Program areas at UMOS
Umos continues to operate several workforce development programs which provide employment and training opportunities to disadvantaged populations. The agency entered into its 23rd year administering the Wisconsin works (w-2) program which provides cash assistance to families while parents prepare for and look for employment. During fiscal year 2021-2022, Umos placed more than 1,000 program participants into jobs. In addition, Umos began its 12th year operating a transitional jobs program in Wisconsin and expanded its service delivery area beyond milwaukee into northeastern Wisconsin, racine county and central Wisconsin.
Housing and rehabilitation programs - manage permanent housing units for Migrant farm worker families and provide funding for rehabilitation of housing in low income communities
Umos' child development Services include Migrant and seasonal head start and Migrant child care through which the agency served 1,424 children and pregnant women during the most recently completed calendar year (2021) in Texas, Wisconsin, and Missouri, combined. The agency maintains a five-star rating, the highest given by the youngstar quality rating system, from the Wisconsin department of children and families.
Target hiv prevention program - provide hiv testing, prevention and harm reduction Services. Community-based programs - provide various social supports and community education/awareness Services. Homeless/shelter/food programs - provide temporary food and shelter to displaced migrant/seasonal farmworkers. Umos offers domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking victim Services through its latina resource center, located in milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the 12-month period ending june 30, 2022, Umos touched the lives of more than 1,900 adults, youth and children by providing culturally relevant advocacy, support, prevention, and intervention Services to victims. This includes transitional housing, psycho-educational children's groups, adult survivor support groups, teen dating violence prevention, immigration legal Services, and criminal justice system navigation/advocacy on behalf of spanish speaking families.