Social Services Overview
Health Promotion /Disease Prevenion
The goal of the UMOS Health Promotion/Disease Prevention component is to
promote and provide access to culturally appropriate and language specific,
comprehensive health promotion and disease prevention, intervention and
treatment services. UMOS provided the following services on a national,
statewide and local basis.
Housing
The UMOS housing department began in response to the chronic need experienced by
migrant workers coming to Wisconsin. Many migrant workers experienced
homelessness early in each season, and UMOS' supportive services often became
overburdened as a result. In response, UMOS sought a more systemic solution to
the migrant housing issue by developing farm labor housing for migrant
families.
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Thus, UMOS began its expansion of housing activities that has included efforts
to impact the total spectrum of housing needs for its service populations,
including not only provision of supportive services, but the development of
physical assets for housing and other service delivery, advocacy, education for
renters and home-buyers and home financing. The goal of the UMOS Housing
Department is to provide a continuum of services that will impact the full
spectrum of need experienced by the people we serve.
Latina Resource Center
The UMOS Latina Resource Center is the only center in Wisconsin that provides
domestic violence supportive services specifically targeted to Hispanic women.
