Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc

Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc. is driven by its mission to empower, educate, and employ people to change lives and strengthen communities. The organization was founded as a settlement house in 1919 by Ada Sophia McKinley, a schoolteacher and social reformer, who saw the need to assist veterans returning from World War I and blacks migrating from the South. McKinley is now one of the largest human services organizations in the country serving more than 7,000 people each year at 38 program sites. Services are provided 24-hours, 365 days a year. The agency has three primary areas of services: child development and youth services; employment and community support services; and behavioral health and clinical. Services rendered daily include: tutoring, mentoring and college placement, foster care, residential, youth and family counseling, employment training and placement, alternative education, and head start programs.