National Council of La Raza: Audiences: For Affiliates: Affiliates' Programs

Affiliates' Programs

Since NCLR was founded in 1968, the body of NCLR’s Affiliate Network has grown to nearly 300 community-based organizations. Their services are diverse and include charter schools, after-school programs, job readiness and training, English language preparation, homeownership counseling, health centers, and community activities centers, to name a few. In total, these organizations provide services to approximately 4 million Hispanic Americans.

These organizations deal on a day-to-day basis with all aspects of serving the Latino population. They are familiar with the practical concerns and the policy issues affecting their constituencies and are actively engaged in developing and implementing innovative solutions to the problems they face.

NCLR’s active and productive relationships with its community-based Affiliate organizations are at the heart of NCLR’s work and key to its ability to fulfill its mission. In providing capacity-building assistance, policy analysis, advocacy, and special initiatives that complement the work of our Affiliates, NCLR is able to work “on the front lines” to improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans throughout the country.

Latino Social Venture Fund

To assist community-based organizations in addressing important needs in communities confronting substantial new immigration of Latino families and in border states facing significant challenges from the absolute number of Latinos, NCLR and the Raza Development Fund have teamed up to create the Latino Social Venture Fund, a new predevelopment and operating grant program targeting projects in education, health, housing development, and housing counseling. Learn More.

VSP

Recognizing the important role that vision plays in the educational process, Vision Service Plan (VSP), a national health care leader in the area of eye care services, founded the Sight for Students Program several years ago to help low-income children obtain vision care. VSP pledged to provide eye exams and eye glasses for needy children throughout the nation at the President’s Summit for America’s Future. Learn More.