Our History:

In 1971 two groups, the Latino Mental Health Task Force and La Casa, recognized and acknowledged the urgent needs of the children and families living in poverty in Southwest Detroit, and that their agencies provided services to many of the same families. As collaborative partners they also agreed on the importance of understanding the resources each agency provided, while identifying service gaps in the community. Aware of the limited financial resources available to them, these initial conversations grew to a commitment to refocus and restructure their programs to not only leverage those limited resources, but also to expand activities and facilitate more quality and effective services to the families in the areas. The two groups merged and Latino Family Services, Inc. was established.