County Executive

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County Executives Latin American Advisory Group

• Year In Review
• June 26, 2010
• Office of Community Partnerships

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Retreat Last Summer
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Latino Public Safety Workgroup

• Activities Holds monthly meetings with the Chief
  of Police. Met with the County Executive in
  October and May on Police issues relating to
  immigration.
• Outcome on-going advocacy on Police arrest
  policies regarding immigration. Improved
  oversight of handling of internal affairs cases
  involving undocumented residents.
• LAAG Participating members Grace Rivera-Oven,
  Carmen Delgado-Votaw, Teresa Wright, and Henry
  Montes, Celia Rivas

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Preventing Immigration Scams Workgroup

• Activities In order to be prepared as a County
  for the upcoming immigration reform, a workgroup
  was created to plan a series of activities. These
  include
• Work with Catholic Charities, local Police and
  State Attorney to prosecute high profile crime
  (DONE). The goal was to send a message that
  immigration fraud will not be tolerated in
  Montgomery County.
• Launch public education materials (flier and bus
  ad) (IN PROGRESS)
• Work with community providers to hold
  legalization clinics when reform is passed

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Preventing Immigration Scams Workgroup

• Outcomes high profile prosecution and Spanish
  language informational flier for low literacy
  residents
• LAAG Participating Members Enid Gonzalez-Aleman,
  Celia Rivas, Marlon Vallejo-Valencia, Lorna
  Virgili

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Latino Youth Collaborative

• Activities Identity conducted a study of 1,000
  youth. The findings showed that 50 of the youth
  were not doing well and approximately 13 were
  involved in extremely high-risk behaviors and had
  no protective factors. Identity joined other
  Latino youth-serving organizations to form the
  Latino Youth Collaborative. Together, they
  advocated to County Council, MCPS Board of
  Education, and the County Executive to commit to
  work together to come up with recommendations to
  address the crisis affecting Latino youth.

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Latino Youth Collaborative

• Outcomes A steering committee of high-ranking
  county officials and community leaders was
  formed. Three workgroups were formed to come up
  with specific recommendations in the areas of
  Social Integration, Policies, and Responsive
  Services. Final recommendations are due this
  July and a the report will be released in
  September/October.
• LAAG Participating members Henry Montes (one of
  three co-chairs), Carmen Larsen (Rosalinda
  Delgado), JaBette Lozupone, Ana Lopez, Teresa
  Wright.

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Sister Cities Program in Morazan El Salvador
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Sister Cities Program in Morazan El Salvador

• Activities The County Executive decided to start
  a Sister Cities Program in Montgomery County. A
  year ago, a community meeting was held to get
  input as to the countries and cities to consider.
  There was much support for establishing a Sister
  Cities relationship with a department in El
  Salvador. Over the course of the year, a Sister
  Cities board and non-profit was established. The
  County is currently exploring the department of
  Morazan in El Salvador as well as a city in China
  and a city in Israel.

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Sister Cities Program in Morazan El Salvador

• Outcome an exploratory trip is planned for
  August 7-14th. A delegation of 16 people
  including several high school age youth is
  traveling at their own expense.
• LAAG Participating members Evelyn
  Gonzalez-Mills, Nestor Alvarenga, Doris Depaz

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Local Small Business Reserve Registration
Workshop

• Activities The Montgomery County Hispanic
  Chamber of Commerce worked with the Office of
  Procurement to plan a seminar where local small
  businesses would be registered and oriented to
  the Local Small Business Reserve Program
• Outcome approximately 10 community members were
  registered and 10 others participated in the
  orientation.
• LAAG Participating Members Carmen Larsen
  (Rosalinda Delgado) and Hispanic Chamber

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Budget Advocacy

• Activities The group advocated to the County
  Executive for county funded programs including
  the Latino Health Initiative, workforce and small
  business development, and services for Latino
  youth.  
• LAAG Participating Members almost all members
• Outcome analysis pending

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Budget Meeting Jan. 2010
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Census 2010
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Census Outreach

• Activities
• Complete Count Committee
• Latino press conference
• Faith-based event
• Bus tour and 3 festivals/rallies were organized
  in Gaithersburg City Hall, Wheaton mall, and
  at the Langley Park/Takoma Crossroads
• Spanish language Census flier
• Spanish language cable and radio shows

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Census Complete Count Committee

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Census Outreach

• Outcomes 78 mail back participation in
  Montgomery County. Fairfax Co VA 76, DC 69, PG
  71, National 72. 2 difference translates into
  a 200 million dollar difference
• LAAG Participating Members almost all (Carmen
  Delgado Votaw, Hjarman Cordero, Henry Montes,
  Agnes Saenz, Rev. Simon Bautista Betances, Pilar
  Torres, Lorna Virgili, Nestor Alvarenga, Teresa
  Wright, Carmen Larsen, Monica Barberis-Young,
  Daniel Parra, Grace Rivera-Oven, Celia Rivas).

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Latino Census Press Conference
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FY10 Presentations/ Meetings

• Steve Silverman, DED Director
• James Stowe, Human Rights Director
• Duchy Trachtenberg, Council Member
• Great Seneca Master Plan
• Language Access Plan for County Government
• Latino Leadership Summit Report
• Budget Meeting with OMB
• Leadership Workgroup Report
• OHR Meetings on Taskforce follow-up and furloughs
• Code Enforcement Public Education Campaign

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Events

• Hispanic Heritage Month Kick-off event with Pew
  Hispanic Center
• Ama Tu Vida Hispanic Heritage Month Health Fair
  and Soccer Tournament
• World of Montgomery Festival
• Census Festivals

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Hispanic Heritage Kick-off Event
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Hispanic Heritage Health Fair and Soccer
Tournament
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Hispanic Heritage Month Poster
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Preview for FY2011

• Latino Youth Collaborative
• Sister Cities
• Gilchrist Center Decentralization and re-design
• Immigration Reform and Local Enforcement

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• Thank you for all of your great work and support!