La Casa de Don Pedro founded the New Jersey s first bilingual, bicultural daycare serving more than 60 children in 1974. La Casa de Don Pedro integrates an array of supportive social services and community economic development programs that promote family well-being, healthy child development, educational achievement, employment opportunities, home-ownership, financial self-sufficiency, energy conservation and neighborhood renewal. The organization provides services targeted to the Hispanic community. Some of its programs include early childhood education, youth and family services, Hispanic women s resource center and economic development. La Casa is located in Newark, N.J.