Nuestra Comunidad: Building On Strengths Program

I agree with my groups decision about what should be a priority in the building on strengths program. I think working with partners like a Nuestra Comunidad will increase resources and funding. The Nuestra Comunidad provides mental health and substance abuse resources and assistance to the Latino Hispanic community in Mississippi State (Hunting, K., & Gleason, B. L, 2012). More funding will help support the needs of Latino Hispanic community. Nuestra Comunidad mission is to provide the best quality help of mental health and substance abuse treatments and give resources (Hunting, K., & Gleason, B. L, 2012). Nuestra Comunidad works in collaboration with consumers, university partners, and local, state and national agencies for funding and resources for the Latino Hispanic community (Hunting, K., & Gleason, B. L, 2012). In November 2004 Nuestra Comunidad received a grant for the program (Hunting, K., & Gleason, B. L, 2012). The grant helped with funding for the Nuestra Comunidad program.

The economic recession had an impact on the entire country. Latino students and their families faced hardships and the likelihood of losing their jobs because of the closing of the chicken plant. Nuestra Comunidad was not spared the blow of the economic downturn (Hunting, K., & Gleason, B. L, 2012). Building on Strengths program was also affected by the financial lost and resources that were also lost (Hunting, K., & Gleason, B. L, 2012). The program had faced a down fall. The agency relied on public financing for its operations and those dollars were drying up quickly. Advisors to the program strongly recommend that additional attention focus on the impact of the program activities necessary to secure future funding (Hunting, K., & Gleason, B. L,