EL PASO human services, INC. (ephsi), a private NON-profit multi-purpose organization, has been providing social services in EL PASO county since 1984. Ephsi has extensive experience in developing, implementing and executing federal, state and city/county funded contracts and has worked for the LAST 40 years in collaboration with federal, state, and local agencies in order to better serve our clients in this region. The majority of programs focus on service delivery specifically for youth and young adults who are victims of child abuse and neglect, have issues with mental health and substance abuse, and are homeless or at-risk of homelessness. Our federally funded nutrition program serves over a million meals each year to children in child care. The CYD program designed to lower risk factors for juvenile delinquency by offering programs in the northeast community provides early intervention to problem behavior and serves over 900 children/ youth each year. In 2008 we opened a day trans