2024-2028 Grantee Overview
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Adelante Mujeres
Adelante Mujeres will deliver high-quality, two-generational approach, culturally specific education services to Latine students to support a student’s whole health and their family’s engagement with the school system. Through the LAT SSP we will ensure:
- Student Success and Early Learning Readiness through culturally responsive curriculum.
- Family Leadership by providing family engagement in school and programmatic activities.
- Strengthening Pathways to High Education with increased rates of Latine student post-secondary enrollment and by providing an Early Childhood Education workforce development pathway.
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Centennial School District
The vision of the Centennial School District is to create a Family Resource Center that will serve students (and their families) across the Centennial community with an emphasis on students identified across the Student Success Plan Grants.
The Family Resource Center will serve as a hub in our community for providing and connecting families to much-needed services, including, but not limited to, culturally specific mental health and social services, WELLNESS, and basic services such as food, clothing, resource navigation, etc. While these resources and supports may seem basic, many of our students in our PK-12 schools lack most of them as our district has an approximate 75% free and reduced lunch rate. While the Center will be a hub, staff will also work closely with our 10 schools to ensure they are building their own will, skill and capacity to support and center Plan students' and their families.
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Columbia Gorge ESD
The Columbia Gorge ESD Latinx Grant has facilitated two student listening sessions in the Dufur School District and South Wasco County School District, engaging up to 20 students. Students were highly engaged and openly shared their feelings about belonging at school. This feedback was shared with administration to encourage staff reflection on the intent vs. impact of their words. The program will continue with 10 more listening sessions, culminating in a final event in May/June that will bring together parents, staff, students, and community members to discuss key takeaways and next steps.
Additionally, 40 students are preparing to attend the Voices in Action – OSU 4-H Outreach Leadership Institute at Oregon State University during spring break. This four-day residential program focuses on critical thinking, idea-sharing, networking, research, public speaking, and leadership development. This initiative continues to empower students and foster meaningful conversations about belonging, leadership, and school climate.
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Conesejo Hispano
Consejo Hispano's educational programs are designed to empower students by connecting their education to their cultural heritage. Our focus is on fostering academic confidence, cultural awareness, and lifelong learning skills. Through engaging activities and lessons rooted in the students' unique backgrounds, Consejo Hispano helps participants build meaningful connections to their community while developing the tools they need to thrive academically and socially.
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Corvallis Environmental Center
This project serves PreK through 3rd grade students and their families through bilingual programming in our NaturePlay preschool and our bilingual Farm to School programing in Corvallis and Albany. Our NaturePlay vision is a culturally diverse preschool program with culturally responsive staff. Students are well prepared to be successful in kindergarten and beyond. Their connection to nature and each other will contribute to them being active participants in creating a healthy, sustainable community. Our Farm to School vision is a comprehensive, culturally diverse, and multifaceted food System for the mid-Willamette region of Oregon that integrates nutritious food, garden, and agriculture experiences into the fabric of our schools and the lives of our students and their communities. Our education goal is to provide quality, bilingual, experiential learning opportunities for youth in this region that will contribute over the long-term to healthy, sustainable communities. As a result of the program, children will have increased opportunities to develop life skills and preferences for healthy food as they prepare and eat fresh foods, they will know more about where their food comes from and how different cultures grow and utilize different foods.
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Douglas ESD
Douglas ESD’s LatinX Student Support Plan implements culturally responsive initiatives to foster identity, language, and academic exploration and success among LatinX students across Douglas County. The plan includes hiring Spanish-speaking Student Success Coaches to provide direct student support, professional learning for educators, and family engagement activities. Key efforts will focus on culturally relevant curriculum development, student union events, empathy interviews, and community listening sessions. Additionally, the initiative will strengthen family engagement by developing tailored support structures and workforce development opportunities. By integrating belonging-focused strategies and multilingual resources, this program aims to create a more inclusive and empowering educational environment for LatinX students and their families.
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El Programa Hispano Catolico
Provide services to Latine students and families from kindergarten- third grade through year-round activities designed to enhance early literacy & numeracy skills. The project will engage parents & guardians by increasing their involvement in their children's education, thereby fostering a supportive & affirming learning environment that leads to student academic success.
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Hillsboro School District
Since the fall, the Hillsboro School District (HSD) has been overseeing the implementation of the Latino/a/x Student Success Project in partnership with the Latino Network’s ROSA Program across four middle schools: Evergreen, J.W. Poynter, R.A. Brown, and South Meadows. This initiative is designed to support Latino/a/x and Spanish-speaking students who are at risk of school disengagement, juvenile justice involvement, and community violence. The project focuses on comprehensive family needs assessments, coordinated care and case management, and mentorship to ensure students and families receive holistic support. In this grant year, the program has worked to establish a strong foundation for student success by launching Jove Noble groups at two schools, facilitating one-on-one mentorship for students, planning for spring break camps and summer programming. Additionally, the ROSA Program coordinator has integrated into existing school structures, such as care team meetings, to enhance collaboration and make community resources more accessible. Through these efforts, the project aims to strengthen student engagement, improve academic outcomes, and reduce risky behaviors, ultimately fostering long-term success for Latino/a/x students in HSD.)
