THE NEXT DOOR INC

Health promotion services: also known as nuestra comunidad sana (our healthy community), health promotion services offers culturally-appropriate health promotion and disease prevention services and leadership development to the latino community in the columbia gorge. Programs include mid-columbia health equity advocates (mchea); health promotion and chronic disease prevention (hpcdp); valle verde; advance directives (ad); drug free communities (dfc) odell hispanic coalition; hombres autorresponsables para parar el abuso (hapa); msfwoutreach; oregon worker relief fund; and columbia gorge pride alliancecontinued on schedule o. Mchea's goal is to train members of the latino and native american communites for leadership roles throughout hood river and wasco counties to help support their community involvement. Hpcdp, based on mchea groups, help makes environmental, systems, and policy changes related to tobacco reduction, healthy and nutritious foods, and exercise in our communities.valle verde is a mental and emotional health promotion program for community health workers and community member to increase awareness and decrease stigma in the latino community regarding topics of emotional wellness. Advance directives (ad) is an outreach campaign to raise awareness to our spanish and english communities in the gorge of the importance of having an advance directive.drug free communities (dfc) odell hispanic coalition is a leadership and drug prevention promotion coalition in the latino community. The next door inc. Acts as fiscal agent for this independent community coalition. Hombres autoresponsables para parar el abuso (hapa) is a domestic violence treatment for spanish-speaking perpetrators in hood river and the dalles. Msfw outreach is the coordination of efforts across the gorge to address the needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Oregon worker relief fund is to support unemployed workers and small businesses to obtain financial assistance during covid-19.columbia gorge pride alliance provides a safe environment for lgbtqia2s+ in the gorge. From hosting pride parades in hood river and the dalles, to youth outreach, community partnerships, networking and educational opportunities, and more, pride alliance aims to bring together the lgbtqia2s+ community.

Family services: the next door is the local accredited provider of the national healthy families of america program. Healthy families is a home visiting program that provides education and support to higher-risk new parents in hood river, wasco, sherman, gilliam and wheeler counties. It is a nationwide program with proven success in preventing child abuse and neglect. Also included in this department is dolly parton's imagination library, which provides books once a month to children 0-5 years throughout a four county region in oregon.equity & outreach training services: programs under our fee-for-services program area include: diversity equity and inclusion workshops, focus group facilitation and research, equity assessments and language support. Diversity and equity training offers workshops on topics of diversity utilizing popular education methodology. Focus group facilitation and research offers support in planning, recruitment and facilitation of focus groups and listening sessions for the latino community. Equity assessments provice advice and guidance on equity-related changes for other organizations. Finally, language support offers plain language training for community partners and organizations and referrals for spanish interpretation and translation.economic development: promoviendo prosperidad (promoting prosperity) assists latino entrepreneurs and small business owners with opening or expanding their business. Assistance includes helping them apply for loans or develop a business plan and obtaining an individual development account (ida) in partnership with casa of oregon. Included in this program is the races (roots) community garden and greenhouse, which assists local farmers in growing and selling their produce at a community supported agriculture (csa) program and to the local food bank.