How does CLEO achieve its goals?
CLEO’s strategic plan recommends a series of activities for NCLR and its affiliates to move Latino working families “up the economic ladder.” Likewise, moving Hispanic-serving community-based organizations (CBOs) up the ladder of workforce development performance and impact is essential. Through its capacity-building technical assistance, CLEO strengthens community-based organizations’ ability to become effective labor market intermediaries and better serve the Latino community. Through our national advocacy strategy, CLEO mobilizes Latino community-based organizations and their clients, and provides them a voice in Washington, DC. As a result, NCLR’s CLEO has been a force in increasing access to federally-funded services for Latino workers. To ensure a broader representation of the needs of Latinos as well as other minority communities, NCLR collaborates with diverse stakeholders at the local, state, and national levels. One example of this is the Immigrant Coalition on the Workforce
