Network Members
2nd Call is a community based organization designed to save lives, by reducing violence and assisting in the personal development of high risk individuals, proven offenders, ex-felons, parolees and others who society disregards.
A New Way of Life Reentry Project provides housing, case management, pro bono legal services, advocacy, and leadership development for people rebuilding their lives after incarceration.
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) works to end mass incarceration in California. To ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, ARC empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network, comprehensive reentry services, and opportunities to advocate for policy change.
API-RISE's mission is to make freedom possible for the community of current and formerly incarcerated individuals, youth and families in high-risk situations, allies, supporters, and their communities. We do this through culturally sensitive direct support, education, power building, organizing, and advocacy.
The Arts for Healing and Justice Network (AHJN) is an interdisciplinary collaborative that provides exceptional arts programming in order to build resiliency and wellness, eliminate recidivism, and transform the juvenile justice system.
Brotherhood Crusade is a 50-year old grassroots organization with a vision of improving quality of life and meeting the unmet needs of low-income, underserved, under-represented and disenfranchised individuals. We envision a South Los Angeles devoid of health disparities, disenfranchisement and poverty-associated adverse public health conditions.
Californians for Safety and Justice (CSJ), a program of Alliance for Safety and Justice, works with Californians from all walks of life to replace prison and justice system waste with common sense solutions that create safe neighborhoods. Through policy advocacy, grassroots mobilization, public education, alliances and support for local best practices, we promote strategies to stop the cycle of crime, reduce reliance on incarceration, and build healthy communities.
Debt Collective is a membership-based union for debtors and our allies. Our current economic system forces us into debt–student debt for an education; a mortgage or rent for housing; debts for utility bills or phone bills, medical care or even incarceration. No one should have to go into debt to meet their basic needs! These debts are illegitimate and the system needs to change, and we are united to win that change. Cancel Bail Debt is a tool for individuals to connect with Debt Collective and dispute bail bond debt.
Cedars-Sinai is a nonprofit academic healthcare organization serving the diverse Los Angeles community and beyond. With pioneering medical research achievements, education programs defining the future of healthcare, and wide-ranging community benefit activities, we’re setting new standards for quality and innovation in patient care.
COLLECTIVE REMAKE is a unique social co-operative—in Los Angeles County—designed to support the creation of worker-owned businesses and other kinds of co-operatives with people who have been incarcerated and other individuals who have been pushed out of the mainstream economy due to race, sex, class, gender identity, age or ability. Co-operatives are a pathway to sustainable economies and community empowerment.
Community Coalition centers the voices and leadership of people of color as we collectively work to upend systemic racism. The formation of our organization 30 years ago during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic of the late 1980s and early 1990s is rooted in our deep commitment to racial justice. Founded intentionally as a Black/Brown organization, Community Coalition understands the power that lies in bringing people together and serving as part of a larger movement. We know firsthand that it is the people closest to the issues who know what is best for their communities.
The Community Veteran Justice Project (CVJP) is dedicated to ensuring current and former military service members receive the information, support, and services they need to use California's Veteran Statutes to improve their lives. CVJP provides specific services, policy advocacy, and community education to assist justice-involved service members/veterans with obtaining alternative sentencing for some felonies, and diversion for misdemeanor cases. This can result in treatment rather than incarceration, some cases being dismissed, and records being sealed.​
CROP provides formerly incarcerated individuals with full-service reentry support and 12 months of intensive training to succeed in tech‑focused careers. Our mission is to reimagine reentry through a holistic, human‑centered approach to advocacy, housing, and skill development for the future of work.
Creative Acts is an organization that seeks to transform urgent social justice issues through the revolutionary power of the Arts; to heal trauma, build community, raise power, and center the voices of those who are or have been incarcerated.
Defy’s entrepreneurial programs enable one of America’s largest forgotten communities to defy the odds. We equip them with new skills, new connections, and a new belief to match their new purpose, and succeed in their new life of economic independence.
Dignity and Power Now (DPN) is a Los Angeles based grassroots organization founded in 2012 that fights for the dignity and power of all incarcerated people, their families, and communities. Our mission is to build a Black and Brown led abolitionist movement rooted in community power towards the goal of achieving transformative justice and healing justice for all incarcerated people, their families, and communities.
Enki Health Services, Inc. (Enki), has provided multicultural and multilingual behavioral health services to adults diagnosed with severe and chronic mental illness and children and adolescents diagnosed with SED, throughout Los Angeles since 1978. We offer Evidence Based Practices (EBPs) for prevention and early intervention to children and youth, working with parents, caregivers, schools, and other agencies to provide effective, time-limited services.
