| 1967 |
La Tortuga
begins bringing portable, practical educational
preparation to southern Arizona farm labor camps. |
| 1969 |
PPEP is formally incorporated
in Nogales, Arizona on December 10th. |
| 1970 |
-Valverde Housing
Project in Sahuarita begins.
-Biomedical tele-diagnosis project is perfected.
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| 1971 |
Sahuarita Village
Water Company is organized. |
| 1972 |
-El Valle de Las Rosas
Housing Project is completed in Continental
-First national article featuring PPEP |
| 1973 |
The Santa Cruz Valley
Cooperative grocery and gas station opens. |
| 1974 |
-Yaqui Yoem Pueblo
Apartment Project is started.
-La Tortuga Transit makes its first run between
Marana and Tucson. |
| 1975 |
Rillito Redevelopment
Project commences. |
| 1976 |
PPEP Housing Development
Corporation (PHDC) is organized. |
| 1977 |
Los Ninos del Valley
Day, Arivaca Day Care is initiated using the Rillito
Day Care Model. |
| 1978 |
-Major rural housing
rehabilitation initiatives in southern Arizona.
-Circuit-riding community organizers program help
develop the Catalina, Tombstone, Arivaca, Patagonia,
and Continental Clinics. |
| 1979 |
-Five Acres Water
Company is formed in Ajo.
-Comite de Bienestar in San Luis is organized. |
| 1980 |
-Yoem Pueblo property
is purchased from Cortaro Water Users and MAYA Council
is organized.
-Farmworker Employment & Training contracts
are secured from the US Department of Labor. |
| 1981 |
Self-help housing
projects at Valverde I, Lakewood and Valle del Sol
are initiated. |
| 1982 |
Don Frew Memorial
Apartments are built for farmworker families in
Marana. |
| 1983 |
100-year flood and
PPEP's major contributions to rural flood victims
in southern Arizona. Cited in New York Times. |
| 1984 |
PPEP TEC is formalized
toward four (4) nationally accredited campuses of
vocational training. |
| 1985 |
MICRO credit organization
becomes a reality with Ford Foundation monies. |
| 1986 |
-La Ramona Morales
Memorial Apartments in Benson for the elderly and
handicapped begins construction and PPEP Senior
Housing Services Corporation (PSHSC) is incorporated.
-PPEP is designated by the U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS) to assist applicants
in the Amnesty Program. |
| 1987 |
-PPEP's Counseling
Program becomes state licensed.
-PPEP TEC awarded "Outstanding Classroom Training
Sub- Contractor" by Navajo Nation. |
| 1988 |
-The ENCOMPASS Program
for the developmentally disabled comes of age and
rapidly expands with contracts from IBM, Hughes,
and DES.
-Encompass is recognized as the "Outstanding
Agency of the Year" by the City of Tucson. |
| 1989 |
-La Tortuga Transit
becomes Pima County's only rural public transportation
system and is nationally recognized for tele-education
programs for riders in video and TV equipped vehicles.
-Maui Connection activities in conjunction with
the Rocky Mountain Hi Coalition. |
| 1990 |
-Arizona Rural Human
Services Network is organized to coordinate resources
and services to the rural needy in southern Arizona.
-PPEP joins HandsNet Computer Network through a
grant from the Aspen Institute's Rural Telecommunications
Initiative.
-PPEP launches PPEP-NET Rural Arizona Computer Bulletin
Board Service.
-MICRO awarded the Charles T. Grigsby Award for
excellence in community economic development. |
| 1991 |
PPEP Native American
Services and Resources (PNASR) is incorporated (later
renamed First American Resources & Services).
|
| 1992 |
-Major expansion of
MICRO statewide is initiated
-Spin off of La Tortuga's Pima County Transit to
the Pima County Department of Transportation.
-PPEP is designated by HUD to provide Technical
Assistance statewide to rural community housing
development organizations under the HOME program.
-PPEP MICRO funds FUNDACAI in Sonora, Mexico, to
launch rural microbusiness program in Sonora.
-PPEP & Affiliates prepare for the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by contacting organizations
on both sides of the border.
-PPEP CEO is inducted into the Association of Farmworker
Opportunities (AFOP) National Farmworker Advocate
Hall of Fame in Orlando, Florida. |
| 1993 |
-Gubernatorial Proclamation
setting aside September 24th honoring "PPEP
Counseling and handicapped services day."
-The PPEP Commercial Drivers License training effort
is fully implemented to assist MSFW obtain CDL licenses.
-MICRO recognized front page story in the Washington
Post and feature story in CBS Evening News with
Connie Chung, Christian Science Monitor.
-CNBC & SBA National awards. |
| 1994 |
PPEP MICRO - Frank
Ballesteros, named SBA Minority Small Business Advocate
of the year. (State, Region, Nation) - Recognized
by the White House. |
| 1995 |
-Seven PPEP TEC Charter
High Schools open in August with some 200 students.
-Signed Contract with Rural Arizona
-The Passport House inaugurated. |
| 1996 |
-PPEP Housing institutes
its affordable housing program that features counseling
and bilingual real estate department.
-The Manzanita House for Welfare mothers inaugurated.
-PPEP TEC graduates 166 at-risk students. |
| 1997 |
-PPEP MICRO receives
national business and economic development award.
-PPEP TEC opens two new charter high schools in
Willcox and Camino Seco in Tucson. Some 1,000 students
enrolled & 14 campuses.
-MICRO became CDFI as designated by the US Department
of Treasury.
-US Department of Labor solicits the PPEP JTPA MSFW
program Commercial Drivers License as a National
Demonstration Model.
-PPEP TEC graduates 186 at-risk students.
-Citations in the US Congressional Record. |
| 1998 |
-PPEP & PMHDC
cited on a bipartisan basis two times in the US
Congressional Record as a national model (see
citations)
-Designated as a Community Development Financial
Institution (CDFI) and awarded the first $250,000
CDFI grant during a press conference in Tucson Arizona.
-Micro loan agreement for $638,000 signed with Bank
One which includes a guarantee from SBA. This is
the first of its kind in the United States.
-Loan and grant from Wells Fargo Bank for $600,000
to capitalize micro loan fund was presented at a
press conference in Tucson Arizona.
-Received from the Kellogg
Foundation $583,000 toward a technology grant
that benefits PPEP-TEC charter high school students.
-Graduated 176 PPEP-TEC charter high school students.
This brings the total in three years to almost 500
official high school diplomas issued.
-Purchase of the 802-806 One Stop and administrative
offices which saves the corporation about $40,000
annually over renting.
-Micro receives grants and loan funds from EDA for
$300,000 and RECD for $600,000.
-Dedicated two PPEP-TEC learning centers, The Manual
Bojorquez Learning Center in Bisbee Arizona and
The Eugene Lopez Learning Center in Willcox Arizona.
-The Arivaca Community Organic Garden was established.
-The historic cemetery in Tubac is acquired from
Santa Cruz County. Tubac Cemetery Preservation Society,
Inc. is established to manage the cemetery.
-Project Rico and El Diablo Estates begin construction.
-Hosted the Global March on child labor in the Arizona
segment.
-Bid on future site of PPEP-TEC, Micro, Housing
administration on East Benson Highway in Tucson
Arizona. |
