FOUNDATIONS

For 2006, the following foundations are part of our El Pueblo family. Please follow the links to a specific foundation to read more about their great work beyond our programs. They truly are our heroes!


John Rex Endowment supports our Líderes de Salud (lay-health advisors) Program which is in its third year of implementation. El Pueblo works with three partner agencies (Open Door Clinic, Millbrook Methodist Church, St. Bernadette Catholic Church) to provide Latino families in Wake County with education on health issues.

The NC Triangle Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen/ Breast Cancer Foundation funds Comunidad Sana, which is in its third year, providing breast cancer awareness and education in nine-counties (Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Johnson, Orange, Wake) around the Triangle.

Hispanics in Philanthropy
In the third year of a three year cycle grant, HIP supports El Pueblo’s Advocacy initiative. The capacity building grant from HIP allows us to hire a full-time Policy Analyst to implement program goals and a part-time lobbyist at the NC General Assembly to help identify legislation that concerns the Latino community.
Questions about these grants should be addressed to development@elpueblo.org .

GOVERNMENT

In 2006, El Pueblo has competitively bid for and won a number of grants for county, state, and federal funding streams. We are developing strong programs that touch the lives of hundreds of Latino/Hispanic men, women, and children that call North Carolina their new home.

Wake County Smart Start is new to El Pueblo in 2005-6. Leámos Juntos provides early childhood education and promotes family literacy with women and children (0-5) throughout Wake County

Wake County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) starting in school year 2006-07, El Pueblo’s AGAPE Program will work with three Wake County middle and two high schools to address the issue of gang behaviors with our Latino youth and their families.

Governor’s Highway Safety Program partnered with El Pueblo in 2004 to create Nuestra Seguridad, an initiative to reduce the disproportionate amount of highway safety fatalities and injuries among Hispanic drivers in North Carolina



NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund funds El Pueblo’s No Fumo: Youth Leadership Project which works with NC Latino youth groups across the state to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco use. The goals of the project are to prevent initiation and promote cessation of tobacco use among youth, promote smoke-free environments, and help eliminate health disparities among Latinos related to tobacco use. --

National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA)
El Pueblo, Inc. in conjunction with a grant from NHTSA, is conducting a study to reduce DWI among Latino drivers in North Carolina.