The Executive Service Corps-United States (ESC-US) is a national network of organizations that provide consulting, coaching, facilitation and many other services to strengthen nonprofits, schools and government organizations. By helping nonprofits improve their management and governance we are improving the quality of life in the communities we serve. Our affiliates offer high impact volunteer opportunities to professional, including those with senior level experience in business, government, or nonprofits.
Cycles of poverty, community violence and incarceration persist throughout Los Angeles County. These issues are systemic – our programs address the root causes of trauma to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive. This revolving door of recidivism disproportionately impacts communities of color and traps families in cycles of poverty and perpetuates community violence.
The mission of Friends Outside is to assist children and families, prisoners, and former prisoners with the immediate and long-term effects of incarceration, and to act as a bridge between those we serve, the community at large, and the criminal justice system, thereby enhancing the character of justice.
Since 1916, Goodwill Southern California’s mission has been to Transform Lives Through the Power of Work. We serve individuals with disabilities and disadvantages by providing education, training, work experience and job placement services.
Through an earth-based program of healing, self-actualization and connection to community and nature, Green Arrow Co-Lab provides a comprehensive gardening and mindfulness curriculum for youth and young adults who have had involvement with the justice system. Our mission is to support young people harmed by systemic injustice, structural racism and a societal disconnect as they reconnect to themselves and their future opportunities for success.
The GRIP Program is an evidence-based methodology developed over 25 years of work with thousands of incarcerated people and many victims/survivors. Rooted in Restorative Justice principles, the program’s trauma-informed model integrates cutting-edge neuroscience research. Students engage in a yearlong, in-depth journey to comprehend the origins of their violence and develop skills to track and manage strong impulses rather than acting out in harmful ways. They transform destructive beliefs and behaviors into an attitude of emotional intelligence that prevents re-victimization.
Founded in California more than 40 years ago, Health Net believes that every person deserves a safety net for their health, regardless of age, income, employment status or current state of health. Today, we provide health plans for individuals, families, businesses of every size and people who qualify for Medi-Cal or Medicare. Together with our 90,000 network providers, Health Net serves three million members across the state. We also offer access to substance abuse programs, behavioral health services, employee assistance programs and managed health care products related to prescription drugs. Health Net and its parent company, Centene, employ more than 6,300 people in California who work at five regional Talent Hub offices across the state.
HealthRIGHT 360 gives hope, builds health, and changes lives for people in need. We do this by providing compassionate, integrated care that includes primary medical, mental health, substance use disorder treatment and re-entry services.
Homeboy Industries is the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world. For over 30 years, we have stood as a beacon of hope in Los Angeles to provide training and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated people, allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of our community.
Impact Justice advances safety, justice, and opportunity through boundary-breaking work that honors and empowers people and is changing expectations about what we can accomplish together.
Our mission at Kindful Restoration is to facilitate recovery and reintegration for individuals affected by addiction. Using our Kindness Tool to guide interactions with empathy and respect, we provide comprehensive support both inside correctional facilities and in outpatient settings. We focus on nurturing physical, emotional, and social well-being, offering tailored counseling, mindfulness, and life skills development. Our approach creates a supportive environment that prioritizes kindness, aiding in the healing and successful transition of participants to a life beyond addiction.
L.A. Care's mission is to provide access to quality health care for Los Angeles County's vulnerable and low-income communities and residents and to support the safety net required to achieve that purpose.
CALIFORNIA BLACK WOMEN’S HEALTH PROJECT, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was established in 1994 as an affiliate of the Black Women’s Health Imperative (formerly National Black Women’s Health Project) based in Washington D.C. We seek to empower women to become active participants in improving their health status.
LARRP is a network of public, community and faith-based agencies and advocates working together to ensure that our reentry system meets the needs of our agencies, communities, and the people we serve, both in terms of capacity and public policy.
LA-CAMFT is a local chapter of the larger state organization, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)*. Like many local chapters, LA-CAMFT was formed to create a more intimate, localized, and accessible community of Marriage and Family Therapists for the purposes of networking, professional development, and career support.
The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) is the largest county-operated mental health department in the United States, directly operating programs in more than 85 sites, and providing services through contract programs and LACDMH staff at approximately 300 sites co-located with other County departments, schools, courts and various organizations. Each year, the County contracts with close to 1,000 organizations and individual practitioners to provide a variety of mental health-related services. On average, more than 250,000 County residents of all ages are served every year.
