Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC) is a non-profit organization

Non-profit organization

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 in Arizona

Arizona

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 founded in 1969. It is a statewide community development corporation

Community Development Corporation

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 (CDC). It has staff of over 600.

Education

The Migrant Head Start Program, Charter Schools Calli Ollin School District

Calli Ollin School District

CPLC Community Schools is an operator of two charter high schools in Tucson, Arizona. It has some 300 students and 17 faculty members. It is an affiliate of Chicanos Por La Causa. The current school superintendent of the district is Vicente Fuertes. As of 2007, CPLC Community Schools has...

, Prevention Programs, and School Enrichment Programs.

Housing

CPLC offers property management, client counseling, and single, multi-family, senior, and self-help housing. Chicanos Por La Causa has begun the construction of 46 homes incorporating sustainable building materials in a complex dubbed Cardenas Villas.

Social Services

Behavioral health

Behavioral health

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, emergency assistance, domestic violence

Domestic violence

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, elderly, immigration

Immigration

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, HIV

HIV

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, health and legal information & referral services.

Subsidiaries

CPLC's facility management company, federal credit union, mortgage company, women's care center, construction company, day labor center, and a property/real estate

Real estate

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purchasing & management company.