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Outreach Education: This program provides training to the next generation of providers through presentations on the use of integrating healing arts alongside of traditional western medicine.

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Main clinic and office located at 3239 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116

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30 Who do they serve?

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All individuals seeking care on a sliding scale basis.

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Free services to residents living in City Heights and Southeastern San Diego.

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To become a Federally Qualified Health Center based on integrative healing model with holistic alterna-tive practices working alongside traditional western medicine.

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To be a replicable “Robin Hood” model that can be placed anywhere in the country successfully with sliding scale affordable clinics providing resources and funding for free outreach clinics.

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Since 2008, Alternative Healing Network has provided over 28,000 acupuncture, massage, chiropractic, and energetic healing services to the community. Over 40% of those were given completely free of charge to members of underserved populations in City Heights and Southeastern San Diego. The rest were given on a sliding-scale at the Adams Avenue Integrative Health (AAIH) Wellness Health Center.

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Almost all of their funding is self-generated through services provided at their Adams Avenue Integra-tive Health and La Mesa IntegraIntegra-tive Health Center

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Additional individual donations come from a variety of patients and other supporters.

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Past grants have been provided by:

ｏ Jacobs Family Foundation

ｏ Price Charities

ｏ The California Endowment

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Adams Avenue Business Association

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Art Around Adams

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Bastyr University – San Diego

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City Heights Scripps Wellness Center

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Faces for the Future (Hoover High School)

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Family Health Center, City Heights

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International Professional School of Bodywork (IPSB)

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Jackie Robinson Family YMCA

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O’Farrell Community School (SAY San Diego)

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Mid-City Community Action Network (Mid-City CAN)

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Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM)

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People’s Produce Project



Queen Bee’s Arts & Cultural Center



Resounding Joy Inc.



San Diego Unified School District

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San Ysidro Health Centers



School of Healing Arts



Shanti Spa & Gallery



Southeastern Coalition

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University of California San Diego – Center for Integrative Medicine

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University of California San Diego – School of Medicine

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31 Contact: Virginia Angeles Executive Director [email protected] (619) 280-4311 www.commleader.org

Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario

Mission: To strengthen a holistic community

leader-ship process in San Diego through education and organ-izing.

Who are they?

Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario (ALC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose main focus is on the communi-ty of Cicommuni-ty Heights. ALC works with residents of Cicommuni-ty Heights with a vision of creating substantial leaders in the commu-nity, and creating impacts that will be reflected through the improved quality of life for low-income residents.

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Located in City Heights at 4265 Fairmount Avenue, Suite 280, San Diego, CA 92105.

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Works primarily with City Heights residents.

What support services do they offer?

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Leadership Academy: Offers a series of workshops with themes that affect the community like Immigrant Rights, Employee Rights, Tenant and Healthy Housing Rights, Educational Rights, and Access to Education. The objective is to have a dialogue with residents about the issues and offer tools to understand their own rights in order to be better prepared to defend themselves. At the same time, the goal is to create motivation and inspi-ration to get involved in the issues that affect their community and work together to strengthen and create healthy living spaces.

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Education Committee: Works with parents, teachers, and students from City Heights’ schools. Once a month, meetings are held at the ALC office to discuss issues relevant to the education of children in public schools.

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Health and Housing Committee: Meets with a housing attorney once a month to discuss issues related to ten-ant’s rights and landlord responsibilities so that the participants can help themselves and their neighbors when they are faced with a housing issue.

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Colina Park Resident Group: At the end of 2010 through the Neighborhoods First Initiative (NFI) funded by LISC San Diego, ALC initiated the Colina Park Resident Group. Presently at least 20 residents from the Colina Park neighborhood actively participate. The group was involved in conducting surveys at local schools and parks in Colina Park to inform the city which areas required better lighting and improved sidewalks. This work lead to the funding of a $2.8 million pilot project to improve the much needed public infrastructure.

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Built Environment Team (BET): A collaboration, funded by The California Endowment, between the residents affiliated with four organizations: ALC, Environmental Health Coalition, City Heights Community Development Corporation, and the San Diego International Rescue Committee. The BET held a nine week training program, and created a planning process where 40 residents created a plan of action to change the built environment in City Heights. Presently the residents have been focusing on transportation and will work on implementing this plan for the years to come.

