Organizations Filed Purposes:
RAICES' MISSION IS TO RESPOND TO THE UNMET NEEDS OF THE LATINO, AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY AND SEEK TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH ADVOCACY AND THE DIRECT PROVISION OF TARGETED SERVICES WITH WORK ACROSS THE GENERATIONS AND A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS.
TO PROVIDE CASE ASSISTANCE INFORMATION AND OUTREACH SERVICES IN RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF HISPANICS AND OTHER LOW-INCOME SENIORS.
THE SPANISH SPEAKING ELDERLY COUNCIL-RAICES (RAICES) THROUGH ITS NINE (9) SENIOR CENTERS, ITS OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC AND THE RAICES ACCESS PROGRAM PROVIDES CONGREGATE BREAKFASTS, CONGREGATE LUNCH, CASE ASSISTANCE, NUTRITION EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, CELEBRATION OF CULTURAL EVENTS, HEALTH PROMOTION, OUTREACH SERVICES, BENEFIT AND ENTITLEMENT COUNSELING, MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION, AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES, TO APPROXIMATELY 3,250 HISPANIC, BLACK AND LOW INCOME PARTICIPANTS ON A YEARLY BASIS. THROUGH THESE SERVICES IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, RAICES PROVIDED 4,654 CASE ASSISTANCE CONTACTS AND 6,069 INFORMATION AND REFERRAL.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Lisette Sosa-Dickson | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $128,985 |
| Yvonne Cotto | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR | 40 | $100,177 |
| Annie Mcqueen | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Licet Valois | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Mildred Ramos | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Jose Labrador | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Marco Benjamin | MEMBER (THRU OCT 2019) | 1 | $0 |
| Rose Gaynus | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Edwin Salas | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Dr Nancy Talavera Md | CHAIRPERSON | 2 | $0 |
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