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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS AND EVENTS
A Walk in the Park
Making Connections – San Antonio promotoras are going door to door talking to Loma Park residents about the 90 Day Health Strategy. A Children Healthy And Prepared to Succeed in School (CHAPSS) initiative to reach parents with children 0 - 8 years old and educate them about:
- Medicaid/ CHIP
- Immunization
- Medical Home
- Assistance to benefits
- Assistance with utilities
- Referral assistance for employment and job training
- Home ownership
- Auto purchase
- Saving for the future
Now through May 2009 residents may hear a ”hello” from their drive way or the rattling of their front gate by a friendly face with benefiting information.
Resource and Family Fair 
Children have fun as their parents meet with community partners who joined resources under one roof on Saturday April 4, 2009. Westside residents searching employment, jobtraining, health and food benefits and assistance did not have to go far. Making Connections – San Antonio hosted their first Resource and Family Fair at the Neighborhood Place- Edgewood. The San Antonio Food Bank assisted families with the application process to qualify them for an array of benefits; food stamps, TANF, CHIP and Medicaid. Tables lined the hallway with representatives from Alamo Labor Properties, Centers for Working Families, Westside Education and Training Center (WETC) Workforce Solution Alamo and many others who passed out goodies, informative materials and words of encouragement. Children of all ages were treated to free toothbrushes and proper brushing tips from Ocean Dental and everyone enjoyed free hot dogs and refreshments.
 
Publications
The Diarist Project is a new approach being used by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to learn from its work to strengthen families and transform struggling neighborhoods.
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