DPSS is one of 36 County departments and serves over 10 million residents in a county larger in population than 42 states, encompassing 88 cities. DPSS is the second largest County department in Los Angeles County and the largest social service agency in the United States. DPSS has an annual budget of $5 billion and provides services to one out of every three residents in Los Angeles County. DPSS has a workforce of nearly 14,000 employees with the capacity to serve residents in 19 languages at more than 40 offices throughout Los Angeles County.
Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers (LADL) is a non-profit organization made up of its executive office and its five law firms. LADL and its 187 lawyers are committed to the families they serve and are committed to keeping families together. Our goal is to always advocate for our client and our client’s right to retain or regain custody of his or her child.
Second largest in the nation, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) serves over 600,000 students in kindergarten through twelfth grade at over 1,000 schools. The District also has over 200 independently-operated public charter schools, authorized by the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education.
LearningWorks responds to educational needs in the community by providing tutoring, mentoring, and alternative education opportunities designed to ensure the success of learners whose needs are not met by traditional systems.
With empathy and enthusiasm—to educate and empower returning citizens with holistic, evidence-based interventions while engaging all communities to emancipate America from mass incarceration.
Maternal Mental Health NOW believes that the mental and emotional experience of welcoming a baby to the family impacts the entire family unit.
We believe that addressing mental health during the perinatal (pre-conception to one year postpartum) period is as important as screening for gestational diabetes, and that a parent’s emotional well-being can have as much of an impact on the infant’s life as the nutrition that the baby receives in the womb. We work with healthcare providers, health systems, and state and local government to make the prevention, screening, and treatment of perinatal anxiety and depression part of the standard of prenatal and postpartum care for every new parent in LA County, regardless of their circumstances. We center historically oppressed, marginalized, and under-resourced parents at the heart of our work, as they regularly experience the most significant challenges to receiving timely, informed, and culturally appropriate care.
Meals in Motion is a California-based 501c(3) nonprofit organization that aims to combat food insecurity. Our mission is to empower families to combat food insecurity by providing knowledge, skills training, and access to healthy food choices.
Our programs provide free education and hands on cooking classes to underserved families. Our goal is to provide families knowledge and skills to become self sustainable. Focusing on food safety, budgeting, and smart shopping to combat food insecurity.
Founded in 1914, The Midnight Mission has been offering a path to self-sufficiency to men, women, and children experiencing homelessness since 1914. As a comprehensive homeless shelter and homeless services provider serving the Los Angeles homeless community, we take an approach that fuses care and compassion with meaningful accountability, providing the structure and the resources that people experiencing homelessness need to truly improve their lives.
Our programs provide free education and hands on cooking classes to underserved families. Our goal is to provide families knowledge and skills to become self sustainable. Focusing on food safety, budgeting, and smart shopping to combat food insecurity.
Our programs provide free education and hands on cooking classes to underserved families. Our goal is to provide families knowledge and skills to become self sustainable. Focusing on food safety, budgeting, and smart shopping to combat food insecurity.
Molina believes every person, family and community deserves access to high-quality health care regardless of their situation. Our mission is to deliver effective, reliable and affordable health care to those who need it most. We strive to meet the physical, social and emotional needs of each member and to strengthen the communities we serve.
We do this by offering a holistic, community-based approach designed specifically to meet the individual needs of our members.
What started in 1980 as one clinic in Long Beach, aimed at addressing the disparities in access to quality health care, has grown into 19 health plans across the country. For over 40-years we’ve been improving the lives of our 5.1 million members across the country by pioneering health care services exclusively for those with government-sponsored health care.
NCJW|LA is committed to advancing economic justice and equity for women in Los Angeles. We combine hands-on programs and services with activism and advocacy to drive change on a micro and macro level -- supporting the passage of laws and policies that ensure economic security, promote dignity, and expand the safety net for women and their families.
Pasadena Learning Gardens is a non-profit organization originally dedicated to understanding and transforming the way we produce, distribute and consume food. This path revealed much about the weaknesses and opportunities we face. We now look to the connection and collaboration we see in nature as a model for our personal and collective wellness. We advocate for our wellness program of eating well, moving more, and staying connected. We educate communities to understand what “good food” is and how to grow, buy and share it; we build and support learning gardens; we educate our communities to live more sustainably; and we facilitate community transformation through collaboration with neighbors on a similar journey.
