Comunidad Coming Together with Lots of Cooperation, Owensboro Helps Immigrants Adjust to America Series: Becoming Una Comunidad / One Community Day Six

Evansville Courier & Press › January 10, 2005

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When Spanish-speaking immigrants need an interpreter in this city, there's an agency ready to help. The nonprofit Central Latino has a staff of six interpreters who assist Owensboro's growing Hispanic population.

Migrant/Immigrant Shelter and Support, another, larger agency, is a one-stop service center for Hispanics. It offers adult education and tutoring, job referrals, information on community resources, classes on finances and homeownership and more.

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Comunidad Coming Together with Lots of Cooperation, Owensboro Helps Immigrants Adjust to America Series: Becoming Una Comunidad / One Community Day Six

Unlike in Evansville, where efforts to meet the needs of immigrants are in the early stages and have been fragmented, this Kentucky city of 54,000 has a well-organized, collaborative approach. It involves a variety of nonprofit agencies, churches, city government, lo...

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