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San Diego Tenants Association: The San Diego Tenants Association offers free services to the community in or-der to promote equal healthy housing opportunities through education and counseling efforts. The services pro-vided includes: a) healthy housing and tenants’ rights counseling in English and Spanish, b) educational healthy housing clinics for tenants, landlords and managers, c) educational housing materials in English and Spanish, d) participation in community events throughout the City of San Diego, and e) participation in regional housing efforts in the San Diego County.

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32 Who do they serve?

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The community of City Heights

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Families of City Heights, mostly Latino

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Create leaders who can use their own voice to make a better neighborhood for them and their children.

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Empower individuals to empower others.

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Generate a sense of pride in leadership development and community organization in order to advocate for development of a better San Diego.

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Promote and advocate for housing rights and create a bridge between landlords, managers, and tenants to create healthier communities.

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Approximately 800 individuals in total have been involved in the Leadership Academy since 2010.



Three resident groups, a total of 60 individuals, participate in cleanups, advocate for safety in the neigh-borhood, and carry out surveys to locate where streets can be improved by lighting and sidewalks.



Through Housing Clinics, have educated more than 500 residents on their housing rights.



One year after starting the consulting service, 320 families have received help to improve their housing conditions or to avoid eviction.

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Art Pratt Foundation of Old Mission Rotary Club

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The California Endowment

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Energy Upgrade California



Foundation for Change

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Labors Training and Community Development Alliance



Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) San Diego



Price Philanthropies Foundation



The Parker Foundation



Weingart Foundation



Alliance San Diego



California Pan Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN)



Center on Policy Initiatives (CPI)



City Heights Community Development Corporation



Colina del Sol Recreation Center



Environmental Health Coalition



Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice (ICWJ)

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Contact:

Deborah Condon

President & CEO [email protected] (858) 536-4900

www.sdbigs.org

Big Brother Big Sister

Mission: To provide children facing adversity with

strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

Who are they?

Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County (BBBS of SDC) provides children facing adversity, often those of single or low-income households or families where a parent is incarcerated or serving in the military, with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships that change their lives for the better. Locally, BBBS of SDC serves children 7 to 17 years of age through distinct one-to-one mentoring programs.



Big Brothers Big Sisters headquarters is relocating to City Heights (City Heights Center) in November of 2014, so it can better serve the children and families located in and around the neighborhood.



The highest concentration of children enrolled in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program comes from the Mid-City area.



A school based partnership with Rosa Parks Elementary School that actively serves Rosa Parks’ students through the Bigs in Schools program.



47% of the youth in the Mid-City area come from City Heights.

What support services do they offer?



Community Mentoring: One-to-one mentoring takes place in the neighborhoods and communities that the vol-unteer and child live in. Bigs and Littles are matched for a minimum of one year and get together 2-4 times a month for 2-5 hours at a time.

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Sports Bigs: Provides opportunities for adults to build mentoring friendships and model good sportsmanship to help children experience sporting and recreational events that might have previously been out of reach. BBBS provides free or low cost tickets to sporting events and offers ongoing agency sponsored sports clinics.

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Amachi: The children in this program have an incarcerated parent and need additional support and guidance. BBBS’s goal is to break the intergenerational cycle of crime and incarceration by giving them inspiration to reach their highest potential. Additional training is available to help volunteers better understand the challenges of being a child with an incarcerated parent.

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Bigs in School: Bigs meet one hour each week with their Little during the school year at their Little's elementary school, after school hours. This is not a tutoring program, but rather a chance to build a friendship in a fun envi-ronment, while reinforcing the importance of learning. The Bigs in Schools program serves elementary age chil-dren in City Heights, Normal Heights, and Logan Heights.

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Operation Bigs: Children with a parent in the military, including a deployed parent, face unique challenges such as separation and loss in addition to the stresses of military life. Operation Bigs program provides the critical support needed to children who have sacrificed so much. BBBS currently works with schools and community centers in Camp Pendleton, Miramar, Sierra Mesa, Point Loma, and Coronado, serving military children, espe-cially those with a deployable parent.

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High School Bigs: Current high school students volunteer as mentors one hour a week at a neighboring elemen-tary school. All sessions are supervised by a BBBS professional staff member and activities are based on mutual interests.

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African-American Mentoring: Pairs African-American children with African-American mentors who provide ad-ditional support to help them see they can achieve anything they want in life.

