COVID-19 Outreach Accomplishments
2020 COVID-19 Relief Impact
Thanks to the support of our generous COVID-19 Grantor, Latino Community Fund of Georgia, and the many organizations, individuals and volunteers invested in our efforts for granting us funds and other vital supports to struggling families in our community.
On April 3, 2020, Unidos Latino Association launched our COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund to provide direct assistance to the Latin communities in Rockdale and Newton Counties, Georgia focusing on the most vulnerable, low-income to no-income, the undocumented, and those with Limited English Proficient.
The complexity of legal status, language barriers, and cultural specifiers led to areas of desolation and state of emergency in several regions across the state. This crisis is still defined by widespread unemployment, increasing eviction rates, and hunger affecting primarily Black Latinos, undocumented immigrants and English learners.
In 2020, Unidos Latino Association was able to provide:
$13,030 - Food Assistance to 1,206 families
$13,550 - Rent assistance to 47 families
$3,291 - Utility assistance to 42 families
$4,229 - Medical &a funeral assistance to 16 families
$2,500 - PPE & Safety supplies to 3400 individuals
$1,648 - Legal Aid assistance to 2 families
$549 – Laptop & printer to 2 students
At each outreach distribution:
Unidos Latino Association, Inc. has been able to provide a variety of items, such as, produce boxes, milk, bread, rice, beans, eggs, cereal, can foods, pasta and at times, meat, poultry and pork.
In addition, book bags with school supplies, children games and activities, PPE essentials, cloths, shoes, diapers, and toys.