El Futuro is a one-of-a-kind place where Spanish-speaking immigrants can access culturally-responsive mental health services. They are a community-based program, founded as a volunteer effort in 2001 to meet the otherwise unmet need for bilingual mental health services for the growing Latino immigrant community in North Carolina.
Since forming as a nonprofit in 2004, and despite drastic reductions in public funding for community-based mental health care, El Futuro has grown to become North Carolina’s trusted resource for trauma-informed, culturally-responsive mental health services. Their staff and agency have received numerous honors including the 2006 Mental Health Association in North Carolina Heroes in the Fight Award, 2007 North Carolina Latino Diamante Award, and 2007 Citizen Award from the Independent Weekly. El Futuro is also an AHEC Center for Excellence.
Their most meaningful achievements, however, are when families grow stronger and get back to their dreams for the future that brought them to our community in the first place. They’re honored to know that their number one source of referrals is from friends and family of clients, reflecting the confianza (trust) they’ve built with Latino families over the years.
Today, with clinics in both Durham and Siler City and a growing effort to improve the quality of mental health care for Latino families across the state through La Mesita (El Futuro’s Latino Mental Health Provider Network), their mission is to nurture stronger familias to live out their dreams. Please join them in this important work.
When the pandemic began, El Futuro realized that they had to migrate their services to 100% virtual, which led them to discover the urgency of mental health treatments in the community. This situation forced them to build a long waiting list because of the high demand of services they had. However, with the virtuality of their services they were able to help many Latino families without the risk of contagion and comfortably cared for from their homes. Today, thanks to access to the vaccine, their Durham clinic once again opens its doors to the community with the Walk-In clinic without an appointment thus allowing them to serve more people in need of mental health and substance use treatment. However, El Futuro continues to offer virtual appointments for those clients who request it or are allowed by their therapists.
Volunteer – Get Involved https://elfuturo-nc.org/get-involved/volunteer-with-us/
Contact:
Kerry Brock, Director of Advancement and Strategy
kbrock@elfuturo-nc.org
Website: https://elfuturo-nc.org/
Address: 2020 Chapel Hill Road, Suite 23, Durham, NC 27707
Phone: 919-688-7101, ext: 632