Welcome to Central Florida’s Hispanic Resource Link and the “Yo Si Puedo” (Yes I Can) Program website. We are extremely grateful for the valuable contribution of our dedicated students, parents, volunteers and staff for making possible this website effort and for their support during the past four years. I am a firm believer that every child has the potential to succeed if given the opportunity and the positive environment to do so.  If you share this same core belief, I encourage you to get involved and make a difference in the life of a young person. Together We Can!

Hispanic Resource Link is a Community based not for profit organization committed to connecting Hispanic and other minority youth with responsible adults in a positive way, by implementing structured activities that promote character development and positive values through community service and constructive use of their free time.

Agency Founded:  April 08th - 2002

Services started: August 2002

Location: Englewood Neighborhood Center

(Pilot Program)

Staff / Volunteer Ratio:

100% Volunteer at beginning

Targeted Clients: Minority high school

students at risk of dropping out.

Targeted school(s): Colonial &

Oak Ridge High

Reached 500+ youth during the past 4 years

Direct Impact on 280 minority students

Reached out to underserved Haitian/Caribbean student population

Implemented effective program with minimum staff and limited budget

Secured funding from wide variety of sources. (Government, business, etc.)

The program is offered free of charge to:

High school students in grade 9-12 (15 - 18 years of age) in Central Florida

Regular participation in program activities

No GPA, ethnicity, race, religion limitations

Interest in becoming a better student and more positive person

Interest in pursuing post-secondary educational opportunities (College, university, vocational school and/or the military)

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