Across the state, we help people find permanent housing and provide case management, medical and mental healthcare, benefits advocacy, employment training, and other services to help them maintain their homes stably. Since 2013, we have connected more than 9,000 people to permanent homes.
Phoenix House California currently serves over 37,000 women, men, and young people annually – including family members, parents, teachers, students, veterans, the homeless, and men who are recently released from incarceration. We often offer the only chance of recovery to the underserved and uninsured in our communities and give them hope and a second chance at a life they never thought possible. We are guided by our mission every day – to save as many lives as possible – we won’t let addiction win.
Building healthy relationships, families and communities free from sexual, domestic and interpersonal violence.
Project Rebound is a program that supports the higher education and successful reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals wishing to enroll and succeed at university. By connecting students with critical resources, Project Rebound constructs an alternative to the revolving door policy of mass incarceration and increases community strength and safety.
Project Return Peer Support Network is a unique mental health nonprofit where staff utilize lived experience to support and serve others with mental health challenges.
Originally founded as Project Return in 1980 as part of Mental Health America Los Angeles, PRPSN holds the distinction of being the first “peer” mental health program in California. Peers bring their own personal knowledge of what it is like to live and recover from mental health conditions and have a unique ability to connect with others who share in this experience.
We walk side-by-side and in solidarity with Boyle Heights residents to build a healthy, safe, and thriving Boyle Heights community for all. Proyecto Pastoral’s mission is to empower the community of Boyle Heights through grassroots projects in education, leadership, and service.
The P.S. in P.S. ARTS stands for public schools. P.S. ARTS was founded in 1991 out of the Crossroads Community Foundation by Dr. Paul Cummins with seed funding from musician and philanthropist, Herb Alpert. They recognized that a steady decline in funding since the late 1970s had produced massive resource inequities in California public schools, and arts programs were virtually nonexistent in the schools serving the highest numbers of youth affected by poverty and systemic racism.
We are a network of people building resilience and creating positive change in individuals and communities impacted by incarceration. While embracing all those who are system-impacted, we give particular focus to youth, incarcerated youth offenders, and formerly incarcerated juvenile lifers. We provide programs that span prevention to reentry as we leverage our collective experiences, relationships, and resources to bring awareness, healing, and change full circle.
Our mission is to educate and create public awareness about recidivism so that programs for previously incarcerated persons who return home can succeed. We believe an informed public will encourage legislators to balance public safety with smart fiscal responsibility.
Root & Rebound’s mission is to support people navigating reentry and reduce the harms perpetuated by mass incarceration.
Self Determined Futures' mission is to empower and uplift disadvantaged and marginalized populations by providing comprehensive services and support. We are committed to addressing the unique challenges faced by these communities and working towards creating a more equitable society.
We are a community-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to liberating people from their internal and external obstacles through our innovative mentorship programs so they can freely add their unique value to the world.
St. John’s Community Health is a network of clinics in Los Angeles providing medical, dental, mental health, and substance use services as well as case management, supportive services, and outreach services. St. John’s started as a one-room, volunteer-run pediatric health clinic in 1964. Today, it is one of the largest non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center healthcare providers in Los Angeles and beyond, serving patients of all ages at over 20 locations including standalone clinics, mobile clinics, school-based health and wellness centers, and clinics in public/affordable housing developments.
For over a decade, we’ve helped people in the Inland Empire and greater Los Angeles area transition back to independent lifestyles after experiencing homelessness and/or incarceration, serving over 1,400 individuals and families.
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Street Poets harnesses the healing power of poetry and music to build community and inspire our next generation to write, rap and dream a new world into being for us all.
Success Stories is building a world free of prisons and patriarchy. We see individual and systemic acts of harm as symptoms of patriarchal beliefs that can be transformed.
We deliver a 12-week curriculum that helps people who have harmed to get clear on the people and goals most important to them, as well as obstacles, like patriarchal beliefs, they've placed in their way. After graduating, Alumni receive support and programming from Success Stories for life.
Ten Toes In serves as a Mentorship and Domestic Violence Prevention Program. To support, educate and empower couples during and after incarceration. We assist formerly incarcerated men to reintegrate back into society successfully and help them to maintain a HEALTHY relationship with their Partner.
Testimony Ministries Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization advancing the great commission and advocating for gospel-centered justice in CA. To see our communities blessed, Testimony Ministries provides reentry discipleship for believers who have been incarcerated. Through our growing statewide support network we offer fellowship, empowering opportunities, and practical pathways for believers to pursue the call of God in reentry so that our communities can be transformed by the redemptive power of the gospel.
