About Us
ARCC was founded in 1974 by a group of community members, who were aiming to address the academic, social and mental health needs of the at-risk youth and families living in the extremely high-need area of East San José. Due to the lack of linguistically sensitive and culturally appropriate practitioners and services, many of the predominantly Spanish-speaking individuals in this region were “falling through the cracks” of the legal, educational, and health systems into lives of poverty, academic failure, illness, addiction, incarceration and victimization.
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