CENTRO HISPANO DANIEL TORRES INC

FAMILY AND WELLNESS SERVICES:INFORMATION AND REFERRAL ADVOCACY PROGRAMSAFETY NET PROGRAM PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES AND REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES FOR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THROUGH OUR INFORMATION AND REFERRAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS GAIN INCREASED ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES. OUR TEAM GUIDES INDIVIDUALS TO RELEVANT RESOURCES, SUCH AS HEALTHCARE SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO ASSIST WITH COMPLETING APPLICATIONS, ADVOCACY, TRANSLATION/INTERPRETATION, AND NOTARY SERVICES. OUR WELCOMING CENTER PROVIDED OVER 15,000 INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SESSIONS LAST YEAR.SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SCHEDULE O.SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMMINGA COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ADULTS 60 YEARS OF AGE, STRIVING TO PREVENT THE CRIPPLING PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF ISOLATION. THIS PROGRAM UTILIZES A HOLISTIC APPROACH AND OFFERS SERVICES SUCH AS INDIVIDUAL CASE MANAGEMENT, GROUP ACTIVITIES, HEALTH CLASSES, COMPUTER CLASSES, EXERCISES, AND CULTURALLY-APPROPRIATE NUTRITIONAL DAILY MEALS. THIS FISCAL YEAR WE SERVED OVER 155,000 MEALS TO OUR SENIORS.MEDICAL INTERPRETING/COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PROGRAMMEDICAL INTERPRETER/COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PROGRAM PROMOTES ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE BY FACILITATING AND ENHANCING THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SENIOR PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS DURING A HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENT. PROGRAM PROVIDES INTERPRETERS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS DURING MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. HEALTH EDUCATION IS ALSO PROVIDED TO SENIORS TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.PREVENTION EDUCATION ON DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE INITIATIVEIN COLLABORATION WITH SAFEBERKS, THE CENTER WORKS TO EDUCATE AND RAISE THE AWARENESS OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, INCREASING ACCESS TO SUPPORT SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN A MANNER THAT IS CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE.HELPLINK INITIATIVETHE PROGRAM ASSISTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN FINDING THE BENEFITS, PROGRAMS, AND LOCAL RESOURCES NEEDED TO COPE WITH DIFFICULT ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGH THE STATE COMPASS SYSTEM (AN ONLINE APPLICATION SYSTEM FOR PENNSYLVANIANS TO APPLY FOR MANY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMS).FOOD VENDOR-MEALS ON WHEELSAS THE LOCAL VENDOR FOR MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF READING, WE PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS. THIS INITIATIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT ORGANIZATION BERKS ENCORE PROVIDES MEALS TO SENIORS WHO ARE HOMEBOUND. LAST YEAR THE CENTER SERVED OVER 175,000 MEALS TO HOMEBOUND AND SENIOR CITIZENS. CACFP FOOD SERVICECENTRO HISPANO IS A SPONSOR OF THE CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM (CACFP). THIS IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES REIMBURSEMENTS FOR NUTRITIOUS MEALS AND SNACKS TO ELIGIBLE CHILDREN WHO ARE ENROLLED FOR CARE AT PARTICIPATING CHILD CARE CENTERS AND PROVIDES REIMBURSEMENTS FOR MEALS SERVED TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN AFTERSCHOOL CARE PROGRAMS. CACFP CONTRIBUTES TO THE WELLNESS, HEALTHY GROWTH, AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS FISCAL YEAR WE HAVE SERVED OVER 500,000 MEALS TO CHILDREN BEING SERVED THROUGH OUR CACFP PROGRAM.SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMENSURING CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS MEALS AND SNACKS WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION, THE CENTRO HISPANO IS A VENDOR FOR THE SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM (SFSP) IN READING. THE PROGRAM IS A FEDERALLY-FUNDED, STATE-ADMINISTERED PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US TO SERVE FREE HEALTHY MEALS AND SNACKS TO CHILDREN AND TEENS IN LOW-INCOME AREAS. THIS FISCAL YEAR WE SERVED OVER 25,000 MEALS TO CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.