Hacienda’s Youth and Family Support programs focus on providing educational and social support to children and parents. Our programs promote healthy and vibrant parent-child relationships, helping children reach their full potential and giving parents the tools to support their child's educational and emotional development. All Youth and Family Support programs are administered by Hacienda's bilingual and bicultural staff or other culturally-specific community partners.
Community Gardening
Residents at two housing sites in Portland and Molalla participate in community gardening at on-site garden plots. The community gardens exist for the physical and social benefit of the residents and are made possible through collaborative support from Growing Gardens (local gardening non-profit), seed and start donations from local farmers, and experienced community volunteers.
Portland Niños is the first step in Hacienda's continuum of educational support to families from birth through adulthood. The program provides early childhood education to parents and developmental activities for children from birth to age five, monitoring their progress and promoting kindergarten readiness.
Portland Niños
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Expresiones is Hacienda's housing-based afterschool program for residents in grades kindergarten through eighth. Youth have the option to attend programming every day after school and five days a week during the critical summer months. Programming is designed to increase family participation, school attendance, reports of a positive experience in school, and high school graduation...
Avanzamos: Social & Support Services for Education Success (SSSES)
Hacienda CDC, Multnomah County, and local elementary schools partner together to provide case managers to 100 at-risk Latino middle-schoolers. Bilingual and bicultural case managers offer academic and personal support, and access to after-school activities that promote a healthy self-image...
