Mano a Mano Family Resource Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) community-based organization established in the Village of Round Lake Park, Illinois in 2000. Its main office remains in Round Lake Park and in 2019, a satellite location opened in the City of North Chicago.
The organization is a result of a partnership between local legislators, community leaders, and law enforcement who witnessed a significant need for the local growing immigrant community at the time to have linguistically and culturally relevant supportive services. Mano a Mano offers a variety of resources and services, including health resources, educational classes and workshops, and immigration legal services. Its focus is on helping the hardest-to-reach and most vulnerable families and individuals in the community.
From it’s beginnings in a minute storefront space, Mano a Mano now serves over 10,000 individuals every year and extends its services well beyond the Round Lake Area. Mano a Mano is the only immigrant-serving agency in Lake and McHenry Counties that provides such a comprehensive array of culturally and linguistically competent supportive services to its growing immigrant communities.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to empower immigrants and their families to become full participants in their community.
OUR VISION
Our vision is an integrated Lake County where everyone has access to opportunities and paths to success.
Our work is guided by our organizational values, which include collaboration and community building, education, excellence, equitable opportunities, stewardship, and respect for human dignity. We accomplish our mission through our five key programs: Healthy Families, Engaged Citizens, Productive Parents, Democracy in Action, and Successful Children.
Our five programs are strategically designed and implemented to accomplish the following: providing support, building skills, and facilitating access to local community resources and opportunities. Acting as a hub for knowledge on issues relevant to the immigrant community. Promoting best practices in providing culturally competent services. Fostering leadership skills so that all of those who participate in our programs and services can play a role in promoting the advancement of themselves and their community, and informing policies and decisions that impact immigrants and their families.