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Community Party Scheduled for May 9, 2009! More details to come.
November 2008 Updates:
It is an exciting time for the UNP Hartland Partnership Center!
It appears that the larger community is also continuing to see the value of your work and are taking the initiative to recognize you for your contributions. This past weekend your partnership work was recognized at the 2008 Utah Refugee Conference. Not only was the the UNP Hartland Partnership Center given an award for its (your) efforts with the refugee committee in working with them towards full civic engagement, but Abdulkhaliq Mohamed (Center Coordinator and Resident Committee Member) was also recognized for his leadership and service to the community! Congratulations! Each of you should be proud of your individual and partnership contributions!
Further, this past month Yda Smith (Division of Occupational Therapy) and Trinh Mai (College of Social Work) were awarded an Interdisciplinary Teaching Seed Grant to work towards our Interdisciplinary Seminar becoming a full-time class to be offered at the University in the fall of 2009! This award exemplifies four and a half years of hard work and a belief that the knowledge that is being produced through your work is of great value and should be made available to more students at the University! A special congratulations to Yda Smith who has facilitated the seminar for the last four years!
Things sure are sure not slowing down! Since our last update there has been some exciting partnership developments, with even more yet to come.
While it is hard to capture all of the things happening, some of our highlights include:
*Our fabulous Nursing Students will be hosting a Health Fair this coming Saturday!  Please see attached flyer and let families know!
UNP Hartland Health Fair Saturday Novemer 22, 2008 11-2pm Apt. 264
*A big thank you to our social work students and faculty, along with the English Skills Learning Center for their participation in CommUnity Day this past Saturday. It was so fun to see all the families at the University! Social Work's next fieldtrip will be in December, when families will head up to Park City!
*Juan (Resident Committee) has finished his English teacher training with the English Skills Learning Center and will be teaching English Class for Spanish Speakers beginning this Saturday at 10am!
*Resident Committee Members, along with Rai Farelly (Dept of Linguistics) and Trinh Mai (College of Social Work) will be holding a focus group with local teachers and administrators to continue their work in developing effective cultural presentations for educators working with newcomer youth.
*Head Start has reported that both their morning and afternoon classes are full!
*The Financial Literacy Partnership has had great success in their new, one-on-one program!
*The Citizenship Partnership has succeeded yet again in working with a community member to help him pass his Citizenship Test!
*Occupational Therapy students report that the Karen teenage girls who are taking the Computer Literacy Class are demonstrating increased English skills and are learning how to prepare power-point presentations, the basics of the Excel program, and how to access and read bus schedules using the UTA website. They also have been using a typing program to increase their typing skills. Further, OT students are compiling a list of employers who work will work with English Language Learners!
New, Additional activities include:
- Latina/o Health Forum (thanks Nursing!)
- Cultural Orientation for The Karen and Burmese Muslim Families (great work Social Work, Occupational Therapy and Nursing!)
- Swahili Class and Resident Leader English Class (great ideas Rai and ESL Partnership!)
- Utah Federation for Youth's Project Guuylesi Center is open on Tuesday and Wednesday from 2-4 to work with Hartland youth.
Programs yet to come:
Ahiska Turk Emergency Preparedness Forum (new partnership with Nursing and the Department of Health!)
Community Dialogue on “how to create a welcoming community” (Resident Committee, Salt Lake Center for Engaging Community and College of Social Work faculty David Derezotes)
Dates to Remember:
*The Center is closed for Thanksgiving
*Last day the Center is open for fall: Thursday, December 18th
*Potluck Community Party at the Center: Thursday, December 18th Details will be coming from Abdi
*Center reopens for winter/spring: Monday, January 12th
*Remaining 2008 Coordinators Meetings: December 2 and December 16 at 1pm
News Articles:
Refugee crisis in Utah, SL Tribune Article
Hartland Partnership Center Resident Committee Presents Brown Bag Discussion At Migration Conference
UNP Hartland Flu Shot Clinic
Who are we?
Hartland Partnership Center—Winner of the 2006-2007 College of Social Work award Practicum Field Agency of the Year!
Hartland Partnership
Center is
a comprehensive capacity-building
project co-created
by University members
and residents that
brings a set of resources—family
financial fitness,
home buyer education,
health access, English-as-a-Second
Language classes,
and early childhood
programs—together
in a rental complex
for its 800 residents,
75% of whom are non-native
English speaking
immigrants or refugees.
