Latina Resource Center The UMOS Latina Resource Center staff possess a passion for helping others. The UMOS Latina Resource Center is the only domestic violence supportive services center in the state of Wisconsin that targets Hispanic women. The mission is to encourage women and their families to explore their personal strengths and hopes, and achieve a life free of violence. The goal of the UMOS Latina Resource Center is to provide onsite, comprehensive, bilingual, bicultural services to victims of domestic violence in the Hispanic community.

The UMOS Latina Resource Center offers education, intervention, client advocacy, case management, and supportive services. Specific services include:

• Crisis intervention
• Domestic violence education groups
• Women's support groups
• Mi Arcoiris Children's Program
• Community outreach/education
• Legal advocacy support
• Case Management Services

Families Served

In 2006, The UMOS Latina Resource Center highlights included:

• 100 Children completed the Mi Arco Iris Children's Program
• 487 women were provided with comprehensive bilingual domestic violence information, safety planning, resources and referral services
• 100 crisis counseling services were provided
• 239 women were assisted in legal advocacy support services
• 387 women were provided with case management services
• 100 W-2 participants were provided with comprehensive domestic violence services

The UMOS Latina Resource Center works to address the special needs and issues that impact families such as immigration, unemployment, childcare, housing and lack of healthcare.

Bride's Walk

Organized because of the brutal murder of Gladys Ricart on her wedding day in September of 1999, the UMOS Latina Resource Center staff and supporters joined other women across the country, dressed as brides, to raise the awareness of domestic violence, disseminate information and raise funds to support the efforts of the Center.

The 2006 Bride's Walk was the first walk ever organized in Wisconsin. Another walk is planned for 2007.

UMOS Latina Resource Center funding sources include:

• Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault
• Office of Justice Assistance
• Office of Justice Department
• Jane Pettit Foundation
• WE Energies
• Helen Bader Foundation