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Hispanic Mentoring Model: Locally named Hermandad, which means Brotherhood and Sisterhood in Spanish, the Hispanic Mentoring program provides Latino children with a Latino or Spanish-speaking Big Brother or Big Sister that can enrich their lives culturally, socially and academically, and support them reaching their potential

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Located at 8515 Arjons Drive, Suite A, San Diego, CA 92126 (until November – then relocating to the Price Charities Building)



Staff Size: 34 Full-time



County of San Diego, boys and girls between 7 to 18 years of age

ｏ Total Unduplicated Youth Served in 2011: 1,643

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African American or African American Mixed: 19.4% (319)

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Hispanic or Hispanic Mixed: 42% (690)

▪

Caucasian: 24.6% (404)

▪

Asian or Asian Mixed: 3.9% (64)

▪

Native American: 0.6% (10)

▪

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.3% (5)

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Other Race or Multi Race: 9.2% (151)

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Mid City Pod: 15.8% (260)

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By partnering with parents/guardians volunteers and others in the community each child in the program will achieve:

ｏ Higher aspirations, greater confidence, and better relationships.

ｏ Avoidance of risky behaviors.

ｏ Educational success.



Showed that 83% of the boys and girls were better able to avoid risky behaviors, were self-motivated, and maintained better relationships.



Affected 73% of the boys and girls to maintain progress or improve in school.

Who are their key supporters?



Funded by many corporate, government, a foundation organizations



Individual donors



Price Charities

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Refer to website for complete list: www.sdbigs.org/site/c.8hKPI5MGIhI0E/b.6466583/k.4A2E/ Our_partners_make_it_possible.htm

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City Heights Life

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Collaboration to Keep City Heights Youth Safe



City Heights Collaborative



City Heights Foundation



Mid-City CAN



Monroe Clark Middle School

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Rosa Parks Elementary School



SAY San Diego

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35 Contact: Sheri Briggs Founder [email protected] (858) 380-7993 www.bridgeofhopesd.org

Bridge of Hope

Mission: To help distressed families and individuals

through transition.

Who are they?

Bridge of Hope is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping distressed families through transition. Transition can mean many things; families leaving homeless and domestic violence shelters or recovery homes, families facing crisis, the elderly poor, single parents, and the refugee community in San Diego.

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Located in City Heights at 3406 Fairmount Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105.



Provide furniture, clothing, and food to families sent to them by 20 other agencies and organizations.



Provide a wide range of items needed for everyday use (i.e. household items, books, shoes, toys, and much more).



Operate a clothing store every second and fourth Saturday of every month.

What is their organizational profile?



Staff Size: 3 Full-time, 0 Part-time



Volunteers: Approximately 100 annually



Refugees

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Women coming out of recovery



Families with practical needs



Individuals leaving homelessness

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Domestic violence victims

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Individuals out of recovery



Single parents

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Disabled individuals



Veterans

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To see hunger end.

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To have the community come together and help one another.



Currently serving food to about 1,500 families per month.



Individual donors

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Buffalo Exchange



Cherokee Point Elementary School



City of Refugee



Feeding America

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Food Bank

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37 Contact: Becky Levine Supervising Attorney [email protected] (619) 356-8994

Who are they?

City Heights Community Law Project (CHCLP) is collaboration between California Western School of Law and San Diego State University School of Social Work. The project provides pro bono legal services including legal advice, consulta-tions, and referral services to low income people in the City Heights community. Their collaborative model allows them to provide clients with a variety of legal and social services through the school parent centers. The Project reaches the members of the City Heights community by offering legal clinics and educational workshops at parent centers in local schools.

What is their affiliation with City Heights?



The City Heights Community Law Project provides legal services at:

ｏ Hoover High School: Parent Center, Tuesday, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

ｏ Rosa Parks Elementary School: Parent Center, Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.



Monthly legal education workshops at:

ｏ Monroe Clark Middle School, Parent Center (Day and time varies)



CHCLP’s Legal Coverage Area for advice and referrals:

ｏ Bankruptcy Law ｏ Consumer Law ｏ Criminal Law ｏ Employment Law ｏ Family Law ｏ Housing Law ｏ Immigration Law

ｏ Personal Injury Law

ｏ Public Benefits Law

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Workshops: Monthly legal education workshops and presentations on topics of interest to City Heights’ resi-dents. Frequently attorneys are available for personal consultation following the workshops and presentations.

What is their organizational profile?



Volunteers: Approx. 20 Attorneys, 8 Law Students, and several undergraduate students annually



People who are in need of legal services.



To ensure that all City Heights residents have equal access to justice and experience fair treatment under the law.



