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Early Childhood Education Programs
- Budget:
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$7,347,908
- Category:
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Education
- Population Served:
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Children and Youth (infants - 19 years.)
Program Description:
Promoting Children's Early Development
The future of our communities lies within the hearts and minds of our children. At El Valor, we touch the future through a continuum of education programs that stimulate and challenge children early in life, and reinforce strong relationships with their families.
Early Intervention works to strengthen families that have a child under three years of age with a developmental disability. Parents are encouraged to become their child's primary teacher and therapist.
Early Head Start and Prevention provide early education, and stimulation to children birth to three years of age, while helping parents become involved as their children's first teachers.
Our Head Start classes, offered in both half-day and full-day sessions, help children between the ages of three and five develop critical skills, which are needed for a lifetime of learning.
El Valor provides bilingual training and support to day care home providers to prepare them for licensing in Cook County. El Valor also coordinates a network of licensed home care providers who care for children ages birth to five.
El Valor connects research to practice and implements the latest in early childhood research in our classrooms.
Primary Partner for this initiative is the Chicago Department of Family Support Services
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Youth Enrichment Program
- Budget:
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$1,003,845
- Category:
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Education
- Population Served:
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Children Only (5 - 14 years)
Program Description:
Youth Programs
El Valor's Youth Enrichment Program has an academic focus supported by an enriching environment where youth are nurtured to see their immense potential, and challenged to develop their unique gifts. The youth program works with committed, mission-driven staff and volunteers, who place high expectations and set clear goals and objectives for our children and their families.
El Valor's youth enrichment after school program addresses the academic and social needs of young people by focusing on reading, math, science, music, and computer technology. The program boasts a 95% attendance rate over the last three years.
El Valor's strength lies in its ability to engage in effective partnerships. The Youth Enrichment Program works with The Chicago Academy of Sciences, the Merit School of Music, the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Science Foundation.
Since the program's inception, over 700 children have participated in El Valor's Youth Enrichment Program. The challenge is that we only have the resources to support 250 children annually. Over 400 children are on the waiting list.
For more information about our Youth Enrichment Program, please call or visit Rosita Nardi at El Valor's Guadalupe Reyes Children& Family Center:
Guadalupe Reyes Children & Family Center
1951 W. 19th Street
Chicago, IL 60608
Youth Enrichment Program
Phone: (312) 997-2021 x241
Phone: (312) 997-2021 x251
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Adult Programs for People with Disabilities
- Budget:
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$4,524,136
- Category:
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Health Care
- Population Served:
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Physically Disabled nec
Program Description:
Supporting People with Disabilities
El Valor believes that individuals who are physically and/or mentally challenged are vital members of the community. El Valor is committed to assisting and supporting adults with disabilities through programs that emphasize personal choice, employment, inclusion and enrichment.
Vocational Development, Supported, and Competitive Employment Programs provide access to employment opportunities. The programs focus on strengthening vocational, socialization, and communication skills to prepare individuals with disabilities for employment opportunities.
Development Training for adults who have greater physical and developmental challenges, provides training in areas such as communication, socialization, life enrichment, recreational skills, and vocational skills. The primary aim of the program is to increase the individual's independence, self-esteem and integration into the community.
El Valor's Acquired Brain Injury Program provides specialized case management services to persons of all ages that live with Acquired Brain Injury.
Through six residential homes in the Chicagoland area, adults with developmental disabilities live independently and participate in the community. Independence and choice in everyday life are maximized utilizing existing social networks and community links.
For more information about our Programs for Adults with Disabilities, please call or visit El Valor's main office:
El Valor
1850 W. 21st Street
Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: (312) 666-4511
TDD: (312) 666-3361
Fax: (312) 666-6677
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Leadership Through Education Programs
- Budget:
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$74,953
- Category:
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Education
- Population Served:
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Hispanics
Program Description:
Encouraging Leadership
With a shortage of minorities in education, business, and government, El Valor has taken a giant step in building stronger, more inclusive communities by encouraging a diverse group of individuals to pursue degrees, and assume leadership roles in their communities.
Through El Valor partnerships with colleges and universities, working people who would otherwise be unable to further their education, have the opportunity to participate in degree programs. These programs are conveniently offered during evenings and weekends at El Valor centers in the community.
Through El Valor's university programs, individuals may pursue either an associate, bachelor, master, or doctoral degree in areas such as:
• early childhood education
• educational administration
• speech therapy
• rehabilitation
• guidance
• counseling
• business
Over 500 adults have completed their degrees through the cohort program.
For more information about our Encouraging Leadership Programs,
please contact:
Maria Esther Lopez
maria.lopez@elvalor.net
312.666.4511
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