YWCA La Voz Latina
YWCA LA VOZ LATINA MAINTAINS A STRONG FOCUS ON HELPING LATINO/HISPANIC FAMILIES ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND BECOME ACTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
Focus on Families
YWCA La Voz Latina offers a wide variety of services and programs for communities in Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson and Winnebago counties in Illinois. Programs are not limited to the Latino/Hispanic population.
- Information and referral services
- Advocacy for at risk families and in-crisis, immigrant and refugee assistance, information, orientation and referral to services.
- Assistance in obtaining public aid programs and services and case management to provide follow up after application and appeals as necessary.
- Connecting those needing additional assistance to social services, public benefits, immigration services including deportation defense and immigrant rights, and any culturally sensitive and competent services available in the community.
- Language proficiency assessments and services for businesses and offices that want to determine what level of proficiency that their bilingual staff or employment candidates have. Please note that there are fees associated with these services.
Information and Referral Services
Each year YWCA La Voz Latina receives hundreds of calls or visits with questions about where to obtain a particular service or what they should do about a given situation.
Our Staff has access to information about a variety of topics to assist those individuals and refer clients to other organizations if they are looking for a service we are unable to provide.
We feel that being a resource to our community is one of the most important roles that we play. Providing support through information sharing helps strengthen our community and facilitates immigrant adaptation to living in our area.