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Lane ESD
Celebrating and Strengthening Latine Families’ vision is for Lane County to be a place where all LatinX & Indigenous (LatinX) families have a strong sense of belonging and access to tools with which to navigate the k-12 educational system in an effective and proactive manner. We will serve all 16 Lane County school districts by: a) expanding our successful Migrant Education Program to serve all LatinX families; b) creating a new partnership with Grupo Latino de Accion Directa (GLAD); and c) adding Juntos to our offerings. Our values center on cultural and community assets and being student-centered. By embodying these values, we will increase parent, family, guardian, and community engagement and leadership in the education of their students and grow a clear understanding of pathways to higher education, including professional certification programs, community college, and undergraduate institutions.
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Listo Family Literacy Program
The Listo Family Literacy Program promotes academic success and family engagement among Latino/a/x and Indigenous students in Jackson County through our hybrid afterschool family literacy programming for entire families. With the majority of our staff reflecting the community Listo serves, we deliver services in a manner that centers and celebrates culture, identity, and language.
While adults in the family learn English as a Second Language or Adult Basic Education in Spanish, youth receive homework help and enrichment supports up to 4 days per week. With over 80% of our participating families having young children in the home, Listo has a special focus on early literacy, engaging parents as partners in their child’s school readiness journey.
Family engagement is further cultivated through Listo's parenting education and leadership development activities. Sessions, co-created by our parent participants, touch on child/youth development, behavioral health across the lifespan, and navigating school and community resources. Through this component, parents better understand their critical role in supporting their children at home and in the Oregon public school system.
In response to our participants’ needs, Listo proudly works with community partners to support youth and family behavioral health in a culturally specific manner, promoting a more inclusive coordinated system of care for the families we serve.
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Multnomah ESD/East County Bridges
East County Bridges (ECB), a Multnomah Education Service District (MESD) Bridges program, is dedicated to increasing access, connection, and educational opportunities for youth experiencing disconnection. More than just a bridge, ECB is a pathway of support for students who have dropped out, are low-attending, or otherwise disengaged, as well as their families. Through its culturally specific Puente Hacia El Futuro initiative, ECB empowers Latino/a/x and Indigenous youth across East County by providing bilingual Transition Specialists, educational advocacy, and family engagement services. Our vision is to see youth actively engaged in their education, connected to culturally relevant resources, and fully supported by their communities. By closing achievement gaps, increasing high school completion rates, and fostering family leadership, ECB equips students with the tools to shape their own futures.
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Next Door, Inc
Columbia Gorge Youth Connection is a student support service that places Bilingual/ Bicultural Youth Outreach Workers (YOWs) within local Schools. YOWs assist students with accessing the necessary resources to succeed, connect students to housing and food resources; community-based mentoring, in-school mentoring, mental health care or drug abuse treatment; oversee student support groups such as Inspiration Circle, Guys Group, Gay/Straight Alliance, Libros con Amigos, and the Latinx Youth Advisory Council; and support students struggling with attendance issues, poor academic performance, family conflict, or personal crisis.
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Ontario School District 8C
Our grant project is focused on funding the activities and staffing of the Latinos in Action program taking place grades 7-12. This program requires that students have an LIA class in their daily schedule that teaches leadership skills, academic achievement and planning, and cultural pride and awareness to empower their post-secondary success. It also includes heavy family engagement, student mentorship and community service.
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Plaza de Nuestra Comunidad
Plaza de Nuestra Comunidad is partnering with local school districts and aiming to support Latinx and Indigenous student outcomes through three primary activities. First, we are working to increase family engagement by using several approaches, such as a family literacy program and adding a family engagement component to afterschool and summer programs for youth. Second, Plaza is increasing access to culturally-specific afterschool programming for middle and high school students, which includes activities to support students through transitions. Finally, we are engaging with Latinx Student Unions in our partner districts to help them grow their presence and strength.
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Tigard-Tualatin School District
The SSP Latino/e Grant will fund staffing to support the Welcome System Initiative, prioritizing the needs of Latino/e students, who make up 70% of TTSD’s Multilingual Learners of English (MLEs). This initiative will be used to expand staffing capacity for the development and implementation of a sustainable welcome system. This work will assess current structures, identify gaps, and create a framework for reallocation of current resources and expansion of welcoming supports across the district. Funds will also support the integration of Ellevation, a data platform to improve progress monitoring, and professional development, including SIOP training, to ensure educators have the tools to serve newcomers effectively. This effort will address disproportionate outcomes for Latino/e students in TTSD by creating more inclusive, structured, and equitable systems of support.
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Todos Juntos
The Todos Juntos Latino/a/x grant focuses on our partnership with the Canby School District. Together we are building a continuum of services with wraparound supports that honors our partnership with the school district, our strong Latino/a/x community, and our commitment to help our students find the strength of their voices. Through a focus on early literacy, afterschool and summer programming, transitions from 6th to 7th grades and 8th to 9th grades, and family and community connections we are committed to creating programming that is based on community needs and feedback.
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Western Oregon University
Communidad Alianza brings together faculty in the Division of Education and Leadership at Western Oregon University with stakeholders from Polk County, including Central School District, in partnership to support early literacy, family and community resources, and to honor the assets of multilingual learners. This project embraces the strong partnership between Western Oregon University and the local community and partners college faculty and students with PK-12 students and their teachers to improve educational outcomes, literacy and language acquisition, school attendance, and opportunities for higher education pathways.
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Contacts
For questions, please contact Dr. Susan Mekarski, Education Specialist/ Latino/a/x and Indigenous* Student Plan Coordinator/ Grant Manager at susan.mekarski@ode.oregon.gov
*Indigenous Mexican, Central American, South American, Caribbean