Latino

Strategic Issue: To provide education and culturally specific information to the Latino community in the Village of Woodridge. This is accomplished through

promotion of available resources
increasing the awareness of their own personal safety
addressing the cultural differences in our community thereby contributing to changing unsafe behaviors.

Strategy: To actively pursue technology and programs that will assist Coalition members to promote the available resources of their respective agencies for the educational betterment of the community.

Strategic Action Plan Objectives

Team Leader:

Current Status

1) With our partnerships, promote our available resources throughout the community so as to permit residents to take advantage of the educational opportunities that are offered.

Performance Indicators:

· Analyze available resources of agency partners

· Study and compare past responses of individual agency programs

· Increased requests from the community

· Investigate funding mechanisms

· Through our sources of communications, inform the community of the benefits that the Coalition offers

Johnson,

Freeman

Established on:

· 22 Mar 06

Strategic Issue: Build internal support from the respective member agencies and organizations by conducting in-house awareness classes in conjunction with the Director of Latino Affairs and the coalition’s community leader(s)

Strategy: Host combined awareness and orientation training for all member agency chairs with the Director of Latino Affairs

Strategic Action Plan Objectives

Team Leader:

Current Status

1) Bring together all critical agencies to participate in a comprehensive training and awareness that will educate the participants to the cultural uniqueness of the Latino community.

Performance Indicators:

· Invite OSFM Director of Latino Affairs to lead a multi-agency educational program

· Establish a Mission and Vision Statement for the Coalition.

· Establish Goals and Objectives

Director

Avendano

Completed on:

· 22 Mar 06

Strategic Issue: Gain internal agency organizational support and awareness from our coalition’s “non - bi-lingual, bi-cultural” members.

Strategy: Agency chairs should promote internal awareness and orientation training for their own member organizations.

Strategic Action Plan Objectives

Team Leader:

Current Status

1) Change the perception that the Latino community represents a disproportionate burden on our agencies.

2) Stop single interest that hamper the ability for member organizations to promote necessary expanded minority education.

Performance Indicators:

· Through the Coalition Leaders and Agency Chairs, conduct in-house seminars and training services in diversity awareness.

· Maintain and enhance our communication links with our members that will keep them informed on current and emerging issues.

All Agency Chairs

· In process by member agencies

Strategic Issue: Delivery of program(s) to the community

Strategy: Based upon determined needs, schedule and deliver combined Coalition Programs to the Latino community in the Village of Woodridge

Strategic Action Plan Objectives

Team Leader:

Current Status

1) Determine location and content of programs to be delivered throughout the community based on needs assessment.

Performance Indicators:

· Program attendance

· Past program evaluations

· Community requests

· Review and Analysis of statistics and agency program metrics

All Agency Chairs

Programs delivered on :

30 Mar 06

Coalition to meet on:

17 Apr 06

Strategic Issue: Expand Latino Coalition Outreach Program concept on a regional and / or state-wide basis

Strategy: Actively promote the Woodridge Coalition at the local, regional and state level to appropriate organizations

Strategic Action Plan Objectives

Team Leader:

Current Status

1) Build additional partnerships with organizations and associations to create a stronger voice to address state and national issues.

2) National League of Cities (NLC) 2006 Awards for Municipal Excellence.

Performance Indicators:

· Program attendance

· External Organization / Municipalities / Agencies requests

· Office of the State Fire Marshal input

· Exemplify excellence in city governance, best practices in municipal policy, and models to follow to improve the lives of their citizens

All Agency Chairs

Dir Avendano

Johnson, Freeman

State Fire Marshal promoting program:

In process

Nomination application:

In process

Illinois Municipal League Interest:

Presenting in Galena 15 June 06

National League of Cities Recognition

December, 2006