In addition to the specific services and programs listed herein, POSSO makes every effort to insure the participation of the low-income members of our community in the special benefits, programs, and activities to which they are entitled, but which they can only utilize with our special assistance.

This includes, for instance, assisting individuals to obtain transit identification cards and using public transportation, filing for special tax benefits, applying for energy assistance and conservation benefits, among others.

Workshops are also offered regularly featuring guest speakers who are experts on a particular topic of interest to our target community. Topics range from housing and employment to health and hobbies.

POSSO serves as a bridge between the Portuguese-speaking community and the greater community in which we live. We hear the concerns and needs that individuals bring to us, and we assist in addressing the appropriate public or private entity in search of equitable resolution. In this way, POSSO has been instrumental in creating resources where none existed before.

POSSO helps the Portuguese-speaking community to make itself known and participate to the fullest extent possible in the mainstream of American life. This is achieved in ways such as sponsoring cultural programs and expositions, disseminating written information and holding voter registration drives.