El Nido Family Centers
Believing that “a child cannot grow up twice”, El Nido was founded in 1925 by the National Council of Jewish Women to provide meals and respite care to undernourished and neglected girls.
In the 1960s, El Nido expanded to include residential shelters, and offered guidance for abused, abandoned and runaway girls. As the incidence of child abuse, school failure, youth crime and teen pregnancy increased, El Nido’s focus evolved to community-based prevention and early intervention.
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