*For a downloadable brochure
describing the Hartland Partnership Center, please click here.
 Our
Mission: The
Hartland Partnership
Center provides
space for a
broad range
of campus-community
partnership
activities.
Bringing these
activities to
Hartland residents
helps equip
them with the
tools and resources
needed to more
fully participate
in the broader
Salt Lake community.
- What We Do: As
is true with most families,
the residents of Hartland
face many daily challenges:
transportation, child
care, work responsibilities,
time management, etc.
But for many of the residents
at Hartland Apartment
Complex, they face the
additional social challenges
of language acquisition
and cultural capital.
The Hartland Partnership
Center seeks to address
many of these. And they
address them where people
live. The Hartland Partnership
Center is located in the
middle of the Hartland
Apartment complex, making
it easier to overcome
common obstacles.
How We Do Our Work:
The Hartland Partnership
Center is part of an expanded
effort by the University
of Utah toward civic engagement—a
recognition that active
collaboration between
University and community
groups can enhance learning,
teaching, and research.
In addition, University/community
partnerships bring the
strength of combined resources
to bear on urban issues
facing west Salt Lake
neighborhoods. At the
Hartland Partnership Center,
teams of professors, students,
community organizations,
and Hartland residents
work together to address
the need for English competency,
family financial literacy,
home buyer education,
youth leadership, employment
skills, legal and health care
education, and life skills
training. The key to
Hartland Partnership Center’s
success is sustainability
and reciprocity. While
Hartland residents learn
valuable skills, University
and community partners
receive academic credit,
practical experience,
and increase organizational
capacity. The Hartland
Partnership Center is
coordinated by a team
from UNP, the College
of Social Work, and an
AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer.
Our History:
The Hartland Partnership
Center opened in September
2004, in a three bedroom
apartment generously donated
by Evergreen Management
Group. The apartment
serves as an educational
and community center.
The Hartland Partnership
Center embodies the idea
that active collaboration
between University and
community groups can enhance
learning, teaching, and
research, benefiting the
entire community. University
and community partnerships
bring the strength of
combined resources to
address urban issues facing
west Salt Lake neighborhoods.
 Our
Community:
The community at
Hartland Apartments
is a 300 unit complex
located near 1700
South and Redwood
Road. Some of the
units are subsidized
for low-income residents,
and Hartland is one
of the resettlement
sites for the two
primary refugee resettlement
agencies in Salt
Lake. Hartland is
home to nearly 800
adults and children
from all over the
world—Somalia, Peru,
Sudan, Central and
Eastern Europe, Mexico,
and the United States.
Over 75 percent of
the residents are
non-native English
speakers, reflecting
a rich tapestry of
cultural and ethnic
diversity. This diversity
presents many challenges
and great potential
benefits for the
community.
- Partnership Activities:
The Hartland Partnership
Center offers eight programs
that promote reciprocal
sharing and learning.
The programs are facilitated
by partnerships between
community agencies, Hartland
residents, and seven departments
at the University of Utah.
 English
as a Second
Language: The
ESL program
aims to reduce
the obstacles
that non-native
English speakers
face. The classes
teach students
with examples
from daily life
as they learn
to navigate
local institutions
and find employment.
The ESL program
uses a combination
of classroom
and home-based
language training
which increases
the number of
residents able
to take and
complete the
classes. The
ESL program is
a partnership
between the
University of
Utah Department
of Linguistics
and the English
Skills Learning
Center (ESLC),
a local non-profit. In
addition, since
November 2004,
the Hartland
Partnership
Center has offered
a class which
prepares residents
to take the
United States
Citizenship
Exam. The course
works with its
ESL partners
at the Center
to prepare residents
for the English
portion of the
exam.
Partners:
University of Utah
Department of Linguistics,
English Skills Learning
Center Description:
Daily classes to
help facilitate Hartland
residents’ acquisition
of English and citizenship
skills. Work with
Life Skills Partnership
to provide skills
for those seeking
employment.Work with
Early Childhood Partnership
to build learning
relationships between
parents and youth.
 Financial
Fitness & Homebuyer
Education: The
goal of the
Financial Fitness
Program is to
help Hartland
families achieve
financial stability
and independence.
Hartland residents
have identified
predatory lending
and consumer
debt as critical
problems they
face in transitioning
into American
society. Low
income families
often find themselves
in a cycle of
debt that is
difficult to
break. The
Financial Fitness
Program teaches
the residents to
manage their
money and avoid
credit fraud.
