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So far in , new students have enrolled in the program; 23 have passed the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners exam; and 65 program graduates have been hired! On Saturday, October 24, more than 5, folks of all ages will gather for a morning-long festival celebrating the worth of every Angeleno and the work of Homeboy Industries.
And your being here this morning announces that with your feet. They are welcomed into a community of mutuality, kinship and respect. And they receive a wide variety of services ranging from tattoo removal to anger management and parenting classes so they can move on from Homeboy Industries and become contributing members of the community - knowing they count. Join us as a runner or walker, donor or sponsor, volunteer or cheerleader.
The grant will help fund our Case Management program, which is the hub of our month Job Training program. Case Managers like Maria Flores, pictured are true Renaissance men and women: They work closely with clients to create service plans, and also act as mentors, confidants, chauffeurs, and walking resource databases. This sort of hands-on, individualized care is at the root of the transformations that take place every day at Homeboy.
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When men and women with a history of trauma encounter someone they can trust, healing begins. The program helps former gang members and previously incarcerated individuals develop hard and soft job skills while doing the rigorous internal work that is the root of transformation.
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Trainees like Arturo pictured, with his new driver's license receive case management, education, therapy, tattoo removal, employment services, and peer mentorship. Recently, Arturo encouraged his fellow trainees to stay strong despite continuing adversity: The Homeboy Industries Voter Registration Drive will be open to all Angelenos and will provide a unique opportunity to educate previously incarcerated and gang-affiliated men and women about their right to vote, as well as offer onsite registration.
Join us for Morning Meeting at 8: When polo fans gathered to celebrate their favorite sport at British Polo Day in June at Will Rogers Polo Club, they were also helping former gang members and previously incarcerated individuals turn their lives around. For the second year in a row, Homeboy Industries was the proud recipient of proceeds from British Polo Day.
The international network of polo events partners with a charitable organization in every country it tours. At Homeboy, clients like Michael discover the strength and skills necessary to reintegrate into society. Michael described his transformation this way: I lost so many jobs and messed things up with my friends and family. I had to man up and face my fear of change.
I used to look at myself and feel disgusted. Now I feel proud. Sunday, August 9th from 4: The California Endowment, N. Registration is now open. Please email GlobalHomeboyNetwork homeboyindustries. To support the educational goals of our Homeboy community, we are holding our 3rd Annual Back-To-School Drive throughout the month of July. It all adds up!! And we are very grateful. Throughout this month we will be accepting school supplies for students of many ages, all of whom we hope to supply with the much needed tools for success. We especially want to support this partnership, since these are kids that would not be in high school if not for the wonderful program, compassionate teachers and tenacious staff of Learning Works!
We want to offer our support and encouragement to all of these students, so they feel the love from their community and the pride in accomplishing something so important. We know that an education is the gift that keeps on giving. In Homeboy-style, let's make sure they know: We can accept donations of any of the following unused school supplies:.
Backpacks, calculators, 3-ring binders, lined filler paper, spiral notebooks, folders, report covers, rulers, pens, pencils, sharpeners, erasers, colored pencils, highlighters, white out, glue sticks, gift cards, etc. We will distribute these supplies on August 3rd in a Back-To-School event. We want all of these students to succeed - and we know it takes a village!! You can drop-off at our headquarters at W. You can also mail them to that address, ATTN: Please direct questions to Sara at shaines homeboyindustries. Thank you very much for your continued support and for making this Back-To-School season less stressful for so many of those in need.
We appreciate your efforts!! Homeboy provides free, comprehensive therapeutic services that help clients do the inner work necessary to address years of complex trauma. It is not uncommon for a Homeboy client to grow up navigating a minefield of physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, gang violence, loss, and abandonment.
It is no wonder that Fr. All my life, I just tried to be quiet and listen to other people. The program will provide case management, mentoring, and education to help their clients meet individualized career goals set early in the training process. While with Homeboy, they will move through a multi-phase training program that includes pre-enrollment tutoring, vocational training, work readiness training, and testing that will lead to industry-recognized credentials.
When David Andrade went to prison, he was still a teenager. Given the opportunity to train at Homeboy Industries, he took his job seriously, even when he was cleaning toilets on the maintenance crew. Hawking bread for Homeboy Farmers Markets, he doubled sales for his location. He did stints in the Employment Services department and the computer lab. David liked the idea of being able to build a real career, but he was nervous.
I wanted to quit, but [Employment Counselor] Thaddeus pushed me. David graduated from the Solar Panel program in As Assistant Program Coordinator, he tutors cohorts of plus students at a time, preparing them for a series of three photovoltaics classes at East Los Angeles Skills Center, our program partner. The most recent class had 19 grads. So far, David has found positions for 17 of them. My family is proud of me now. The delegation was made up of formerly incarcerated people, clergy, and community leaders from the states of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Florida, Louisiana, and California.
The group was there to deliver more than signed petitions calling on President Obama to BanTheBox on Federal job applications and to create FairChance federal hiring practices. This is part of the policy and advocacy work that Homeboy Industries does through its community organizing efforts. The group also discussed low-income housing policies in regards to formerly incarcerated people and the obstacles these policies present for family re-unification.
Homeboy Industries is grateful to the Carl and Roberta Deutsch Foundation, which recently made a grant in support of our Job Training program and wrap-around services. The Carl and Roberta Deutsch Foundation is a long-time supporter of Homeboy Industries, and their gift will help our clients break the intergenerational cycle of violence and poverty. When Natalie came to Homeboy as a trainee, she wanted to improve her life and become a role model for her children. Today, she works as a Homeboy case manager, and her son just graduated from our charter high school, Learning Works.
