CAS Centro de Autismo Sinaloa / DIF Sinaloa / Gobierno del Estado de Sinaloa

What CAS Centro de Autismo Sinaloa / DIF Sinaloa / Gobierno del Estado de Sinaloa does

Sistema DIF Sinaloa (Sistema para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia del Estado de Sinaloa) is a public state government social assistance institution headquartered in Culiac\u00e1n, Sinaloa, Mexico, operating under the Government of the State of Sinaloa as part of the national Sistema Nacional DIF. The institution provides integrated social assistance to vulnerable populations \u2014 children, families, persons with disabilities, senior citizens, and communities affected by drought or fishing bans \u2014 across all 18 municipalities of the state. It is led by President Dra. Eneyda Rocha Ruiz and Director General Lic. Mercedes Ibarra Medina, with a core staff of 11\u201350 employees disclosed in the firmographics plus the broader institutional team across 20 municipal DIF systems.

The institution operates a platform-plus-programs model. The platform consists of five specialized centers: Centro de Autismo Sinaloa (CAS) providing comprehensive autism care for ages 1\u201325; Centro de Rehabilitaci\u00f3n y Educaci\u00f3n Especial (CREE) in Culiac\u00e1n plus Centros Regionales de Rehabilitaci\u00f3n Integral (CRRI) in Los Mochis and Mazatl\u00e1n plus 18 Unidades B\u00e1sicas de Rehabilitaci\u00f3n (UBR) for physical, psychological, auditory, language, neuromotor, and intellectual rehabilitation; Centro Integral de Discapacidad Visual (CIDIS) for visual disability; and Centro de Educaci\u00f3n Incluyente y Salud Emocional (CRECE) for emotional health. The programs layer includes Programa de Desayunos Escolares, Programa de Despensas, Espacios de Alimentaci\u00f3n Encuentro y Desarrollo (EAEyD), Casa Cuna y Albergue Transitorio, Centros de Asistencia Infantil Comunitarios (CAIC/CADI), Casa Hogar del Anciano San Jos\u00e9, Asilo de Ancianos Santa Rosa, Cinco Centros de Desarrollo Integral (CDI DIF Pilares), AQUAT\u00d3N water donation campaign, Brigadas del Bienestar mobile brigades, Cocina M\u00f3vil, CALIDEZ inclusion training, and the Programa de Apoyo Funcional.

The business model is fully government-funded: all services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries, with revenue derived exclusively from federal and state government budget allocations. The institution generates no commercial revenue and discloses no pricing. No private equity, venture capital, or external ownership structure is applicable. The organization was founded in 2000 and was the first state DIF system in Mexico to adhere to the UN Global Compact. Notable operational metrics include 193,576 cumulative CAS services from 2019 to February 2026 (a 69.4% increase during the current administration), 1,422 disability certificates issued in January\u2013February 2026, 728 functional supports delivered in 2026, 60,000 food supports to 30,000 fishermen over four years, and AQUAT\u00d3N 2026\u2019s record 1,221,122 liters of water collected benefiting 30,404 persons across 140 communities in 10 municipalities.

Name

CAS Centro de Autismo Sinaloa / DIF Sinaloa / Gobierno del Estado de Sinaloa

Legal name

Sistema para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia del Estado de Sinaloa

Website

https://dif.sinaloa.gob.mx

Company type

Public

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sistema DIF Sinaloa is a state government social assistance institution in Sinaloa, Mexico, operating five specialized centers (autism, rehabilitation, visual disability, emotional health) and community programs (food assistance, AQUAT\u00d3N, Brigadas del Bienestar) to serve vulnerable populations free of charge across 18 municipalities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Social Assistance Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Income Support & Cash Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAE)

Keywords

• Social assistance programs
• Disability rehabilitation services
• Autism care services
• Food assistance programs
• Community welfare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Culiacán, Sinaloa

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Funding: As a state government social assistance institution, DIF Sinaloa operates entirely on public funding from federal and state government budgets. All services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries. The institution does not generate commercial revenue.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sistema DIF Sinaloa is a public state-government social assistance institution that provides free comprehensive social services to vulnerable populations in Sinaloa, Mexico. It operates five specialized centers (autism care, rehabilitation, visual disability, emotional health) and numerous community programs (school breakfasts, food pantries, senior care, child protection, water donation campaigns) delivered through 20 municipal DIF systems and mobile brigades. All services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries, funded through federal and state government budgets.

