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Stories and news from within and about our community to provide knowledge as well as celebrate the journey and accomplishments of our organization and those we support.
Historias y noticias sobre nuestra comunidad para proporcionar conocimientos, así como para celebrar la trayectoria y los logros de nuestra organización y de aquellos a los que apoyamos.

COVID-19 Information /Información y Medidas Preventivas
UPDATE ON VACCINES/ ACTUALIZACIÓN SOBRE VACUNAS. All DC residents 6 months and older are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Let’s all be vaxxed together, DC! For vaccine opportunities, visit vaccinate.dc.gov or call the COVID-19 Call Center at 1-855-363-0333....

CARECEN Recibe a los Buses de Inmigrantes provenientes de Texas y Arizona.
Desde hace cuatro meses Washington, D.C., ha estado recibiendo buses provenientes de Texas y Arizona con personas migrantes. La gran mayoría de personas son originarios de Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba y Colombia. En un número más pequeño pero muy importante de...

CARECEN Welcomes Migrant Buses from Texas and Arizona.
For the past four months, Washington D.C., has been receiving buses from Texas and Arizona with migrants and asylum-seekers. The vast majority of these people are originally from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Colombia. In a smaller but very important number to...

USCIS Agrees to Restore Path to Permanent Residency for TPS Beneficiaries
Settlement Follows a 2020 Lawsuit Brought By TPS Beneficiaries and Advocates Over Unlawful Trump-Era Policy Washington, D.C. — Late yesterday, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agreed to restore a path to permanent residency for many...
EL PATIO DELANTERO: CAMBIO Y CONTINUIDAD EN LA POLÍTICA DE AMÉRICA LATINA
Ha pasado más de un año desde que Joe Biden asumió el cargo de presidente número 46 de los Estados Unidos. Antes de la carrera presidencial de 2020, Biden era percibido como alguien familiarizado con América Latina. Se sabe que el exvicepresidente viajó 16 veces a la...

THE FRONT YARD: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN LATIN AMERICA POLICY
Over a year has passed since Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president. Before the 2020 presidential race, Biden was perceived as someone familiar with Latin America. Famously, the former vice president traveled 16 times to the region during the Obama years...

COVID-19 Information and Policies
The offices of CARECEN are closed for walk-in service to the public until further notice, but CARECEN continues to be committed to serving the community during this time. Our personnel are equipped to continue serving clients remotely. Please call our main...

¡SI SE PUEDE…COCINAR!
JOIN UF FOR A VIRTUAL COOKING CLASS! April 1st, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm In honor of Cesar Chávez’s legacy and birthday (March 31, 1927), CARECEN is hosting a virtual cooking class and you are invited!! We have partnered with Immigrant Food and Chef Mile Montezuma to...

Job Announcement: Senior Staff Attorney
Since 1981, the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) has fostered the comprehensive development of the Latino population in the Washington metropolitan region by providing direct legal services, housing counseling, citizenship education, and community economic...

Join Us in the Fight Against COVID-19
CARECEN partners with Howard University and Novavax for COVID-19 Vaccine Phase 3 Clinical Trial CARECEN is a member Community Advisory Board of Howard University Phase 3COVID-19 clinical trial site to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a new coronavirus...



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