La Casa Latina (Sioux City, Iowa)

Collection

Identifier: IWA0726

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Scope and Contents

The records of La Casa Latina date from 1989 to 2007 and measure 5 linear inches. The records include board of directors minutes, financial records, United Way applications, and information about the Family Development, Home/School Liaison, interpreter, and other programs of La Casa Latina. Also included is information about the Latino Center, a separate organization that preceded La Casa Latina.

Dates

Creation: 1989 - 2007

Creator

La Casa Latina (Sioux City, Iowa) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The records are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa.

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Biographical / Historical

La Casa Latina, Inc. was a non-profit organization in Sioux City, Iowa, which helped its clients obtain human services, healthcare, housing, and other basic needs. The main purpose of La Casa Latina was to provide assistance to recent Latino immigrants and limited or non-English speakers in the Siouxland area. Services were provided primarily by volunteers in the form of direct aid such as translation and interpretation services and educational programs, referral to outside services and agencies, and advocacy. La Casa Latina described itself as a "self-help and self-determined ethnic center" set up to create self-sufficiency and integration for the Latino community. The organization operated under the name La Casa Latina from 1989 until 2007, when it joined the Mary J. Treglia Community House in Sioux City.

Extent

5.00 linear inches

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Non-profit organization that helped recent Latino immigrants and non-English speakers in the Siouxland area obtain human services, healthcare, housing, and other basic needs.