The Hispanic Center of Reading and Berks County is a nonprofit organization that has been providing assistance to the Latino community, and others in need, throughout the area for over 34 years. Its mission is to provide fully bilingual and bicultural programs that not only meet immediate needs, but also promote acculturation and self-sufficiency. The Hispanic Center provides a wide array of resources, including information and referral, supportive counseling, translation/interpretation, transportation and accompaniment, in-home family program, HIV/AIDS outreach, abstinence education, tobacco prevention, La Casa de La Amistad Senior Center, employment and training programs, micro-enterprise program, computer learning center, leadership institute, scholarship fund, higher education initiative, and other health, human service, social, cultural, and educational programs.