CANAL ALLIANCE

Youth education - after school educational assistance services for students through high school and college placement assistance.

Workforce development provides training that prepares and supports clients to gain quality jobs that offer career-track employment opportunities. The program ensures client success by providing wraparound case management and two years of follow-up services. The program has a high one-year job retention rate of 87% and income increases that average 41%. We also offer small business classes in spanish to help latinos launch and manage their own small businesses.

Canal housing provided housing for 12 families in three apartment buildings. We have renovated all three buildings, upgrading and repairing each apartment and installing solar panels on the roof of each solar power has substantially lowered each tenants monthly pg&e bill.

Esl - educational assistance for adult clients.

Pace - program to disseminate community and local policy information to canal residents.