| San Antonio College (SAC) intends to use its Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities (HSIAC) grant, in partnership with the SAC Women and Non-Traditional Student Services Department, the City of San Antonio Department of Community Initiatives, UU Housing Corporation, Alamo WorkSource/SER Jobs for Progress, the Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and the San Antonio Food Bank, to create Mi CASA (Career Advancement and Self-sufficiency Assistance), a career development center for low- and moderate-income residents of the neighborhoods immediately surrounding SAC. HSIAC funds will be used to build a 1,800-square-foot building on college-owned property on the southern edge of the campus. The creation of the Mi CASA Center will provide the community with comprehensive career advancement services and wraparound social services designed to lead to further training and/or college enrollment and eventual self-sufficiency. The facility will include a training room, a computer laboratory, and two offices. One office will house the center coordinator, who will be a career counselor from SAC, and the other, on a rotating basis, will house staff from Alamo WorkSource, the City of San Antonio, and the Food Bank.
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