Learning about
educational
and credit resources
helps residents
avoid debt and
prepares them
for home ownership.
Thirty percent
of the residents
that leave Hartland
do so as first
time home buyers.
Because west
Salt Lake neighborhoods
west side has
some of the
highest rates
of mortgage
fraud and early
payment default
in the nation,
the Hartland
Partnership Center
has joined forces
with the University
of Utah’s Department
of Family and
Consumer Studies,
Salt Lake Neighborhood
Housing Services,
the International
Rescue Committee,
Zion’s Bank,
and UBS Bank
USA to provide
these valuable
educational
and financial
services.
Partners:
University of Utah
Department of Family
and Consumer Studies
Neighborhood Housing
Services, International
Rescue Committee
Description: Weekly
classes in home buyer
education, saving
and credit to help
families at Hartland
achieve financial
stability and independence.
 Youth
Leadership: The
purpose of the
Youth Leadership
program is to
create a cohort
of young leaders
and involve
the youth at
Hartland in
creative activities.
In partnership
with the University
of Utah College
of Social Work,
the Utah Federation
for Youth, the
Hartland Partnership
Center offers
youth leadership
activities to
youth between six
and nineteen
years old.
Project Guuleysi:
Named after the Somali
verb for success,
Project Guuleysi
is about preventing
high-risk youth from
finding their way
to high-risk behaviors.  Keeping
these young people
engaged in structured,
positive activities,
addressing their
academic needs, and
working to strengthen
their families is
Guuleysi's vision-a
way to prevent trouble
from finding these
young people, and
a way to help these
young people find
success-in school
and life.
Partners:
University of Utah
Department of Parks,
Recreation and Tourism,
Utah Federation for
Youth, Salt Lake
School District/Mountain
View Elementary School,
University of Utah
College of Social
Work
Description: Weekly
activities, mentoring
and homework support
that facilitates
leadership skills,
social skills and
community building
with resident youth.
 Early
Childhood Education: The
early childhood
education program,
started in September
2005, is a partnership
between the
Utah Family
Center, Utah
Federation for
Youth, and Hartland
Partnership
Center 's Americorps
VISTA member.
The goal of
this partnership
is to create
a safe and structured
learning environment
for children
two to five
years old where
they can learn
school readiness
and other social
skills that
will increase their
success in the
public education
system. Children
involved with
this program
come to class
while their
parents simultaneously
participate
in one of the
adult classes
offered at Hartland
Partnership
Center. Our
ESL program
is currently
working with
partners on
a curriculum
collaboration
that will provide
a weekly opportunity
for children
and parents
to learn together.
Partners: University
of Utah Department
of Family and Consumer
Studies, Head Start,
Utah Family Center,
Utah Federation for
Youth, Hartland Partnership
Center AmericorpsVista
Description: Daily
classes in school
readiness and social
skills for 2-5 year
old children whose
parents are receiving
services at the Center.
Work with ESL to
build learning relationships
between parents and
youth.
In
1965, Project Head
Start was launched
by the Federal Government
as one of the many
programs to fight
the “was on poverty”.
Head Start is a comprehensive
early child development
program serving low
income 3- and 4-
year old children
and their families.
Head Start is designed
to break the cycle
of poverty by providing
not only quality
preschool education,
but parent involvement,
health and social
services for the
whole family. Head
Start is funded from
federal to local
non-profits such
as the Salt Lake Community
Action Program (CAP);
Salt Lake CAP Head
Start serves over
200 children in the
Salt Lake and Tooele
counties. Partnering
with the UPN-Hartland
Partnership Center
is a perfect match.
The early childhood
education students
from the University
of Utah Family and
Consumer Studies
Department are working
in new Hartland Center
providing support
services to the children
and families. These
students plan and
implement learning
activities and work
with individual children
on academic and social
goals.
- Legal Education: The
Hartland Partnership
Center partnered
with the S.J. Quinney
College of Law at
the University of
Utah to offer a series
of classes on legal
issues that are relevant
to residents. The
College of Law developed
a curriculum for
courses in areas
of law such as immigration,
landlord/tenant relationships,
and citizenship.
Partners:University
of Utah College of
Law
Description:Weekly
classes in areas
such as immigration
and landlord/tenant
relationships.
