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Esperanza

Esperanza offers a wide range of social and human services through: Resource Navigators and Social Work Practice.

A social service and wellness program that advances food security, family healing, mental health, and LGBTQ supports for adults, youth, and families. It is a culturally and linguistically program that optimizes health for Hispanic/Latinx community individuals. The work that Esperanza does is deeply rooted in advancing health equity and anti-racist principles.

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5,780

Diapers provided in 2022

1,200

Culturally appropriate food bags to families through our food bank Cosechando Esperanza in 2022

+1,000

Hours provided in peer support counseling in 2022 by our staff and peer support specialists

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Resource Navigators

Our Resource Navigator program helps low-income residents in Spokane, Adams, and Grant county with unmet medical, housing and food insecurity.

The Resource Navigator will work with you to help open the doors to the resources you need to provide for you and your family. The goal is to improve the overall welfare and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

**Información sobre COVID19, GRIPE y otras vacunas:

Si necesita ayuda para obtener sus registros de vacunas o ubicar una clínica de vacunas, llámenos hoy.

Razones para vacunarse:

Para que usted y su familia se mantengan saludables.
Para mantener su comunidad saludable.
Para proteger a los seres queridos de las enfermedades.
Detener la propagación de enfermedades a las poblaciones más vulnerables.
Porque otros padres y expertos están de acuerdo en que vacunarse es lo mejora para mantener sana a su familia.

HEALTH ACCESS NAVIGATOR

Our health access navigator will help you apply for DSHS, Medicaid and other health related benefits. We can help you apply for medical financial assistance through urgent or emergency care.

HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT

Our Housing case manager will assist with rental and utility assistance. This program also assist clients with filling out applications for new rental units. Our case manager will assist immigrants and newly arrived community members in obtaining state identification, bus pass and or library cards.

FOOD & CLOTHING BANK

Cosechando Esperanza is a food and clothing bank that was establish in 2020. It is a culturally appropriate Hispanic/Latino food bank that operates weekly. We also have a clothing and diaper bank that operates every 2 weeks. To refer or sign up for Cosechando Esperanza please send an email to cosechando.esperanza@hbpaofspokane.org or call 509-557-0566

Social Work Practice

Esperanza is a culturally and linguistically attuned mental health service that reaches to Latinx/Hispanic youth, individuals and communities.

Our community center is a refuge where the community feels immediately seen and understood. Nearly all our youth, families, or individuals, experience intersectionality related to race, sexual orientation and expression, and/or disabilities.

Our families also face challenges related to widespread racism and xenophobia that exists within the white-dominant culture of social work practice.

MENTAL HEALTH & PEER SUPPORT

Support Groups: professionally and peer lead support groups and individual sessions to help members cope with depression, anxiety and social isolation. These sessions brings people together with shared lived experiences to support each other.

Compartiendo Esperanza mental health workshops: providing a safe space for individuals to get the conversation started through dialogue, storytelling and guided discussion within the following topics:

•LGBTQ Gender and Sexuality

•Sense of Belonging: Youth

•Coping with Depression

CASE MANAGEMENT

Assessments: Our social workers focus on assessing, planning, monitoring, and evaluating the services and possible options required for the client’s needs. A comprehensive care plan is established to reduce major barriers to health care and mental health access.

Care coordination: The work that Esperanza does is deeply rooted in advancing health equity and anti-racist principles. We aim to transform healthcare, and behavioral health access to center the experience of marginalized Hispanic/Latinx community members through coordinating care with health local health providers.

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DISABILITY SUPPORT

SERVICES

Medically

Complex Caregiver Community Program

We provide direct support to parents and caregivers of people with complex medical conditions in the following areas:

Resource navigation
Care coordination
Life coaching

Eligibility and Accessibility

Our program is offered at no cost to families, because we believe every caregiver deserves access to support.

Please contact our office for more information or to schedule an intake appointment. 509.557.0566

Union Futbol Club Youth Soccer

KNOW UNION FUTBOL

Soccer in Latin America is a way of life a cultural identifier which is shared amongst all aspects of family dynamics. However, here in the US it is a very expensive sport that marginalizes many low-income families. Many of which are immigrant and underserved BIPOC communities within our region. Which is why The Hispanic Business/Professional Association (Nuestras Raíces Centro Comunitario) is excited to announce the first completely free professional soccer development academy in Spokane County of ages 9-13, what we believe to be the most critical ages of technical and soccer development.

A program developed by professional and experienced coaches, licensed in many federations such as FMF, AFA, LaLiga, USSF, USC. There will be eligibility requirements based on income and participation in order to serve those that really want to take advantage of the program.

Union Futbol Club will be a community program dedicated and committed to providing equal opportunities to children and families to have access to this sport whose activity is so important for physical or mental wellbeing.