Grant to Provide Support for Comprehensive Approach to Help Families Overcome Multiple Barriers and Achieve Greater Stability
Cleveland, Ohio, December 14, 2015,– The Spanish American Committee received a grant from Westfield Insurance Foundation for $45,000. The grant is part of Westfield’s focus on family stability in which grants were distributed to nonprofit agencies for their comprehensive approaches to help families overcome multiple barriers and achieve greater stability. Successful grantees demonstrated the ability to tie together several key challenges of families caught within a fragile economic situation.
The Spanish American Committee is initiating the Families First project designed to provide Family and Relationship Education to the Latino population for English/Spanish only speakers of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. With a committed group of collaborators chosen to address issues revolving around Latino family health; we have combined our resources and areas of expertise to provide a cohort of programs to help strengthen families socially and economically.
“Westfield recognizes that vulnerable families face multiple issues and we want to help nonprofits in their approaches to reducing more than one barrier to success,” said Jani Groza, Westfield Insurance Foundation executive director and Westfield Insurance community investment leader. “When we look at the nonprofit agencies we support, we see unique insights into the demographic they serve, whether it’s parents or children.”
The Spanish American Committee was founded in 1966 and is the oldest social service agency serving the area’s Latino population. It was founded to enhance the capacity of Latinos to achieve economic well-being, to participate fully in society and to enjoy a full and productive life. When SAC first opened, the primary service was teaching English as a second language. By the 1990s SAC’s operating objective was to help stabilize and strengthen the family unit, and then help create the conditions and resources within the family leading to social and economic well-being.
Over the years, SAC has developed its organizational capacity to deliver programs to nearly 6,000 families annually.
As a respected organization in our community and a United Way partner, SAC helps people find a way to turn economic barriers, crisis and difficulties into opportunities for progress, independence and a hope for a better way of life. Along with serving a diverse and culturally rich community from more than 20 Latin American countries, SAC also serves other ethnicities from different parts of the world.
About Westfield Insurance Foundation
Westfield Insurance Foundation was established in 2005 as an independent private foundation endowed by Westfield Insurance. In keeping with the values of Westfield Insurance, the Foundation exists as a dedicated community and industry partner; concentrating resources to have an impact on safety, disaster relief and family stability. The Foundation donates $2 million annually to a variety of charities.
About Westfield Insurance
Westfield Insurance is a part of Westfield Group, a customer-focused insurance and banking group of businesses headquartered in Westfield Center, Ohio, and in business for more than 167 years. Westfield Insurance provides commercial insurance in 21 states, personal insurance in 10 states and surety services to customers in 50 states. Westfield is one of the nation’s 50 largest property and casualty insurance groups, represented by a network of more than 1,000 independent insurance agencies. Westfield Insurance was named as a Top Workplace in northeast Ohio in 2014 and as a Top Workplace in central Ohio in 2015. Westfield Bank provides banking solutions for businesses and individuals, and Westfield Services provides service and training support for independent insurance agencies. Learn more about Westfield Group at www.WestfieldInsurance.com and www.Westfield-Bank.com.
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