The oldest and most comprehensive Latino organization in Minneapolis, Centro develops and offers holistic programs that provide a continuum of care in a culturally affirming environment that nourishes the heart, mind, body, and spirit. Our organization develops and offers holistic programs that: (a) focus on the whole family; (b) help individuals acquire multiple skills; and (c) affirm our culture while providing bridging opportunities to the wider community. Centro works with 30,000+ low-income immigrant Latino community members of all ages—from newborns to elders—through programming across two departments: Health & Wellness and Education. Our proven programs: address basic needs, build skills, and promote leadership. For instance: • 100% of our pre-school students graduate ready (or above ready) for Kindergarten • 95% of our high school students graduate from high school • 90% of our access clients enroll in medical insurance programs • 95% of our pre-natal moms gain new knowledge for improved birth outcomes • 90% of our women’s wellness participants reduce the likelihood of getting diabetes • 95% of our information center callers are linked to resources to reduce acute emergencies • 95% of our food shelf clients are linked to resources to promote self-sufficiency • 100% of our seniors experience a reduction in isolation and depression

Centro’s proven programs address basic needs, build skills, and promote leadership. Using a family-centered approach, Centro holistic programs provide a continuum of care in a culturally affirming environment that nourishes the heart, mind, body, and spirit. Our programs seek to help individuals acquire multiple skills; and affirm our culture while providing bridging opportunities to the wider community. We use evidence-based curriculum and leverage our community’s assets. Centro’s Health Department seeks to promote the well-being of 10,000 low-income Latinos through: a women’s wellness program, an emergency Latino food shelf, and a seniors program. Centro’s information and referral center annually links over 25,000 Spanish-speaking callers to resources around the Twin Cities. Centro’s Educational Programs will successfully prepare 1,000 low-income community members annually through: Siembra, our nationally accredited full-day pre-school program; Truancy Prevention for students in Grades K-8; Palabra Gang Prevention; Raices/Roots out-of-school time program for middle and high schoolers; Adult Literacy, and our Computer Lab which we operate with support from the University of MN Broadband Access Program. .

Centro serves Latino children, youth and families who live primarily in the surrounding Phillips neighborhood (which is nearly one-quarter Latino) and other neighborhoods in Minneapolis. We also serve Latinos across the greater metro area, with strong representation from suburban Hennepin County and from every single county in the Twin Cities metropolitan region.

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