Madison Reporter

Nonprofit Centro Hispano of Dane County received a $4.8 million state grant to create a new facility to continue the development of workforce and youth programming.

The money was granted as part of the Neighborhood Investment Grant Program, part of a $21 million grant given to the City of Madison, according to NBC 15.

“With this gift, we are one significant step closer in the creation of a safe, strong and sustainable Centro that will honor the relentless work of our staff and the 7,000+ Latinx members of our community who will walk through those doors each year," Centro Hispano Executive Director Karen Coller said, according to NBC 15. "A place for action, collaboration, Esperanza, dreaming, laughing and transforming our city, county and state, together.”

The organization serves the Latinx community, according to NBC 15. Serving 1,000 or more people a year, the nonprofit expects to facilitate a bilingual nursing career path program by 2030.

That community has grown a lot in the last 10 years. The facility is located at 833 Hughes Place on the south side of the city. NBC 15 reports that it is "part of a collaboration with the City of Madison where it will 'land swap' its current facility for a more accessible plot of land around the corner. It will combine with city-owned buildings at 837 Hughes Place and 2405 Cypress Way."

They have offered three times the number of programs in the last decade, according to NBC 15.