 Health
Issues: The
Hartland Partnership
Center partners
with the Health
Sciences - colleges/departments
and the Health Access
Project to improve
the health of Hartland
residents. Faculty
and clinicians from
the University of
Utah Community Clinics
and the Department
of Family and Preventative
Medicine supervise
physician assistant
and medical students
and resident while
offering health screenings
and referrals to
residents. The College
of Undergraduate
and Graduate nursing
students develop
and teach curriculum
to increase knowledge
about health and
prevention. The
focus of services
is to connect residents with
long tem primary
care resources and
improve health literacy,
independence and
self-care.
Partners:University
of Utah Health Sciences
Colleges Clinics,
including:School of
Medicine: Department
of Family and Preventative
Medicine; College
of Nursing: Baccalaureate
Program and Midwifery
and Women's Health
Program; University
of Utah Community
Clinics; Department
of Occupation Therapy;
University of Utah
College of Social
Work;
Health
Access Project
Description: Weekly
on-site health screenings
and referrals for
Hartland residents,
as well as education
classes to build
health independence
and self-care.
  Life
Skills:
The Life Skills
Program at Hartland
Partnership
Center conducts
classes that
help residents
transition to
life in the
US. Under the
supervision
of a faculty
member in the
Division of
Occupational
Therapy at the
University of
Utah, deleted
interns students
offer classes
and activities
that include
home safety,
transportation,
and employment
training. Activities
are geared to the
specific concerns
of the different
communities
at Hartland
and focus on
providing the
basic tools
and skills necessary
for living in
this society.
Partners:
University of Utah
Division of Occupational
Therapy
Description: Weekly
classes or one-on-one
assessments and instruction in
home safety, transportation
and employment that
help residents transition
to life in the U.S.
Work with ESL to
provide skills for
those seeking employment.
 Information,
Referral & Capacity
Building: Students
from the College
of Social Work
provide information,
intake, and
referral services
to community
organizations
as part of their
field practicum
training. Students
work with residents
and with local
agencies like
Catholic Community
Services, International
Rescue Committee,
Asian Association,
Department of
Workforce Services,
Salt Lake School
District and
others to increase
the access of
residents to
services, and
to increase
the capacity
of these agencies
to serve the
Hartland community.
This Social Work partnership
focuses on providing
residents with information
and tools for problem-solving
in order to empower
residents to engage
with agencies and
services on their
own. They focus
on strengthening
relationships, building
links between social
service providers
and school systems,
and enabling residents
to navigate complex
systems.
Partners:
University of Utah
College of Social
Work, International
Rescue Committee,
Catholic Community
Services, Asian Association,
Department of Workforce
Services, Salt Lake
City School District
Description: Daily
information and referral
that provides residents
with tools for problem-solving
and empowerment towards
engaging community
agencies.
 Resident
Instructor and Committee: A
Hartland community
resident instructor
serves as a liaison
between the Hartland
Partnership Center
and the residents
of the Hartland Apartments.
Duties of the resident
instructor include
serving on the resident
committee and teaching
a class for the residents,
staff, and/or partners
based on his or her
unique skills. The
resident instructor
works closely with
the UNP coordinating
team to encourage
resident involvement.
For his/her services,
the resident instructor
receives a small
stipend for six months.
The
purpose of the Resident
Committee is to expand
the number of Hartland
community leaders and
introduce University of
Utah representatives,
students, and community
associates to west Salt
Lake neighborhoods. The
group broadly represents
the diversity of the Hartland
community, and efforts
are made to ensure the
different racial, religious,
ethnic, and socioeconomic
groups living at Hartland
are included. The Resident
Committee provides the
essential information
used to educate University
groups and Hartland Partnership
Center partners about
the Hartland community.
Committee members collect
information from the residents
that better identify the
community’s resources,
needs, and strengths.
Committee members receive
a small stipend for six
months of service.
Partners:1 Resident Adult
Instructor, 6 Resident
Adult Leaders, 1 Resident
Adult Youth Leader
Description: Weekly meetings
and projects that expand
the foundation of the
Hartland Apartment resident
community with University
Neighborhood Partners.
 Internships
and Student Placements: The
Hartland Partnership
Center offers opportunities
for internships and
student placements
in all of its activities.
Undergraduate and
graduate students
from a variety of
disciplines, including
the College of Social
Work, School of Medicine,
College of Social
and Behavioral Sciences,
College of Humanities,
College of Law, College
of Education and
more partners joining
us each semester,
come together to
exchange ideas with
residents, students,
and faculty.
