Padres Unidos Np

Programs: Strong families:strong families programs have an outreach support and education specialized needs-based platform. We support families by fostering resilience, mental health, parent engagement and stability. Our safety net system responds to crisis situations and builds safer homes for our families. Our weekly modules serve 2653 family members at juvenile hall, churches, school districts, access and community centers. Parent engagement research is being conducted by the probation department and padres unidos.

early education programs:our school readiness; early literacy; and structure play for learning purposes programs are strongly based on our "parents as teachers" approach. Chapman university, the sausd and padres unidos are conducting a 4 year long study of quantitative and qualitative research to evaluate our students and parents. In addition to our instructional toys and academic curriculum, our program has a strong socio-emotional development and parent engagement component. These programs provide weekly classes to children ages two to five and their parents/caregivers. The program served a total of 3036 participants. Our strong outreach targets students who otherwise will start school without formal education.

community engagement:the community worker award and community leadership programs fosters a culture of self-sufficiency and community growth. As part of a self-sufficiency community pipeline, chapman university through the donna ford attallah college of educational studies grants 40 full scholarships to padres unidos graduates to attend chapman's two-year paraprofessional community worker award program. There are two chapman university doctoral dissertations being conducted to evaluate the impact of the community worker education in the attending students. There have been 1182 participants in our community engagement programs.