Mano a Mano Family Center - Centro Familiar Mano a Mano

The Community Wellness Project

Our flagship project provides a wide array of culturally-and-linguistically competent wrap around services for low-income and for Latino families who need assistance in addressing short-term crisis needs, and who deserve self-sufficiency programs developed and implemented to address the root causes of poverty.

We believe that the efficacy of programs and services are highest when cultural-and-linguistic competencies are incorporated into the delivery model and families feel comfortable, empowered, and supported in working towards self-sufficiency.

We have learned through first-hand experience that an investment spent in addressing the root causes of poverty will build stronger communities and contribute to cost-saving measures in the long term with respect to decreased levels of state-wide social service needs, crime rates, substance abuse, domestic violence, and high school completion rates.

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SE Salem 503-315-2290

NE Salem 503-363-1895

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Children | Families | Healthy Communities

Children, ages 6-12 -
Our goal is that ALL children in the communities we serve grow up to be healthy and successful adults.

Guitar Classes All skill levels available.
Advanced learners have opportunity to practice skills through performances and recitals throughout the community. Please contact us to register or for more information.

Mexican Folkloric Ballet All skill levels available. This group instructs participants in folk dances native to various parts of Mexico. Advanced learners have opportunity to practice skills through performances and recitals throughout the community. Please contact us to register and for more information.

Tae Kwon Do All skill levels available. Not only is Tae Kwon Do an effective self-defense tool, but it also teaches its practitioners personal discipline, improves one's self-steem, and helps with physical conditioning. Advanced learners have the opportunity to practice skills through competitions throughout the community. Please contact us to register or for more information.

After School programs In addition to the basic offerings listed above, our organization works with various community partners (such as elementary schools) to provide artistic and cultural after school activities for elementary age children. These programs vary depending on the site and the availability of volunteers and resources. One of our several partners is Farmworker Housing Development Corporation in Salem at Colonia Libertad. We partner with them in their After School Program that includes tutoring, literacy, nutrition and environmental education. For a sample list of activities, please click here. Our programs are meant to augment the resources available to students at their school.

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Families -
Our goal is to support the development of strong, nurturing families through the prevention, intervention and solution of situations that threaten the safety, health and well-being of our clients and of their families.

Crisis Assistance Offered at all of our locations, our service center staff and volunteers are trained to provide case management, information and resource assistance, to our clients. Although each case is unique in its own right, many of the emergencies we assist with fall under the categories of housing, food insecurity, and lack of access to health care. Sadly, many of our immigrant clients have fallen prey to questionable business practices, and in some cases employment and housing discrimination, that pushes their family into hunger and homelessness. Whenever possible, every effort is made to connect our clients to a service or program that will help them to gain and maintain stability in their lives.

Family Resources and Support Mano a Mano Family Center is trained for delivering the evidence-based parenting program, Strengthening Families, in both English and Spanish. This program is suitable for families with at least one child between the ages of 10 and 14 years old.
We partner with the Salem-Keizer Coalition for Equality to offer parent support groups that promote positive developmental assets in families, using the Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets for youth as a learning and conversation tool.

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Healthy Communities -
Being successful in the two areas above, will result in creating safer and healthier communities.

Our goal is that the communities in which our clients live are clean, safe, free from all forms of discrimination and crime.
To make our vision a reality, we work both independently and with partners, such as CAPACES network, SKCE, FHDC, Fostering Hope, City of Salem, Marion County, NCLR, and many others. Please click here to read more about this work.

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