Educadores RISE is designed to meet the unique needs of home-based child care providers. The program combines evening virtual sessions with minimal in-person meetings and individualized coaching to deliver high-quality, evidence-based training on a schedule that works for busy business owners. With a focus on innovation and support, Educadores RISE participants gain practical tools and resources to enhance their childcare …

Economic independence and cultivating generational wealth is crucial for Latina women. Veronica Avalos, originally from Mexico, now an Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors (AP/OD) facilitator, decided to take her finances into her own hands. She applied for the Nusenda Co-op Capital Loan through Partnership for Community Action (PCA) so she could begin building credit and make sure her family is well versed …

By Javier Martínez Every child should have what they need to grow, live, and thrive with dignity—and financial security is one key way to get there. Unfortunately, Latino children are far more likely to be born into families with limited or no wealth, drastically hindering their future economic opportunities. Furthermore, because wealth is largely passed on from one generation to …

By Zully Rodriguez | Community Organizer for PCA “Our system of government has never been automatic. If we want our children to grow up in a true democracy, – not just one with elections, but one where every voice matters and every vote counts, we need to nurture and protect it. Today the responsibility falls to all of us.” – …

By Zully Rodriguez | Community Organizer for PCA This blog was originally written in Spanish My washing machine is broken! And now…, who is going to help me? My mom? My uncle? The pawn shop? A car title loan that will charge me an outrageous interest rate and cause me even more headaches? It is just when the refrigerator or …

More about Educadores Para los Niños del Futuro, PCA’s Home-Based Child Care Provider Network Fostering the long term development and success of our children starts with supporting the educators who care for them一 child care providers.  While providers typically operate out of a center, many individuals (particularly women of color) provide child care directly out of their private homes throughout …

By Zully Rodriguez This article was originally written in Spanish. The fall is here, back to school starts at 3… 2… 1!  The classrooms are full again! After 2 school cycles with only partial in-person classes, the time to go back and test what we learned is here. The final months of in-person instruction last school year served, among other …

By Zully Rodriguez | Community Organizer for PCA This article was written originally in Spanish.   A little over a year after the pandemic shutdowns and after most of us put our lives on hold, we are entering  a new post-pandemic phase. Now that we are returning to a period of normalcy, parents can  take care of themselves and restore …