Grants and Contracts

The Administrative Support Team provides support to the Executive Director and the agency in general in areas of routine administration, finance, fund raising, and personnel. Documented in this series are the properties owned and operated by La Alianza Hispana either as the headquarters or as real estate investments, and resource files on Latino population, culture, and society. Files also include general correspondence and memoranda to and from other social service agencies regarding collaborations and resource sharing.

The Financial files (2 cubic ft.) document the financial activities of La Alianza Hispana and contains audit material, budget summaries, correspondence, memoranda, and financial statements. The Personnel files (2 cubic ft.) contain interoffice memoranda, correspondence, administrative forms, staff lists, personnel policy and practices manuals, and job descriptions.

Files documenting La Alianza Hispana's fund-raising activities (1.75 cubic ft.) include materials on benefit events such as Alianza 2000, the annual cocktail party, and the sale of a poster calendar. Most of La Alianza Hispana's outside funding, however, came from grants of federal and state agencies, foundations, and corporations. Descriptive narratives of and historical background information on La Alianza Hispana's programs are also documented in the grant proposals (31 cu. ft). Programs described in these narratives include the Senior Center (Aliancianos Social Club), Say Yes to You, Mariana Bracetti summer camp and after school program, adult literacy program, Casa Primavera social club, and Alianza Familiar Mental Health Clinic. La Alianza Hispana also had contract agreements with other social service organizations such as F.I.R.S.T, Inc. and Concilio Hispano de Cambridge. Each organization provided social services and referred clients to the other organizations. Services included substance abuse treatment, English as a second language, and vocational education. Grants and contracts (both approved and denied) are arranged alphabetically by departments and alphabetically by programs within each department.

The materials on La Alianza Hispana properties (.5 cubic ft.) are mostly related to the transfer of ownership of La Alianza Hispana's present headquarters, 407 and 409 Dudley Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts to La Alianza Hispana and the subsequent renovations that were done to the fire station and police station. Included are correspondence, memoranda, and floor plans.

The Resource Files (2 cubic ft.) offer a wealth of information on the Latino and Hispanic communities. The resource materials are largely comprised of studies, reports, directories, census figures, and profiles on Latino and Hispanic population, culture, social needs and concerns, employment, businesses, education, neighborhood development, and health issues on a local, regional, and national level. One local study conducted in 1969, "An Overview of the Spanish- Speaking Population in Boston," provides an in-depth analysis of issues important to the Spanish-speaking community in Boston. Issues covered include education, health, housing, and employment. A similar analysis was done in 1982, "The State of Hispanic America," covering some of the same issues. Also documented are profiles of Boston's neighborhoods, Roxbury, Dorchester, Dudley-Norfolk, and Upham's Corner. Of special interest are two studies that Northeastern University cosponsored on Boston neighborhood employment (1987) and on family poverty in Boston (ca. 1986). Also of note is a case study (1990) that was conducted on La Alianza Hispana's role in community development, "Community Participation and Community Development."

For related materials on program management and community relations, see Series 1, Executive Director.