COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Partners Program

The Latinos in Virginia Empowerment Center Partners is a free program designed to increase access to services for Spanish-speaking victims of violence by providing support to monolingual English-speaking service providers. We know how difficult it can be for monolingual English-speaking advocates to provide services to Spanish-speaking victims, and at the same time navigate language and cultural barriers.

We want to be a resource for your organization, especially now that many organizations are working on updating their Language Access Plans. While many organizations utilize language line services where they have a set amount of minutes per month, after that allotment runs out, they are charged a per-minute or pay-as-you-go, which can run between $1.50 to $3 per minute. That could become very expensive, and it does not help with the cultural barriers that are always present. On the other hand, our helpline is free and can help you to reduce the cost of interpretation services for Spanish speakers.

What Latinos in Virginia Empowerment Center offers to service providers is a partnership where your advocates provide the knowledge and connections that they have in your service area, and our advocates bring their ability to speak Spanish provide their cultural knowledge that helps build trust with the client. Together, we can provide better services to Spanish-speaking victims and be able to help those victims connect with services that will help them to become safer, healthier, and self-sufficient.

Becoming a Partner is free and easy. If interested, please email hola@latinosenvirginia.org. All organizations must complete a brief free training to be a Latinos in Virginia Empowerment Center Partner.

Cooperative Service Agreements

We maintain MOU's with a diverse group of agencies from our service area. This list includes victim service providers and culturally specific organizations with whom we collaborate to enhance services for Spanish-speaking victims.

Hopewell Victim Witness Assistance Program
Virginia Victim Assistance Network Victim Assist Human Trafficking Info-Line
The Virginia Victims Fund
The LIBRE Institute Virginia
Proyecto de Accessibilidad I-CAN
VCU Partnership for People with Disabilities
City of Richmond Office of Multicultural Affair (OMA)
Virginia Hispanic Foundation (VHF)
Casa de Esperanza Violence Intervention Program
Virginia Victim Assistance Network Spanish Speaking Homicide Survivor Support Group
The Chesterfield County Domestic and Sexual Violence Resource Center
Phoenix Project
Transitions Family Violence Services
Choices, Council on Domestic Violence for Page Co
Avalon Center
Project EMPOWER
Sylvia's Sisters
Family Crisis Support Services
Hospital Violence Intervention Program (HVIP)
Patrick County Victim/Witness
York/Poquoson Victim Witness Assistance Program
New Kent/Charles City Victim Witness Program

Diversity Richmond
Virginia Poverty Law Center: LA VIDA
Davis Child Advocacy Center
Health Brigade
La Casa de la Salud
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
Colonial Heights Food Pantry
Services to Abused Families, Inc (SAFE)
Colonial Heights Commonwealth Attorney
City of Hampton Victims Services Unit
Communities in Schools
Abuse Alternatives, Inc
SARA Roanoke
Greater Richmond SCAN
Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley
Crossover Healthcare Ministry
12th District Court Service Unit (Chesterfield)
City of Richmond Victim Witness Services (VWS)
Hanover County Victim Witness
The Haven Shelter and Services, Inc.
Family Resource Center, INC.
Help and Emergency Response
Franklin County Family Resource Center
Virginia Anti Violence Project
Chesterfield Community Services Board Families First Program
Women's Resource Center of New River Valley

Additionally, Latinos in Virginia Empowerment Center partners with local allied professionals, government entities, school, businesses and houses of worship in order to share knowledge and resources and to ensure clients achieve the best possible outcomes. If you are interested to explore some way to collaborate, please email hola@latinosenvirginia.org

This project is supported by: