Barrio Station

Barrio Station was established in 1970. Our facilities have grown 5 times to accommodate the programs and services that are in demand by the disenfranchised communities that we serve. In 1980 we moved into our final youth and community center. In january of 2019 Barrio Station was awarded a funding contract made possible by the united states department of education's promise neighborhood national initiative. Our target population is identified by the united states department of housing and urban development (hud) as poverty and low to moderate income (lmi) census tracts in san diego, California. Our award is $500,000 per year at five years ending in december 31, 2024, with the possibility of 2 additional years. Barrio Station has invested in a 50,000 square foot facility, including off streetparking, in order to provide a safe haven for our youth and a community hub for empowering its residents and small business to project and enhance their communities that they love and have struggled to maintain and continuously improve with beautification and public safety. Barrio Station has led many endeavors for open space, special parking designation, the exodus of incompatible land uses andinvolvement in determining their destiny as an empowered community.daily youth programs that include:1. Fitness and wellness activities through our outdoor community swimming pool, soccer, boxing and cardio and strength building equipment and;2. A 27 Station computer lab complete with double monitors, head sets, cameras, wi-fi, assistance with homework and internet for higher education research and scholarships and;3. Children's activities room compete with music, arts and crafts materials and supplies, x-box for fun games, holiday projects and children's choir for holidays and special events and;4. Game room compete with table games such as pool tables, air hockey, foosball, chess and educational games and;5. Community theater for community and special events, graduations of all sorts for local schools, child development centers, head start and nonprofit organizations benefit events. Our annual benefit dinner is also conducted in our theater bringing in a goal of $100,000 annually and;6. Outings to theme parks that are not affordable to the parents of our target areaand;7. Counseling and community services for the youth, families and the community in general. This includes individual, family and group counseling and empowering communities to protect and enhance their immediate neighborhoods, school and open space and;8. Other community endeavors focus on the trends of today's youth such as vaping, experimenting with opioids, cannabis products and energy drinks and pills found in neighborhood markets and liquor stores and addressing addiction and recovery options for the youth and their parents.9. Live well community efforts are being provided to our constituents during and following the pandemic such as healthy food, gift cards to families, covid-19 protective supplies including face masks, hand and surface sanitizers, thermometers, assistance is getting their benefits in unemployment checks, stimulus support, va and social security for widows/widowers, placements in isolation with 3 hot meals and laundry service, nurse visits, transportation. Registering clients for covid vaccinations for all eligible ages.