Portuguese Organization For Social Services And Opportunities

Social services supported approximately 2,700 individuals and families. In addition to translation and transportation services, case management, patient navigation, daily wellness checks, blood pressure and vaccine clinics, bingocize, senior walks, and exercise classes, the organization also ran an ipad program for older adults. Other social services included helping clients with various government processes, such as driver's license renewals at the dmv and retirement forms at social security offices, assisting with applications for calfresh, medicare, liheap, etc., and supporting civic engagement through a weekly u.s. Citizenship class, voter registration, and language translation/transportation to election polls.