- HUMAN SERVICES – Seeking to address immediate aspects of human suffering such as hunger, healthcare, and homelessness, El Centro provides diverse human services, including:
Housing and Rental Assistance • Basic Healthcare Plan Sponsorship • Senior Citizen Support • Hot Meal Program • Food Stamp Enrollment & Advocacy • Infant Mortality Prevention • and many others
- EDUCATION & SKILL BUILDING – El Centro seeks to promote self-sufficiency and empowerment through education and skill building initiatives, including:
Homeownership Education & Financial Literacy • Homelessness Job Readiness & Employment • ESL and Citizenship classes • Parenting Classes • Down-payment Assistance• UW Educational Opportunity Center
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- CHILD & YOUTH PROGRAMS – Investing in our children and their future, El Centro provides an array of child and youth services to the local community:
José Martí Child Development Center • After School Mentor/Tutor Support Program • Hope for Youth Poetry Classes • Seattle Team for Youth Program • History Classes at select Seattle Public High Schools
- COMMUNITY BUILDING – El Centro believes that only through civic involvement, as well as political and social activism, will our community be able to effectively address the profound contradictions facing our city, state, nation and world:
Community Involvement • Grassroots Organizing • Social Action • Voter Education and Registration.
“Basic needs are a right, not a privilege.”
–Unknown
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