The Phoenix Indian Center, Inc., was established in 1947 to serve the needs of the American Indians who came to downtown Phoenix to sell their arts and crafts or shop for their families. They needed a place to receive messages, freshen up, help find a job or socialize with other Indians.
After years of using volunteers to help maintain the location on Wall Street (Downtown), the Center received funding and created a more formal structure.
In 1954, the Center incorporated with the State of Arizona as a private non-profit "501(c)(3)" status.
Today, the Center is the primary resource of social, economic, educational, leadership, employment and training for urban American Indians residing in Maricopa County.
The Phoenix Indian Center is the oldest urban-based nonprofit organization serving the needs of American Indians.
The Phoenix Indian Center provides services for both youth and adults along with targeting the family structure as a whole.
It is our goal to keep families in tact and help them maneuver through the difficult situations they encounter within their extended family unit.
Adult services provided are employment counseling/job training and job readiness classes, adult education (GED) classes and Life Skills classes.
Youth services include substance abuse prevention programming, cultural enrichment, in-school support groups and suicide prevention awareness.
Family-based services are case management, counseling, language and culture classes, and onsite childcare for customers utilizing PIC services.