Product overview

Sistema DIF Sinaloa operates as a government social assistance institution offering a comprehensive portfolio of programs and specialized centers. The core service delivery includes five specialized centers: Centro de Autismo Sinaloa (CAS) for autism spectrum care, Centro de Rehabilitación y Educación Especial (CREE) and Centros Regionales de Rehabilitación Integral (CRRI) for disability rehabilitation, Centro Integral de Discapacidad Visual (CIDIS) for visual disability, and Centro de Educación Incluyente y Salud Emocional (CRECE) for emotional health. These centers are complemented by social programs including school breakfast and food pantry programs, the mobile Brigadas del Bienestar, the AQUATÓN water donation campaign, Centro de Desarrollo Integral (CDI) community centers, Casa Cuna child protection, CAIC/CADI child development centers, and functional support programs. The institution follows a platform-plus-programs model where specialized centers provide clinical and therapeutic services while distributed community programs ensure statewide accessibility.

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Brands

• AQUATÓN: Annual emergency water distribution program that collects and distributes drinking water to communities affected by drought in Sinaloa. Since 2022, it has grown from 479,176 liters (2022) to a record 1,221,122.1 liters (2026).
• Brigadas del Bienestar
• Comunidad DIFerente
• DIF Pilares
• CREE (Centro de Rehabilitación y Educación Especial)
• CIDIS (Centro Integral de Discapacidad Visual)
• CRECE (Centro de Educación Incluyendo y Salud Emocional)
• Cocina Móvil
• CALIDEZ

Products and services

• Centro de Autismo Sinaloa (CAS) A comprehensive autism care center offering integral attention for persons with autism spectrum condition, ages 1 to 25, with state-of-the-art equipment, international certifications, and certified multidisciplinary staff (pediatricians, psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, dentists, nutritionists, special education teachers).
• Centro de Rehabilitación y Educación Especial (CREE) Main rehabilitation center in Culiacán providing specialized rehabilitation services for people of all ages — physical, psychological, auditory, language, neuromotor, and intellectual — to facilitate family, social, and labor integration.
• Centros Regionales de Rehabilitación Integral (CRRI) Regional rehabilitation centers strategically located in Los Mochis (north zone) and Mazatlán (south zone), providing integral attention in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for persons with disabilities.
• Unidades Básicas de Rehabilitación (UBR) First-contact disability attention units distributed across 18 municipalities, facilitating access to rehabilitation services in remote communities.
• Centro Integral de Discapacidad Visual (CIDIS) Comprehensive visual disability center providing diagnosis, evaluation, ophthalmology, pediatric ophthalmology, optometry, clinical psychology, social work, and therapies for children, adolescents, and adults.
• Centro de Educación Incluyente y Salud Emocional (CRECE) Emotional health center for vulnerable populations integrating physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions, providing specialized psychotherapeutic attention, courses, workshops, and academic programs.
• Programa de Desayunos Escolares School breakfast program promoting adequate nutrition for school-age children through cold and hot breakfasts designed with nutritional quality criteria, involving parents, teachers, and the school community.
• Programa de Despensas Food pantry program promoting healthy nutrition for children and families in risk and vulnerability conditions through food assistance with nutritional quality, accompanied by food guidance and community development actions.
• Brigadas del Bienestar Mobile welfare brigades bringing integral attention to underserved communities including medical consultations, psychological support, functional supports, food programs, legal advice, and services for seniors, persons with disabilities, children, and adolescents.
• AQUATÓN Annual emergency water donation campaign collecting bottled water to support families affected by drought across Sinaloa communities; exceeded its goal in 2026 raising over 1.2 million liters.
• Centros de Desarrollo Integral (CDI) Community development centers in peripheral areas providing medical, dental, and preventive consultations, job training, courses, and workshops, primarily for seniors. Five DIF Pilares centers operate across the state.
• Casa Cuna y Albergue Transitorio Nursery providing protection, assistance, and education to vulnerable children from birth to six years old, including victims of crimes such as abuse, neglect, abandonment, or sexual abuse.
• Centros de Asistencia Infantil Comunitarios (CAIC) y Centros Asistenciales de Desarrollo Infantil (CADI) Child development centers providing care for children 2-6 years (CAIC) and 6 months to 6 years (CADI), offering protection and integral formation for children of working mothers without social security.
• Espacios de Alimentación, Encuentro y Desarrollo (EAEyD) Community food spaces under the 'Comunidad DIFerente' strategy, contributing to food security through creation of spaces for preparing safe, nutritious, and accessible food, also serving as communal meeting spaces.
• Programa de Apoyo Funcional (Apoyos Funcionales) Program providing wheelchairs, PCI strollers, walkers, special chairs for adults, and other functional supports to persons with motor disability lacking economic resources.
• Casa Hogar del Anciano San José and Asilo de Ancianos Santa Rosa Residential care facilities for adults 60+ without family or in abandonment situations, operating in Culiacán (Casa Hogar del Anciano San José) and Los Mochis (Asilo de Ancianos Santa Rosa).
• Cocina Móvil Mobile kitchen program that delivers hot breakfasts and meals to families accompanying patients in hospitals and communities in need.

