About Us

Coalition for Hispanic Family Services (Coalition) is a community-based comprehensive family service agency, serving North Brooklyn and adjacent communities. Our mission is to strengthen Latino families in North Brooklyn by providing them with culturally competent services that build upon the strengths of Latino culture and lead them towards a greater degree of self-reliance. This is achieved through a holistic, culturally competent, family-based approach.

History

The Coalition began in 1986 as a sub-committee of the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families and consisted of a group of child welfare professionals who were concerned about the status of child welfare services to Latino children and families in New York City. In 1989 the Coalition was established as a not-for-profit organization in New York State.

In 1990, a start-up grant from the New York State Department of Social Services was received for community-based foster care services to Hispanic families in North Brooklyn. The agency's  services have since expanded to include mental health, primary health care, after school education, HIV/AIDS case management, youth and parent training, youth leadership development, and community service internships.