2017-2018 Organizational Wellness Project Participant Organizations |
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Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network (AIYN)The Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network (AIYN) envisions a future where youth are empowered and the systems that serve them are transformed by using arts as a foundational strategy and catalyst for change.
They are an interdisciplinary collaborative that provides exceptional arts programming in order to build resiliency and wellness, eliminate recidivism, and transform the juvenile justice system. |
Brotherhood CrusadeBrotherhood Crusade believes South Los Angeles can be a safe, thriving, culturally relevant, and inclusive community that provides all residents equitable access to human and social services and continually improves their quality of life.
Their mission is to remove and/or help individuals overcome the barriers that deter their pursuit of success in life and facilitate opportunities for a better quality of life by effectuating improved health & wellness, facilitating academic success, promoting personal, social & economic growth, providing access to artistic excellence & cultural awareness, increasing financial literacy and building community agencies & institutions. |
Community Health CouncilsCommunity Health Councils (CHC) is a community-based health policy and systems change organization. They engage stakeholders and contribute to systems change through coalition building and mobilization, and utilizing robust community-based participatory research approaches and analysis resulting in well-regarded publications.
Their work is predicated on two beliefs: (1) population health status is irrevocably linked to the structural and institutional policies which impact where people live, work, age, play, function, and grow; and (2) that transformative community change requires an iterative, interactive, engaging, and continuous dialogue with stakeholders, particularly community members and residents. |
Department on Disability (Los Angeles City)The Department on Disability, on behalf of the City of Los Angeles, is committed to ensuring full access to employment, programs, facilities and services; through strategic management and partnership education, advocacy, training, research and improved service delivery; for the benefit of persons with disabilities, providers of essential resources and policymakers.
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Federal Bureau of Prison (U.S. Dept. of Justice)The Federal Bureau of Prisons was established in 1930 to provide more progressive and humane care for federal inmates, to professionalize the prison service, and to ensure consistent and centralized administration of federal prisons. They protect public safety by ensuring that federal offenders serve their sentences of imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, and appropriately secure, and provide reentry programming to ensure their successful return to the community. The agency is responsible for the custody and care of 185,530 federal inmates and have nearly 40,000 employees.
Center for Council's Social Justice Council Project will be delivered to a cohort of Correctional Officers at staff at FBP's Metropolitan Detention Center. |
Los Angeles Police DepartmentIt is the mission of the Los Angeles Police Department to safeguard the lives and property of the people we serve, to reduce the incidence and fear of crime, and to enhance public safety while working with the diverse communities to improve their quality of life. Their mandate is to do so with honor and integrity, while at all times conducting ourselves with the highest ethical standards to maintain public confidence.
Center for Council will collaborate with LAPD's Watts Division to pilot a customized training program for 20 officers through this round of the Social Justice Council Project. |
Mixteco/Indígena Community Organizing Project (MICOP)The Mixteco/Indígena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) unites indigenous leaders and allies to strengthen the Mixtec and indigenous immigrant community in Ventura County, estimated at 20,000 people. MICOP’s majority-indigenous staff builds community leadership and self-sufficiency through education and training programs, language interpretation, health outreach, humanitarian support, and cultural promotion. They organize the community to advocate for shared concerns.
MICOP reaches approximately 6,000 individuals each year. |
My Friend's PlaceMy Friend’s Place assists and inspires homeless youth to build self-sufficient lives. In collaboration with the leading social services providers and educational institutions in the region, as well as over 500 volunteers, My Friend's Place offers a free and comprehensive continuum of care that combines emergency necessities with therapeutic, health, employment and education assistance, and creative arts services through three major programmatic areas.
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Para Los NiñosSince 1980, Para Los Niños has been raising children out of poverty and into brighter futures through positive educational opportunities and wrap-around support. With six early education centers and three charter schools serving some 1,570 low-income children (ages 6 months to 14 years), they place education at the core of their mission to break the cycle of poverty.
The organization provides a comprehensive social services model that incorporates: high-quality education, family support and mental health services, parent engagement and community building opportunities to thousands of children living in at-risk neighborhoods in Los Angeles County. Para Los Niños serves 5,100 children, youth and families each year. |
Proyecto PastoralProyecto Pastoral is an organization whose mission is to empower the community of Boyle Heights through grassroots projects in education, leadership, and service. They've worked since 1987 to build a vision for a better community, and have worked together to support educational opportunities, economic opportunities and safety and well-being.
‘Working with [their] hearts for social change’, they carry forward their vision for a more just, empowered, healthy and safe community in which children and families can thrive. |
Rosemary Children's ServicesThe vision of Rosemary Children’s Services is to ensure all children and adolescents lead productive and meaningful lives.
The mission of Rosemary Children’s Services is to help children, adolescents and families heal from their pasts and move toward productive and fulfilling futures, by providing the highest quality of therapeutic support, education and permanency planning. |
Safe Place for Youth (SPY)Safe Place for Youth’s mission is to inspire, nurture, and empower the resilient human spirit of homeless youth by providing immediate and lasting solutions, one young person at a time.
Safe Place for Youth prioritizes low barriers for entry, harm-reduction, a trauma-informed approach, and the provision of a safe, supportive environment. They do this through a continuum of care that includes street outreach, drop-in services, case management, health and wellness, and education and employment programs. |
Social Justice Learning InstituteThe Social Justice Learning Institute is dedicated to improving the education, health, and well-being of youth and communities of color by empowering them to enact social change through research, training, and community mobilization.
They envision communities where education empowers individuals to use their agency for the purpose of improving each other’s lives. To meet their goals, they work with youth, residents, local schools, districts and city officials to increase educational opportunities through innovative programs and sustainable practices. They also develop and manage programs that advance academic, food, and environmental justice. |
Stepping Forward LAStepping Forward LA works with foster youth aging out of the foster care system without getting adopted or returning to their biological families. Their programs support young adults (ages 14-25) as they navigate this transition into adulthood. They teach them basic life skills and connect them to the resources they need to reach their fullest potential.
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Youth Action Project, Inc. (YAP)The Youth Action Project is a non-profit organization that works to empower San Bernardino’s youth to develop the skills and habits needed to experience economic and social success.
Their work is intended to bring positive change by helping local youth graduate from high school, complete college or vocational training, develop work skills, and make responsible choices. Not only stopping problems before they begin, the Youth Action Project aims to improve the community at large by creating a better-prepared workforce that attracts and maintains local businesses. |