El Valor
El Valor is a non-profit community-based organization founded in
1973 by the late Guadalupe A. Reyes. A visionary leader and mother,
Mrs. Reyes dreamed of a community in which all members, including
her son with special needs, could live, learn and work. She and
several others took out a small bank loan and borrowed a church
basement in Pilsen where they started the first bilingual,
bicultural rehabilitation center in Illinois, and named it El
Valor, meaning "courage. From it's roots in the Latino community,
El Valor has grown into a multicultural, multipurpose organization
that reaches thousands of families in the Chicagoland area, and
millions throughout the nation. El Valor's strategic goals
include:
- To be the best in the nation in early childhood in the Hispanic
community;
- To become the premier organization developing leadership for
the Hispanic community;
- And to be an international model for inclusion of people with
disabilities in the Hispanic community.
Services Provided
- Early Intervention/Head Start
- Intake and Referral
- Family Support Groups
- Partnership for Higher Learning
- National Public Awareness Campaigns