 Cluster
Seminar: With
the support of the
Lowell Bennion Community
Service Center at
the University of
Utah, faculty who
have students placed
at Hartland Partnership
Center teach an interdisciplinary
‘cluster’ seminar
addressing social,
political, and economic
issues from a variety
of different disciplinary
perspectives. This
seminar explores
the complexity of
social issues within
the community – health,
education, employment,
language, and social
services – as they
are lived by residents.
Partners: University of
Utah Bennion Center, College
of Social Work, College
of Health (Family and
Preventative Medicine,
U Community Clinics, Occupational
Therapy), Department of
Family and Consumer Studies
Description: All students
placed at Hartland Partnership
Center attend an inter-disciplinary
cluster seminar. Students
are taught by faculty
from the different university
departments also involved
at Hartland. Student participate
in critical reflection
exercises as members of
an interdisciplinary team.
- Our Supporters: The
Hartland Partnership Center
is funded with the generous
support from the following
groups:
University
of Utah
College of Social
Work, University
of Utah
Evergreen Management
Zion’s Bank
UBS Bank USA
American Express
UD Community
Outreach Partnership
Center (COPC)
grant
The Marriner
S. Eccles Foundation
Contact Information
Kimberly Schmit Center Coordinator UNP-Hartland Partnership Center
(801) 973 6055
k.schmit@partners.utah.edu
Abdi Mohamed Assistant Coordinator UNP- Hartland Partnership Center (801) 973 6055 a.mohamed@partners.utah.edu
Sarah D. Munro,
PhD
University Neighborhood Partners,
Associate Director
(801) 972 3596 or (801) 972
3612
s.munro@partners.utah.edu
Rosemarie Hunter, PhD
University Neighborhood
Partners, Director
(801)972-3596
r.hunter@partners.utah.edu
- Coordination
Partners:University Neighborhood
Partners, Hartland
Management, University
of Utah College of
Social Work
Description: Support and
guidance for the coordination
and smooth administration
of the Center and to work
to ensure the effectiveness
and sustainability of
existing and new partnerships.
 Cuban
refugees Luisa, Jose and
their teenaged son Pedro
fled their homeland for
a life filled with richer
opportunities. Their journey
led them over 2,000 miles
north to Salt Lake City,
Utah, where they arrived
in February 2005. The
family of three spent
their first three months
in the United States supported
by International Rescue
Committee, but soon needed
to find a place to live
on their own. A serendipitous
meeting with a Peruvian
immigrant led them to
learn about a refugee
resettlement site at the
Hartland Apartment Complex
and a unique campus-community
center located there.
The 300 unit Hartland
Apartment Complex is home to
nearly 800 adults and
children from all over
the world—Somalia, Mexico,
Afghanistan, Iran, Cuba,
Peru, Sudan, Georgia,
Bosnia, Liberia, Burma,
Democratic Republic of
the Congo, and the United
States—75% of whom are
non-native English speaking
immigrants or refugees.
The onsite Hartland Partnership
Center is an effort by
the state’s flagship
university, community
organizations, and residents
to address the challenges
of transportation, child
care, work responsibilities,
time management, language
acquisition and cultural
capital that the refugee
residents face. Their
new acquaintance, a former
Resident Instructor for
Hartland Partnership,
shared his experience
living there and working
with the individuals at
Hartland Partnership Center
and suggested they consider
living there as they struggled
to make a new life for
themselves in Utah.Luisa,
Jose, and Pedro followed
through on the suggestion
and moved into Hartland
Apartments in July 2005.
Immediately, they enrolled in
many of the different
programs offered by Hartland
Partnership Center—including
ESL, financial literacy,
and soccer for their son.
Through the information
and networks they were
able to tap into, this
family of three learned
how to budget and save
for a home of their own,
qualifying them for assistance
through Neighborhood Housing
Services to purchase a
home. Fifteen months
later, they moved into
a two-story, newly built
home worth $160,000 located
in west Salt Lake. Home now
has a whole different
meaning for Jose, Luisa,
and Pedro.
UNP
and Roberto Maturana (
Hartland Resident Instructor
) were mentioned in the
U of U's President's message
(1st page) of the Winter
issue of The Connector
Newsletter.
The Somalia Bantu soccer
team made up of residents
from Hartland Apartments
were Champions in the
Glendale soccer league
with a perfect 12-0 record!
See complete article in
the SWL
Journal, Page 4 & 8.
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