The Latino Partnership of Champaign County, NFP (LPCC) is a clearinghouse agency that exists to support and improve general services offered to the Latino population in Champaign County. The corporation supports and improves services to the Latino population in Champaign County by building the capacity of service-providing organizations and individuals through the distribution of information relating to community safety, legal rights, healthcare, educational and employment opportunities, language skills and other subjects beneficial to the community. It is associated with/has a membership made up of over 40+ public and non-profit organizations that seek to develop and improve services for/with members of the Latino/a community.
The Office and Service Spanish class for direct service providers is geared to increasing proficiency of the 'gatekeepers' by giving them sets of skills to handle tasks like intake, handling appointments and messaging with Spanish speakers. LPCC has put on about 20 of these classes over the last 8 years, training about 500 service providers.
LPCC maintains an emergency account with the Eastern Illinois Food Bank. This account is used to address short term emergencies involving families with children who are at risk of going hungry due to financial hardship. We have provided any number of other types of assistance as need arises, often in coordination with other agencies. We have worked with the East Central Illinois Refugee Mutual Assistance Center (ECIRMAC) on many occasions. LPCC also coordinates and assists with the Mobile Consulate visits from the Mexican and Guatemalan consulates. This allows local residents to maintain proper documentation without the added expense of traveling to larger cities for these purposes.
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