Like Homeboy, the Parsons Foundation is dedicated to improving the fabric of the Southern California community. For us, that means improving public safety by helping former gang members and previously incarcerated men and women see that they are capable of more than they ever thought. We have so many people hold us up. Homeboy strives to become a secure base for clients who had traumatic or chaotic backgrounds. Here, they receive case management, therapy, education, and mentorship. This foundation enables trainees to develop the skills and confidence they need to meet their goals.
And I know you can do it. These images of Compassion, Kinship, Education and Love will greet Angelenos and remind them that "Hope has an address". But Homeboy Industries and Fabian want your help! You may donate now by following this link. Other donations include acknowledgement in the Celebration and Opening materials. We hope you will stand with us and be a part of this mural-making project to celebrate the men and women who want to paint a new vision for their lives!
We hope you will be part of this very special Homeboy Community event. Not only will I sponsor, I will paint my panel! Ensure the longevity of the murals with this stewardship level of support. This level will provide the foundation and care of the project. However, as our mission is to provide rehabilitative and reentry services to a narrowly defined, hard-to-employ client base, the ordinance to increase the minimum wage will reduce the number of clients we serve on a daily basis.
This decrease in services could potentially affect public safety and increase recidivism, thus forcing tax payers and society to pay more in the long haul. Homeboy Industries is a human services agency dedicated to providing our clients—previously incarcerated, gang-involved individuals and high-risk youth—an invaluable opportunity to transform their lives so they can become contributing members of our society.
All of our clients have one or more barriers to employment — visible tattoos, criminal records, substance abuse problems, limited education, and employment skills. They walk through our doors ready to work through deep trauma and disadvantage that has driven them to a lethal absence of hope. At Homeboy, we provide resources for our clients to overcome their pasts and reimagine their futures by developing self-resiliency, job skills, professional references, and the understanding that hard work pays off.
In the course of a year, our employees—who are paid at or above minimum wage—train approximately clients providing them a safe, supportive environment for case management, tattoo removal, legal services, counseling, education, and specialized training, and employment services.
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This holistic approach leads them on the exit ramp out of the vicious cycle of recidivism and the gang lifestyle. As a human services agency with limited resources, we are grateful for our donor support. We are proud to partner with L. Our organization exists not to make money, but to help people become resilient so they can succeed in society, become contributing members of our communities, and secure good-paying jobs from traditional employers across our city.
As you can see, our request for an exemption—just for our clients—is not because Homeboy does not support a living wage. We simply want to continue our work to equip the unemployable with the strength to change. We want to help our clients become workers who can make a living wage outside of an month program. More than ever, now is the time for Homeboy to grow, not to shrink. At a recent Morning Meeting where we make announcements and kick off the day with an inspirational thought , a trainee shared his story: When I was locked up, I had trouble believing in myself, but my son inspired me to keep going.
I want to be a counselor one day. How do former gang members and previously incarcerated individuals come so far, from near-hopelessness to excitement about the future? Case managers like Stephanie Lovina and Christy Juarez, left , who work closely with trainees to create individualized service plans, are the engine that fuels transformation at Homeboy Industries. The grant will help the men and women who come through our month Job Training program each year to articulate goals, formulate plans, and form trusting relationships with their case managers.
On behalf of all the trainees now daring to believe in themselves, we are grateful to the Borchard Foundation! These outcomes create safer, healthier neighborhoods.
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Father Greg Boyle encourages new trainees not to be overwhelmed by the prospect of transformation: Just take one step. We are grateful to the Sawchuk Family Foundation for enabling more trainees to take that first step, and many more. Generous supporters have offered to give away a smart car, two round-trip tickets to Paris, and an electric bike that can be used to raise funds through a raffle. The prizes will be given away at our 5k on October 24th. Find out how you can purchase individual tickets to win a Smart Car, two tickets to Paris, or an electric bike by clicking this link!!
Take part in our raffle ticket fundraiser to sell books of tickets to raise funds for Homeboy. If interested please email info EveryAngelenoCounts. While here, the staff and players made tamales from scratch with Homeboy Industries own homegirls of Homegirl Catering. The Galaxy also received a tour of the Homeboy Industries facilities courtesy of the trainees.
Come say hi and sign up for our Every Angeleno Counts 5K, the winners of the raffle will be announced at the race on October 24th. If you would like to make tamales in our Homegirl Cafe with a Tamalada night of your own, please contact us at ext Want to join us in Carson for the game next Wednesay the 27th? Homeboy understands that clients are more likely to get the help they need if they can access multiple resources under one roof. Thanks to supporters like B of A, Homeboy is able to treat people as individuals, not as problems to be solved.
Former gang members come to Homeboy to transform their lives, but it can be hard to make a fresh start when wearing your past on your face or hands in the form of tattoos. They have visible tattoos. But when two of our three laser tattoo removal machines broke last year, the program had trouble keeping up with demand.
Building on our summer Missing Ink crowd-funding campaign, the Confidence Foundation recently made a substantial gift to support tattoo removal at Homeboy. Support from the Confidence Foundation will allow us to serve more clients like Emilio, whose life is changing every day at Homeboy as he learns to set goals, accept love and support, and refuse to let something like a gang tattoo hold him back. What keeps me going is not only breathing but learning how to breathe. With your help, in Homeboy Industries will provide a welcoming place for 10, gang members and formerly incarcerated men and women to leave behind hopeless pasts filled with poverty, abuse, and criminal activity.
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