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Los Angeles County Launches Community Public Health Teams to Engage 80,000 Households in Health Initiative

Visión y Compromiso es una de las 10 organizaciones comunitarias que se asociaron con Rising Communities junto con 10 organizaciones de cuidado de la salud en 10 áreas en todo el condado de Los Ángeles y con personal del Departamento de Salud Pública para formas los Equipos Comunitarios de Salud Pública (CPHT), un proyecto piloto para construir relaciones a largo plazo con al menos 80,000 hogares en el condado de Los Ángeles.

Visión y Compromiso coordinará con White Memorial Community Health Center para brindar alcance y participación comunitaria y servicios a familias en Boyle Heights.

Visión y Compromiso is one of 10 community-based organizations to partner with Rising Communities along with 10 health care partners in 10 high-priority, service areas throughout Los Angeles County, and Public Health staff. The partnership Community Public Health Teams (CPHT) is a pilot project to build long-term relationships with at least 80,000 households in Los Angeles County. 

Visión y Compromiso will coordinate with White Memorial Community Health Center to provide outreach, engagement, and services to families in Boyle Heights. 

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NYU Langone Health Awarded $13 Million to Create National Center to Promote Diabetes Equity Research

Una nueva iniciativa llamada Centro Nacional para la Participación en la Investigación de la Equidad en la Diabetes (National Center for Engagement in Diabetes Equity Research, CEDER) creará investigaciones sobre la diabetes pero de una manera que respondan a la comunidad, particularmente para las comunidades latinas que tienen un riesgo 66% mayor de desarrollar diabetes tipo 2. Visión y Compromiso es una de las dos organizaciones comunitarias en este esfuerzo y conectará a los investigadores con las comunidades para desarrollar, implementar y difundir estas investigaciones con participación comunitaria destinadas a la prevención y el tratamiento de la Diabetes Tipo 2.

A new initiative called the National Center for Engagement in Diabetes Equity Research (CEDER) has been created to generate more community-engaged diabetes research, particularly for Latino communities who have a 66% greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Visión y Compromiso is one of the two community partners in this effort and will connect researchers with communities for the development, implementation, and dissemination of community-engaged research aimed at the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes.

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Young Latino immigrants join forces to demand more mental health resources

Seis jóvenes latinos están abogando por más y mejores recursos de salud mental! Siendo la organización estatal más grande que apoya a promotoras y trabajadores de salud comunitarios comprometidos con el bienestar, construimos conexiones entre jóvenes, adultos y profesionales de la salud. Nuestro programa Con Amor y Dignidad está ayudando a investigadores de UC Davis a generar datos más sólidos sobre la salud mental de los latinos y a conectar a las comunidades con recursos de salud mental.

Six young latinos are advocating for more and better mental health resources! As the largest statewide organization supporting promotoras and community health workers committed to well-being, we build connections between youth and adults and health professionals. Our Con Amor y Dignidad program is helping researchers at UC Davis have a better understanding of why data shows that Latinos are struggling with their mental health.

Organización: Visión y Compromiso celebrará graduación de programa “Cultivando Nuestro Liderazgo” 

Visión y Compromiso celebró la dedicación de 32 promotoras y líderes comunitarios del Valle de Coachella y alrededores, quienes cubrieron 74 horas de capacitación en desarrollo del liderazgo personal hacia el Modelo de Transformación Comunitaria tras su participación en el programa “Cultivando tu Liderazgo”. 

Visión y Compromiso celebrated the dedication of 32 promotoras and community leaders from the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas, who completed 74 hours of training in personal leadership development towards the Community Transformation Model after culminating the “Cultivando tu Liderazgo” program.

Organización comunitaria empodera a las familias con información para lidiar con el asma

kesq.com • By Marco Revuelta • December 15, 2023

KESQ-TV ABC Palm Springs (News Channel 3) aired 12/15 at 11pm

KUNA-TV Telemundo Palm Springs (Noticiero Telemundo 15) aired 12/15 at 11pm  

Community Health Workers Are on the Rise. Here Is Why They Are Indepensable.
November 2021 / Direct Relief

At the California-based organization Vision y Compromiso, which trains, supports, and advocates for community health workers and promotores, executive director Maria Lemus explained that many of these workers have their roots in informal volunteering.

Lemus’s mother, Manuela, worked in the fields and at restaurants, and also cleaned houses – but in her spare time, she brought food and other resources to members of her community. “How I grew up is typical of the network that exists within our community,” Lemus said.

For a new warmline called Estamos Juntos (“We Are Together”), Vision y Compromiso is building on that model, training promotores to help people experiencing grief and loss, isolation, and domestic violence, among other issues. Promotores can connect people to support groups, educational programs, or other resources, and are also trained to identify more serious mental health issues that require referral to another organization.

Since it began, the warmline has reached thousands of people.

But there’s an important difference from the work that Lemus’s mother once did for friends and neighbors: With help from a Direct Relief grant, Vision y Compromiso is paying for benefits for its promotores. The organization is also one of those offering a living wage – a strategy that Lemus explained is also “a women’s equity issue,” since so many promotores are women.

From the Direct Relief article

Coronavirus and Latinos: How promotores can help
JULY 15, 2020 / Race and Coronavirus Podcast
In this podcast, Maria Lemus, executive director of Vision y Compromiso, talks about how promotores and community health workers are trying to help the Latino community during the coronavirus crisis.

When Grandma Becomes an Early Childhood Educator
JUNE 17, 2020 / New America Weekly

Promotor Model Gives Communities Healthier Outcomes, Experts Say
JUNE 25, 2019 / South Kern Sol

This Is What Quality Looks Like: A visit with families, friends, and neighbors
JUNE 11, 2019 / The David & Lucile Packard Foundation’s Insights