Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    PANDEMIC RESPONSEIN 2020, CORE SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED ITS PROGRAMMATIC AND OPERATIONAL FOOTPRINT, RESPONDING TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. STARTING WITH ONE COMMUNITY-BASED TESTING SITE IN LOS ANGELES ON MARCH 30, CORE EXPANDED ACROSS LOS ANGELES, THEN THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE US. CORE PROVIDED TESTING, CONTACT TRACING, AND RESOURCE COORDINATION SERVICES IN LOS ANGELES, NAPA VALLEY, BAKERSFIELD, AND ALAMEDA COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA, ATLANTA, DETROIT, NEW ORLEANS, CHICAGO, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON DC, NORTH CAROLINA, AND NAVAJO NATION. BY YEAR'S END, WE HAD PROVIDED OVER 2.4 MILLION FREE COVID-19 TESTS TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN THESE LOCATIONS. WE INVESTIGATED OVER 3,500 COVID-CASES THROUGH AT-HOME VISITS, PROVIDED RESOURCES TO OVER 2,500 HOUSEHOLDS WHO NEEDED TO ISOLATE AT HOME, INCLUDING FOOD ASSISTANCE, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, PPE PRODUCTS, AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS. CORE ALSO BEGAN PREPARATIONS TO ROLL OUT OUR COVID-19 VACCINATION PROGRAM IN LOS ANGELES AT THE END OF DECEMBER, AND ALSO BEGAN CONDUCTING AWARENESS RAISING CAMPAIGNS AROUND THE COVID-19 VACCINES, TO BUILD TRUST IN THE VACCINE WITHIN THE MARGINALIZED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WHERE CORE WORKS. IN HAITI, CORE LEVERAGED OUR ONGOING PROGRAMMATIC FOOTPRINT TO CONDUCT AWARENESS RAISING AROUND PREVENTATIVE PRACTICES FOR STOPPING THE VIRUS SPREAD. THIS INCLUDED RADIO MESSAGES, HIRING TRUCKS WITH LOUDSPEAKERS TO DRIVE AROUND TARGETED COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL AS ON THE GROUND WORK BY COMMUNITY MOBILIZERS TO EDUCATE SPECIFIC HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS SUCH AS MARKET VENDORS, AND TO PROVIDE HANDS-ON TRAINING ON PROPER HANDWASHING TECHNIQUES. CORE ALSO INSTALLED HANDWASHING STATIONS THROUGHOUT TARGETED AREAS, AND SET UP A COMMUNITY CLINIC IN DELMAS 32 NEIGHBORHOODS TO HANDLE OVERFLOW OF PATIENTS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND LARGER CLINICS THAT WERE PROVIDING COVID-19 CARE, AND IN NIPPES DEPARTMENT, CORE PARTNERED WITH HAITI'S MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO ESTABLISH A COVID-19 CLINIC THAT OPERATED FROM APRIL TO JUNE. OUR RESULTS INCLUDED: 1,575,000 INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES WERE REACHED WITH COVID 19 AWARENESS AND PREVENTION THROUGH SOUND TRUCKS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND SOCIAL MEDIA, 45,000 COVID-19 KITS DELIVERED TO 15,000 VULNERABLE FAMILIES REACHING APPROXIMATELY 75,005 INDIVIDUALS, AND 200 HANDWASHING STATIONS INSTALLED IN FIVE MUNICIPALITIES.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $30.2M

  • Program 2 [2020]

    CONSTRUCTIONCORE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO REBUILD AND REINFORCE NEIGHBORHOODS AND STRENGTHEN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT POST-DISASTER. IN 2020, CORE CONTINUED CONSTRUCTION ON THE FDS BUILDING (FACULTY DES SCIENCES) PROJECT, A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR, 3-YEAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO REBUILD THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE BUILDING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAITI. THE FDS BUILDING OF THE UNIVERSITY WAS DAMAGED DURING THE 2010 EARTHQUAKE AND HAD BEEN OPERATING UNDER TENTS DURING SUBSEQUENT YEARS. THIS PROJECT WILL REBUILD THE ENTIRE GROUP OF CLASSROOM AND LABORATORY BUILDINGS TO INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS, BENEFITTING AN ESTIMATED 2,215 STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. IN 2019, THE PROJECT COMPLETED ALL STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, LEAVING ONLY FINISHINGS REMAINING.IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, CORE DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED A SHELTER PROGRAM IN NAVAJO NATION. AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, CORE BEGAN THE CONSTRUCTION OF 330 SHELTERS DESIGNED TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 TO ELDERS IN MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS. THE STANDALONE SHELTERS WERE CONSTRUCTED USING LOCAL CRAFTSMEN.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $7.9M

  • Program 3 [2020]

    DISASTER RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESSIN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE DORIAN THAT DEVASTATED PARTS OF THE BAHAMAS IN AUGUST 2019, CORE REPAIRED OVER 300 HOUSES, PROVIDED OVER 100 BUSINESS RECOVERY GRANTS, AND OVER 400 HOUSEHOLD ASSET RECOVERY GRANTS IN ABACO, GRAND BAHAMA AND SWEETINGS CAY.IN THE UNITED STATES, CORE COMPLETED A PROGRAM TO REPAIR 50 HOUSES FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED IN ROBESON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THAT HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY HURRICANE FLORENCE IN SEPTEMBER 2018. ADDITIONALLY, CORE EXPANDED A PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM TO GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. THE PROGRAM WORKS WITH YOUNG ADULTS FROM COMMUNITIES SUSCEPTIBLE TO NATURAL DISASTERS. THE PREPAREDNESS TRAINING PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK WITH COMMUNITIES ALONG THE HURRICANE BELT ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS UTILIZING FEMA-APPROVED COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT) CURRICULUM AND CERTIFICATION. WITH THIS PROGRAM, CORE TRAINED OVER 400 YOUTHS TO BE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS LEADERS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $3.8M