Causes: Adult Education, Arts & Culture, Children & Youth, Cultural & Ethnic Awareness, Education, Unknown, Youth Development - Citizenship

Mission:
To provide Literary programs and other educational initiatives for immigrant, Hispanic/Latino youth and their families to improve the quality of their lives while enabling them to contribute economically and culturally to our diverse community while connecting families with the array of health, legal, human, and social services, and educational and cultural programs available in order for them to become productive members of society.

Results: DCET has recently been awarded with the MIGUEL HIDALGO awards for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts and Education. This was presented by OCCA (Oak Cliff Coalition for the Arts) in Dallas, TX, September 16,2014.

Target demographics: under-served low and moderate-income immigrants in its majority Hispanic/Latino youth and their families

Direct beneficiaries per year: 587

Geographic areas served: Irving, Texas

Programs: Debes Creer En Ti (DCET), is the Spanish acronym and motto of our Community Learning Centers. Our students named our schools as: "LA ESCUELITA" (The Small School). In English our motto (DCET) translated into English means: "Believe in Yourself", a sense of belonging for all of us: Board of Directors, Staff, Volunteers, Students, and Literacy Partners. DCET was founded in 1998 to assist the fast-growing number of Hispanic/Latino families in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas as a nonprofit corporation organized under structure section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code, and operates under the guidance of a11-member Board of Directors and a 9-member Advisory Board. The Corporation is professionally managed by a staff of five people. DCET is dedicated to provide Educational, Mentoring and Cultural programs for the social and economic well-being of Hispanic youth and their families.