The Takoma Park Youth Collaborative just completed the “Who Wants to Work Challenge” an employment readiness training for young people ages 16 to 19. From March 4 to April 8, a total of thirty local youth participated in at least one of six sessions, with an average of 14 at each session. Seven completed the program and earned referrals for employment. Almost all the youth were participants in Making a New United People (MANUP) or Identity. The program was a one of a kind collaborative effort with different youth organizations and local colleges taking the lead in different sessions. Both Montgomery College and students from Washington Adventist University provided constant support throu
During the winter of 2015 CHEER community outreach specialists brought health care insurance information and opportunities to the Latino and African immigrant communities in the Takoma Park and Silver Spring area. During the Affordable Care Act open enrollment season our team of eight community outreach specialists contacted 1,368 people about health care opportunities through the Affordable Care Act and the Kaiser Permanente Community Health Access Program (CHAP). In late January we were invited by Kaiser Permanente to do outreach for their Community Health Access Program (CHAP). This program provides free health care to low income uninsured who do not qualify for coverage under the Affo