Quantifiable outcome

• 193,576 total services provided by CAS (2019-February 2026)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fundación Buena Vista SinaloacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 June 2026Partnership for visual health programs including cataract and pterygium surgery jornadas. Foundation coordinates with CIDIS and Hospital Civil de Culiacán to provide free surgeries benefiting over 250 persons with visual disabilities.
• Hospital Civil de CuliacáncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical partnership for visual disability surgeries, specifically cataract and pterygium procedures. Hospital provides surgical facilities and medical staff for the joint program with CIDIS and Fundación Buena Vista Sinaloa.
• Sistema Nacional DIFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational coordination for social assistance programs, annual work plans, and capacity building. Coordinates community development programs, food assistance strategies, and child protection initiatives at federal level.
• United Nations Global CompactminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVoluntary adherence to UN Global Compact principles on human rights, labor standards, environmental protection, and anti-corruption. First state DIF system in Mexico to participate.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Sistema DIF Sonora: Neighboring northwestern Mexican state DIF covering a similar regional population profile, with comparable rehabilitation, food, and water-emergency response programs. Closest regional peer to DIF Sinaloa.

Direct peers

• Sistema DIF Estado de México: Largest Mexican state DIF system serving Estado de México, operating specialized centers, rehabilitation, food, and child protection programs. Directly comparable scope and service model to DIF Sinaloa.
• Sistema DIF Guanajuato: State DIF operating specialized centers, rehabilitation, food assistance, and senior programs across multiple municipalities. Directly comparable state DIF operating model.
• Sistema DIF Jalisco: Peer state-level DIF system in Jalisco offering the same suite of disability, rehabilitation, food assistance, child protection, and senior services. Directly comparable as a state DIF with similar operating model and federal coordination.
• Fundación Teletón México (CRIT): Operates a national network of CRIT rehabilitation centers for children with disabilities, including autism and neuromotor conditions. Most directly comparable peer in autism and pediatric disability rehabilitation services in Mexico.
• Sistema DIF Nuevo León: State DIF in Nuevo León providing rehabilitation, food, child protection, and senior services. Directly comparable as another state DIF with similar operating scope.
• Sistema DIF Ciudad de México: Capital-city DIF providing the most expansive portfolio of social, rehabilitation, food, and child protection services in Mexico. Comparable operating model at larger urban scale.

Others

• Cáritas Mexicana: Major Mexican nonprofit delivering food assistance, emergency relief, and community development programs nationally. Comparable in food-assistance and community-development scope though operates via civil society rather than government.

Emerging players

• Fundación Down México: Nonprofit focused on Down syndrome and intellectual disability inclusion, education, and family support. Comparable as a specialized disability-services organization serving overlapping beneficiary populations in Mexico.

Broad incumbents

• Sistema Nacional DIF (Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia): Federal umbrella coordinating all 32 Mexican state DIF systems, including Sinaloa. Provides national program frameworks, federal budget flows, and capacity building — directly comparable as the parent-tier entity governing DIF Sinaloa's federal alignment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dif_sinaloa
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@DIFSinaloa
• Facebookfacebook.com/DIFSinaloa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cas-centro-de-autismo-sinaloa
• Instagraminstagram.com/dif_sinaloa

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries6 records

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