Primo Center for Women and Children

OUR MISSION

The mission of Primo Center is to empower families to become productive, responsible, and independent members of their community.

WHO WE ARE

Primo Center is a leader in providing family shelter and permanent supportive housing, integrated physical, dental, and mental health care, early childhood development, and supportive services to homeless families in Chicago.

The organization has considerable capacity and experience as a provider of services to families affected by extreme poverty and homelessness, assisting more than 1100 people each year with the aid of more than 100 volunteers, 75 staff members, and an annual operating budget of nearly $8 million.

Primo Center works in high-need communities across Chicago, operating facilities in Austin on Chicago’s west side, and Englewood on the south side, and Hermosa on the northwest side.