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Riva americorps (formerly rise americorps) is an iowa-based national service program that strengthens the economic capacity and self-sufficiency of english language learners through community service. Riva americorps addresses barriers to economic opportunity and advancement for english language learners. Barriers may include literacy (e.g. Digital, tech, reading), language, lack of familiarity with hiring processes (e.g. Applications, cover letter, interviews), lack of networking opportunities, among others. Americorps members assist community members with workforce readiness education, training and support services so individuals can develop skills, gain confidence and become assets in their community for those facing similar hurdles to opportunity and stability. Riva americorps also helps to bridge the gap between chronic work shortages across the state and an untapped wealth of talent in the refugee and immigrant communities.

$1.2M in expenses

The health equity campaign emphasizes building the voices of people at the grassroots level to address barriers to care. The key areas of focus for the campaign are mental health, social determinants of health, medicaid and support services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault by organizing with an intersectional approach and forging relationships with a network of diverse stakeholders, several coalitions have successfully been formed to reach multiple populations that will benefit greatly from advocacy and increased access to social services. Forged at the outset of the covid-19 pandemic, these coalitions have hosted clinics, expanded information about covid-19, disseminated at-home testing kits, provided training, curated a library of multilingual educational resources, and supported local health departments.

$455K in expenses

Embarc programs serve diverse ethnic groups from burma to provide essential linguistic and culturally appropriate services to iowa refugee and immigrant community members through peer-to-peer education, case management, systems advocacy, and community development. Specific areas include (1) early childhood parent and family support; (2) crisis advocacy and referral services; many clients also received employment navigation support and increased wages; and (3) ESL citizenship classes to assist with citizen applications.