| Southwestern College intends to use its Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities (HSIAC) grant to provide technical assistance to the residents of San Ysidro, California, in the form of education and training, to establish home-based childcare businesses. The Entrepreneurial Training for Home-Based Childcare Businesses program was developed in response to the community needs of San Ysidro. This impoverished community is defined by high poverty and crime rates, limited English proficiency, low educational attainment and high household density. The core services of the Entrepreneurial Training for Home-Based Childcare Businesses program, therefore, have deliberately been created in response to the profile of the target audience; this unique program is free of charge, provided in Spanish, childcare and other support services are available, and there is no minimum level of educational attainment for admission into this program. Business counseling, on-site childcare during training and business mentoring are the core activities of this project.
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