Celebrating 100 Years of Healing and Community
ABOUT US
Founded in 1925, El Nido Family Centers began as a camp in Laurel Canyon supporting undernourished and medically fragile girls, many from immigrant families. Today, El Nido provides 12+ comprehensive programs that create pathways to stability, opportunity, and lasting well-being for children. Our whole-family approach ensures generational impact by supporting every member of the family. With a staff of 150+ skilled professionals, El Nido meets families in homes, schools, churches, and community centers across LA County, helping thousands of Angelenos not just survive but thrive.
During our 100th year of service, El Nido Family Centers launched EMERGE STRONG: The Centennial Campaign, a three-year, $6 million initiative to expand nocost mental health care, implement transformative career and life readiness programming for youth, and fortify the core services that keep families stable. At El Nido, every program—from counseling to child development to food access to homelessness prevention—is rooted in one goal: helping children and their families build emotional and economic resilience so they can emerge strong for generations to come.
