Southwest Key Programs is a national nonprofit organization headquartered in Austin, Texas. We were founded in 1987 by our current El Presidente/CEO Dr. Juan Sanchez to provide services that positively impact the lives of youth and families. Today our creative and diverse staff of over 1000 employees operate juvenile justice and family wraparound programs, safe shelters for immigrant children, alternative schools, youth empowerment and fatherhood programs, job creation initiatives, and child care brokerage services across seven states. Southwest Key’s goal is to keep youth out of jails and detention facilities, to reunify families, and to strengthen the fabric of their communities.

• Check our July/August 2008 Newsletter!

• Fore the Kids Golf Classic benefitting Southwest Key's educational programs in Austin, become a sponsor or register to play!

• Southwest Key receives $102,000 grant from Impact Austin to start East Austin Performing Arts Program Download Press Release (07.22.08 PDF)

• Southwest Key is partnering with the IBM World Community Grid. For more information, Click Here

• KIDS COUNT, a part of The Annie E. Casey Foundation releases new data on child well-being and the juvenile justice system. Click Here to see this year’s recently released Data Book. Click here to read the KIDS COUNT Press Release (06.30.08)

• Southwest Key Earns Accreditation by National Standards Agency, Download Announcement with Reviewer Quotes (06.19.08 PDF)

• Southwest Key is actively recruiting foster care families for our program in Rome, Georgia. Please contact Jo Harlan at (770)949-8868 or email jharlan@swkey.org or Click here for more info.

• LULAC Presents Southwest Key Founder/CEO and Board Member with Social Justice Award, Download Press Release (06.03.08 PDF)

• 20th Anniversary Annual Report Released, Provides Overview of Southwest Key's Accomplishments in 2007 Download Annual Report (05.01.08 PDF 7.5MB)