Community
THE CHICANO
FEDERATION
The Chicano
Federation of San
Diego County
was established
in 1969 to provide
a variety of
comprehensive,
neighborhood-
based services
and empowering
opportunities to a
large and diverse
population.
In its early
years, the
organization
was led by
a tireless
group of
advocates
dedicated
to seeing
advances
in civil
rights and civic participation.
Today, those strong roots empower
the Chicano Federation to serve
diverse populations throughout San
Diego County with programs and
services including a home-based
education program for parents of
young children, subsidized care for
infants and toddlers, early childhood
education at a preschool in Barrio
Logan, subsidized meals for over
5,000 children a month, and 300
units of affordable housing at nine
apartment buildings in the Barrio
Logan, City Heights, and South Park
neighborhoods of San Diego.
Interim CEO
Nancy Maldonado
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The Chicano Federation touches
the lives of more than 8,000 people
each year whose needs are simple
but profound: a safe, affordable
place to call home, quality care and
education for their young children,
the opportunity to provide them with
nutritious food, and the ability to give
them the foundation to grow up to be
strong independent members of the