The Promotoras de Apoyo Familiar (PAF) program was created to engage promotoras to build their personal skills, knowledge, and experience to more effectively participate in their communities. Promotoras are a group of women that work in and outside of their own communities and participate in a variety of activities to learn more about mental well-being, community development, social services, and health. Promotoras de Apoyo Familiar expand and disseminate information about immigrant rights, immigration processes, labor issues, health, legal, and social services in a linguistically, culturally, and community-sensitive manner. The promotoras are an important bridge between colonia, immigrant families and services. We work with and train a cadre of promotoras who are interested in pursuing their knowledge and want to help their respective families and their communities.

• Immigration History and Current Immigration Issues
• Community Mapping,
• The Electoral Process
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Emergency Planning for Immigrant Families
• Legislative Session (Site visits)
• International Women’s Day:
  – Women Transforming Lives
  – Issues of Domestic Violence
• Mexican Consulate Services
• Intergenerational Trauma
• Bullying in the Schools:
  – What Parents Need to Know

•  Mental Health:
  – ‘Nuestras Emociones’
  – Depression
  – Mental Health First Aid
  – Alzheimer’s and Dementia
  – Sexual Assault
  – ¿Que es la felicidad?
• The Probate Process
• Worker’s Compensation
• Wage Theft
• Civil and Human Rights
• Preparing for College.
• Financial Literacy