The Savila Collaborative

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“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Other Programs: Strengthening Families Program Nationally recognized for its evidence-based practices, the Strengthening Families Program (SFP) involves the entire family in a 14-session program that equips them with tools and strategies to increase positive parenting, and parental supervision and involvement, while reducing substance use, parent and child depression, as well as family conflict. This parenting program offers classes for both parents and children where they acquire tools to help them improve their childrens social skills, and the familys cohesion, communication and resilience. The program mission is to educate parents about the importance of positive parental behavior and parents being the role model, guide and monitor of their child as they develop their values and choose their behaviors and path in life. Centro Svila reached the following established goals: assessing and improving the evaluation tool through the UNM Lab to reflect more accurately the programs efficacy and to be more culturally relevant; to train new adult and youth facilitators to increase youth participation through the training. During FY 20-21, 88 individuals completed the program. Immigrant Well-Being Project The Immigrant Well-being Project (IWP) is a study that works together with UNM TREE Center. The program intends to identify obstacles that immigrants from Central and South America face when arriving into the United States. It also helps understand how it affects their life in the new country and how they adapt into a different country and a different culture. The IWP occurs from November thru May and each family selected gets paired with a University of New Mexico undergraduate or graduate student. The UNM student helps the family reach and look for resources that they may need. Last year, one of Centro Svilas families were able to purchase their own home and open their own business.CollaborationsCentro Svila participates in efforts with community allies and partners to build collective impact that will address systems level change. During the 2018-2019 fiscal year Centro Svila participated in La Red del Rio Abajo, Bernalillo County RRED, ACES and BHI collaborative efforts. Centro Savila staff and administration worked to improve culturally and linguistically appropriate care access and eliminate geographic and transportation barriers for low-income and indigent Bernalillo County resident.COVID-19 Pandemic SupportDuring FY 20-21 Centro Savila applied for and received funding from the U.S. Small Business Associations Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). This funding was to incentivize keeping workers on payroll and to help pay for costs associated to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic including loss in income, technology costs associated with the pivot to remote work and support for staff members and families infected with COVID-19. Centro Savila also applied for CARES Act funding to pass resources on to our clients including food, technology and rental assistance.”