La Posada Providencia
Welcoming the stranger, making a difference
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
La Posada addresses unmet needs of recent immigrants and asylum seekers in the lower Rio Grande Valley (the Valley). There are major gaps in provisioning of important resettlement services for immigrants in the lower Rio Grande Valley such as lack of sufficient shelter or housing; lack of accessible English classes and life-skills education; inadequate local public transportation; and lack of access to needed services until legal status is resolved. La Posada exists to close these gaps in services for current and future immigrants. Other agencies and churches in the Valley assist our target population, but La Posada is the only shelter with individual case management to optimize client resettlement outcomes for both short- and longer-term stays. Now the need for long-term shelters like La Posada is particularly vital. We can provide greater assistance to the community and to migrants because of our capacity to handle flexible length of stays.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Emergency Shelter
La Posada is a emergency shelter for homeless immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and asylees. Programming includes immediate and tangible support in the form of food, shelter, clothing, medical supplies and care. Also offered and equally important, is case management with an individualized resettlement preparation process that includes needs assessment, goal-setting and facilitation of services to meet identified needs. Services include local transportation to off-site agencies (health care, legal-aid and social services), access to on-site communication resources, paperwork/translation assistance, English literacy, workforce readiness, and life skills education. The aforementioned services divide into two programs, shelter outreach and emergency shelter.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
La Posada strives to satisfy the basic subsistence needs of clients and to help them successfully take their next step in resettlement .
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Today, shelter at La Posada means more than “three hots and a cot;” it is a mentoring influence for how arriving immigrants and asylum seekers approach their resettlement. La Posada's programming focuses on connecting clients with the support and services they need to successfully move forward.
Our clients face many challenges. They are in a strange land, are anxious about the future and are burdened by either their travel experiences and/or the needs of their family members left behind. Frequently, they are unable to communicate their anxieties. La Posada’s family setting and holistic services approach successfully creates a living environment for clients that is safe and welcoming. This accomplishment engenders trust and motivates clients to release their anxieties so that they can more easily learn English, new life skills and embrace the notion that they can achieve a successful resettlement with hard work and their inherent skills.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
La Posada's staff infrastructure has the capacity to meet its goals. The program staff includes a full-time executive director, program director, case manager, case manager aid, client mentor, volunteer coordinator (part time), shelter leader, shelter housekeeper and facility coordinator(part time). The Program staff is supported by a full time development director, database and information manager and a part-time development coordinator and staff accountant.
La Posada’s 30-year history of assisting nearly 11,000 individuals with resettlement assistance has earned it a reputation for putting a human face on the immigration issue as well as meeting the needs for an otherwise under-served population. In addition, La Posada has successfully established collaborations with nearly 50 local service providers and professionals to secure medical and dental care, mental health care, legal aid, and social services for clients. There are no other shelters operating within the lower Rio Grande Valley providing these services to the target population.
La Posada also relies on a steady annual base of volunteers of approximately 250.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since 1989, La Posada has successfully assisted nearly 11,000 individuals from more than 87 countries from around the world. Many of those clients have received access to services that can and have made a positive difference in achieving self-sufficiency and positive resettlement. For all clients served, La Posada provided provided life-changing services in the form of language, life-skills and health education.
La Posada also continues to educate the community locally on all topics related to immigration.
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Operations
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La Posada Providencia
Board of directorsas of 07/14/2020
Jesse Gallegos
Retired Educator HCISD
Term: 2018 - 2021
Leticia Eads
Retired AT&T
Janet Demro
Educator
Barbara Pettengill
Retired Nurse
Jesse Gallegos
Retired Educator
Ann Finch
Real Estate Broker
Rita Galloway
Retired Educator
Juan Garcia
Casa Engineering
Susan Kerens
Retired Educator
Richard Kirk
Professor, Texas State Technical College
Alice Marie Lyon
Provincial Councillor, Sisters of Divine Providence
Abel Morales
Development Professional
Masa Karim Myers
Former Client
Paula Olivarez
Retired Educator
Ana Villegas
Attorney
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
Organizational demographics
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