About the Center

The El Paso Center for Children is a community-based, private, non-profit corporation.  Our volunteer Board of Directors is responsible for the organization’s governance and strategic direction.  We are El Paso County’s oldest, largest, and most comprehensive provider of treatment and support services for special-needs youth and their families. 

We have served as a federal HHS Runaway and Homeless Youth contractor since 1987, and as a HUD Supportive Housing contractor since 1995.  We have served as prime contractors for the major child-serving state agencies (Child Protective Services, Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and Juvenile Probation) since the 1970s.  We are a member agency of the United Way of El Paso County and have received financial support from the Border Fund and the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation, Casey Family Programs, and several local foundations and trusts.

The Center consistently meets or exceeds the programmatic and fiscal management requirements of all its funders and contractors.  The chief reason for this is that we have a remarkably stable and highly experienced administrative staff.