To be a trusted and reliable resource for the City Heights community while advancing the legal and social work

California Western School of Law — City

Heights Community Law Project

Mission: To collaborate with community partners to

provide sustainable and competent legal services to low-income and indigent members of the local community while advancing the profession of law by instilling a com-mitment to public service in California Western School of Law students.

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January – October 2014: 157 client visits at the City Heights clinic locations.



Top four subject matter areas for 2014: family law, immigration law, housing law, and employment law.



In 2014: Over 100 City Heights community members attended legal education seminars.

Who are their key supporters?



California Western School of Law



Price Charities



Private Donations



ACCESS



Casa Cornelia



Consensus Organizing Center



Employee Rights Center

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39 Contact: Beatriz Valencia Program Director [email protected] (619) 795-2008 www.pricephilanthropies.com

Cardinals Interact

Mission: To help students reach their maximum

po-tential academically and personally; to assist them in developing skills in the area of teamwork, self-esteem, decision-making, and communication.

Who are they?

Cardinals Interact is a partnership between the San Diego Rotary Club 33, Hoover High School, and Price Family Charita-ble Fund. The program provides positive and supportive activities for Hoover students over a three year period.



Located in City Heights at 4305 University Avenue, Suite 600, San Diego, CA 92105.



Focuses on students that attend Hoover High School.



Students are from the surrounding City Heights area.

What support services do they offer?



Academic support: Daily tutoring, coursework advice, one-on-one meetings, progress tracking, college prepara-tion to meet all the “A-G” requirements (required high school courses for entering college freshmen).



Annual camps.



Community service program in which students learn the importance of giving back to their community.



Luncheon with Rotary sponsors.



Career/college exposure:

ｏ Programs at Project X Media, Z Microsystems, and the Mid-City Police Department.

ｏ Visitation of local colleges (i.e. San Diego City College and San Diego State University).

ｏ Trips to San Diego City Hall as well as San Diego Superior Court.

ｏ Programs at California Bank & Trust, San Diego Zoo, St. Vincent de Paul, and empowerments.



Job shadowing in which seniors get to learn about specific careers of their choice.



Leadership programs.



Guaranteed one-time college scholarships to all graduates of $1,000 or $1,500.



Alumni events: 2 annually

What is their organizational profile?



Staff: 3 Full-time, 3 Part-time, 6 paid facilitators throughout the year as needed



Interns: Hoover High School, 2 each semester; Aaron Price Fellows, 1 a year; Alum, 1 to 3 each summer



Hoover High School students from 10th grade until graduation, 14 to 18 years of age.



Approximately ⅓rd of the students selected have GPAs of 2.0 and below, ⅓rd between 2.0 and 3.0, and ⅓rd with 3.0 and higher.



Recruit a new cohort of 50 each fall with 150 students involved each year in all (10th, 11th, & 12th).

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40 What are their goals?



To improve graduation rates at Hoover High School.

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To assist students in successfully completing high school graduation requirements.



To help students create a community of mentors and positive role models.



To educate students about the world they live in thereby encouraging them to positively impact their community.



To develop strong leaders who make positive choices.



To expose students to career pathways.



To increase their partnerships with other programs at Hoover High School.



Graduated 166 students from their program.



Out of 161 alums surveyed:

ｏ Those who graduated with a degree in higher education: 17%

▪

18 with bachelor’s degrees, 6 with associate degrees, and 5 with vocational degrees.

ｏ Those who are currently working to earn a degree in higher education: 61%

▪

89 enrolled full-time in college, 10 part-time in college, 2 with vocational programs.



Hoover High School



Price Philanthropies



San Diego Rotary Club 33



San Diego State University City Height Collaborative

Who are their community partners?

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Collaborative



College Avenue Compact



Hoover High School



Price Philanthropies



San Diego Rotary Club 33

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41 Contact: Allison Bechill Director of Development [email protected] (619) 231-7788 www.casacornelia.org

Casa Cornelia Law Center

Mission: Casa Cornelia Law Center (CCLC) is a 501(c)(3) public

interest law firm providing quality legal services to victims of human and civil rights violations. CCLC has a primary commit-ment to indigent persons within the immigrant community in Southern California. CCLC seeks to educate others regarding the impact of immigration law and policy on the community and the public good.

Who are they?

Casa Cornelia Law Center (CCLC) provides a bridge to justice for those who come to the U.S. from all over the world seeking safe refuge. Among San Diego’s immigrant community exists a large population of men, women, and children who have a legal right to remain in the U.S., but are unable to access this right due to poverty, domestic abuse, and other barriers. Lack of access to quality legal repr