Check out some of the job opportunities at Community Family Centers
If you have any questions . Please contact Claudia Elvira, HR Administrator
Email: celvira@communityfamilycenters.org
Categories
Month: February 2022
Categories
February 2022 Newsletter
Community Family Centers (CFC) announced today it was awarded a workforce development grant from Texas Mutual. This grant will go towards providing assistance to low income people in a changing labor market through skill development, workforce safety training, and building career pathways from low-wage to higher-paying jobs.
CFC seeks to eliminate obstacles for academic advancement, improved employment opportunities, career pathway explorations, workforce development training, and career advancement. Eliminating these roadblocks will help community members transition to higher paying jobs and help families break the cycle of poverty.
President and CEO Maritza Guerrero, upon learning of the award from Texas Mutual, stated: “We are so grateful to Texas Mutual for their generosity. We know that with this funding our Adult Education program will be able to provide the occupational training and additional skills needed to get our students to jobs with higher wages.”
Texas Mutual’s mission is to create a stronger, safer Texas. That commitment has never been more important than it is now as we emerge from a global pandemic that has threatened our economy, exacerbated inequities and sent the unemployment rate skyrocketing. Texas businesses have shown incredible resiliency over the last year by adapting to additional safety protocols and keeping their doors open while also keeping their employees safe. Now, as we round the corner with vaccine distribution and with return-to-office plans in place, we have begun the long road to recovery. To support Texas Communities, businesses and working families, Texas Mutual has committed $4 million for generational learning and workforce development and safety training.
Texas has always been a state that overcomes adversity with a defiant determination—some might even call miraculous. Whatever you call it, it’s a relentless and unstoppable force. As a company that exclusively does business in this great state, Texas Mutual joins that spirit with an unwavering commitment to creating stronger, safer and more resilient communities across the state.
###
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Community Family Centers to Host Tuition-Free Bezos Academy Preschool in 2022
February 3, 2022 (Houston, Texas) — Today, Community Family Centers announced a ten-year lease agreement with Bezos Academy to open a tuition-free, Montessori-inspired preschool at their Houston facility to open fall 2022. This project came to fruition following consultation with multiple civic agencies and community organizations.
In response to the news, President and CEO of Community Family Centers, Maritza Guerrero stated, “Community Family Centers has been proud to provide low-cost, quality, preschool education to Houston’s East End for more than 20 years through our Los Nińos Montessori Preschool program. We are excited for Bezos Academy to continue and add to that legacy by expanding the reach of a quality Montessori-inspired program to those who need it the most. I look forward to seeing the impact that this program will provide to the community that we have dedicated the past 50 years to serving.”
“Community Family Centers (CFC) has a long history of supporting low-income families in Houston’s Greater East End,” said Mike George, President of Bezos Academy. “We’re honored to help an organization like CFC quadruple the number of preschoolers they serve, and in a way that decreases the cost to families to zero.”
The Bezos Academy preschool will be located in the Community Family Centers facility at 7524 Avenue E, Houston. The school will feature four classrooms. The school will follow a full-day, year-round schedule, and will be slated to open in Fall 2022.
Families earning up to 400% of the federal poverty limit with children aged 3-4 are eligible to apply. More information and an application to the lottery-based selection process will be posted at www.bezosacademy.org once the school opening date is set.
About Bezos Academy
Bezos Academy is a non-profit organization that is building a network of tuition-free preschools. Our preschools offer year-round, full-day programming, five days a week, for children ages 3-5 years old from low-income families. Bezos Academy also provides students with all necessary educational supplies and services to set each student up for success, including Montessori materials, books, arts and crafts, field trips, and meals. For more information, visit: www.bezosacademy.org.
###
Contact:
Harla Kaplan, Director of Development for Community Family Centers
w: 713-923-2316 | e: hkaplan@communityfamilycenters.org
Katie Ford, Head of Communications for Bezos Academy
w: 206-705-7834 | e:?katie.ford@bezosacademy.org
