Padres Unidos Np

PADRES UNIDOS IS A GRASS ROOTS COMMUNITY SUPPORT SYSTEM DEDICATED TO FOSTERING SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY. OUR COMMITMENT TO ALL FAMILIES IS TO CULTIVATE EDUCATION, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, AND MENTAL HEALTH GROWTH.

STRONG FAMILIES:STATISTICAL ANALYSES PERFORMED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OC PROBATION DEPARTMENT EVIDENCED THAT AFTER PARENT PARTICIPATION IN THE PADRES UNIDOS EDUCATION PROGRAM, NOT ONLY WERE THERE FEWER NEW LAW VIOLATION ARRESTS AMONG YOUTH BUT FEWER SERIOUS OFFENSES. IN THE 6-MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THEIR PARENTS STARTING THE PARENT PROGRAM, 50% OF YOUTH HAD ONE OR MORE NEW VIOLATION ARRESTS. SIX MONTHS AFTER THEIR PARENTS COMPLETED THE PROGRAM, FEWER YOUTH 23% HAD ONE OR MORE NEW VIOLATIONS ARRESTS.46% OF ALL NEW LAW VIOLATION ARRESTS AMONG YOUTH SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO PARENT PARTICIPATION IN THE PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM WERE FOR FELONY OFFENSES. HOWEVER, IN THE 6-MONTH PERIOD FOLLOWING PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE PADRES UNIDOS PROGRAM, THE PORTION OF FELONY OFFENSES DROPPED TO 24%. FURTHERMORE, 92% OF YOUTH PARTICIPANTS REPORTED AN INCREASE IN HEALTHY COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR PARENTS AND A DECREASE IN PROBLEMATIC COMMUNICATION PATTERNS. 100% OF PARTICIPANTS IN OUR RESTORATIVE CIRCLES AND SURVIVORS OF CRIME PROGRAM REPORTED A DECREASE IN DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS.

EARLY EDUCATION:THE PANDEMIC HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND INEQUITIES FOUND IN MANY OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. CHILDREN ATTENDING PADRES UNIDOS EARLY EDUCATION MODULES CONTINUED TO SHOW INCREASES AND IMPROVEMENT DESPITE THE BARRIERS OF VIRTUAL LEARNING. CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN OUR EARLY EDUCATION MODULES BEGIN KINDERGARTEN PREPARED SOCIALLY AND ACADEMICALLY FOR THE RIGORS OF A FORMAL EDUCATION. OVER 400 CHILDREN RECEIVED OUR EARLY LEARNING/SCHOOL READINESS EDUCATION SUPPORT PACKETS. 92% OF PARENTS REPORTED OBSERVING AN INCREASE IN MOTIVATION FOR SCHOOL READINESS. 90% OF PARENTS/PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS REPORTED A DECREASE IN SEVERITY OF LEVELS OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION EXACERBATED BY THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE PADRES CONTINUED OUR COMMUNITY-POP-UPS AND OUTREACH WHICH SERVICED OVER 6000 PARTICIPANTS (ADULT, YOUTH, CHILDREN AND INFANTS). UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING HUMAN CONNECTION AT A BIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL LEVEL DURING THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN CRITICAL FOR PADRES UNIDOS. OUR COMMUNITY POP-UPS AND OUTREACH, EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES HAVE HELPED LOWER LEVELS OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION, INCREASE ACCESS TO COVID-19 TESTING, VACCINE INFORMATION, PPE SUPPORT AS WELL AS END-OF-LIFE SERVICES/SUPPORT. THE GRIEF AND DEATH EXPERIENCED BY THE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE WAS UNPRECEDENTED. OUR COMMUNITY WORKER PROGRAM HELPED INCREASE ACCESS TO BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS FOOD, DIAPERS, HOUSING AND OTHER RESOURCES. OUR WEEKLY CARE CALLS HAVE SERVED AS A SOCIAL SAFETY NET FOR MANY OF THE FAMILIES WE SERVE. FAMILIES FELT THAT THEY WERE NOT ALONE THROUGH THIS TERRIFYING JOURNEY. THIS HAS LED TO AN INCREASE IN SUPPORT GROUPS CREATED AMONG PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ALLOWING FOR AN INCREASE OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND A STRENGTHENING OF THEIR COMMUNITY SAFETY NET SUPPORT SYSTEM. OVER 90 COMMUNITY LEADERS APPLIED TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR 5TH PROGRAM COHORT. PADRES UNIDOS COMMUNITY WORKER AWARD AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY IS PROGRAMMED TO START IN THE FALL OF 2022.