The Los Angeles Veterans Collaborative is a structured network of public, private, and government agencies working together to reduce suffering and improve the lives of veterans, service members, and military families in LA County. This is achieved through strategically improving their access to services, reducing barriers and coordinating care, and influencing policy to improve their lives
Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural is a not-for-profit learning bookstore and cultural arts center. We support and promote the continued growth, development and holistic learning of our community through the many powerful means of the arts. The Centro provides a positive space for people to activate what we all share as human beings: The capacity to create, to imagine and to express ourselves in an effort to improve the quality of life for our community.
The Transformative In-Prison Workgroup (TPW) is a statewide coalition of individuals and organizations that believe in the transformative and healing power of community-based in-prison programs.
Our passion is grounded in health policy and health system transformation to achieve high-quality health care. As agents of change, we are a mission-driven, nationally certified women and minority-owned consulting firm.
Our mission is to foster communities that promote healing and wellbeing through collaboration, education, and community engagement. Our vision is a trauma-informed Los Angeles. Trauma Informed LA (TILA) is an all-volunteer, grassroots born, nonprofit organization founded in 2014.
UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced health care systems in the world. Our mission is to provide state-of-the-art patient care, generate research discoveries leading to new treatments and diagnoses, and train future generations of health care professionals. Together, the UCLA Hospital System and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA strive every day to be a leader in setting the standards of excellence.
The UNCHAINED SCHOLARS are a group of formerly incarcerated MSW, DSW, and Ph.D. students working with ally members to dismantle the barriers faced by people impacted by the criminal punishment system. Upholding the values and principles of the profession of social work, the Unchained Scholars challenge beliefs, policies, and systems that marginalize, stigmatize, and dehumanize individuals with criminal records contributing to a cycle of economic and racialized oppression. Through advocacy and diverse community building, the Unchained Scholars live the change they want to see.
We’re a social enterprise that engages with situations where extreme poverty meets homelessness, mental illness and addiction. When a neighborhood, street or intersection earns a reputation as a place to avoid, we turn it around. Urban Alchemy is a peaceful and supportive presence, inviting communities to rebuild and restore a sense of pride and respect in urban spaces.
As a leading community health center in Los Angeles, Venice Family Clinic has devoted more than five decades to providing quality care to individuals, families and communities with compassion and dignity.
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Veteran Social Services Inc. provides temporary bridge housing and permanent supportive housing, substance abuse referral and resources, employment/vocational training, and case management services for United States Veterans and their families. VSS Inc is currently operating and providing supportive services at a 16-unit Interim housing complex in Los Angeles. VSS Inc. plans on developing bridge housing for Veteran women and Veteran women with children with onsite supportive services.
To support and uphold our community’s right to health by providing
quality, equitable & comprehensive care.
At Wildwoods, we are passionate about connecting people to nature. Our nature-based programs integrate outdoor education, science, and social-emotional learning and are designed for health, wellness, and community building.
A non-profit work development program whose mission is to "Train, educate, and prepare women for transformative careers in the construction industry.”
The Mission of Youth Mentoring Connection is to transform the lives of at-risk youth by caring for their wounds and shining a light on their gifts through an ongoing mentoring community, creative expression, and life-changing experiences; thus inspiring them to become thriving adults. Our Vision is of a community that brings vital connection, love, and healing into the lives of at-risk youth.
The Mission of Youth Mentoring Connection is to transform the lives of at-risk youth by caring for their wounds and shining a light on their gifts through an ongoing mentoring community, creative expression, and life-changing experiences; thus inspiring them to become thriving adults. Our Vision is of a community that brings vital connection, love, and healing into the lives of at-risk youth.
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To transform behavioral health and human service systems so organizations and individuals can reach their full potential.
​Alliance for Community Empowerment (ACE) is a community-based 501(c)3 organization located in the West San Fernando Valley. Since its inception in 2013, ACE has assisted thousands of individuals whose lives have been impacted by trauma and poverty. To support empowerment, ACE provides education, workforce development, gang intervention and prevention programming integrated with counseling, mentoring, case management and other support services for marginalized individuals and families.
AVPH’s mission is to educate, strengthen and advocate for the community through services and partnerships, achieving optimal health and quality of life for all people in the Antelope Valley.
Since 1962, Amity Institute has been committed to building international friendship and cultural understanding through teaching exchange. Amity’s longevity has allowed us to learn how to expertly navigate the ins and outs of international exchange. Rest assured, there is no situation we are not prepared for.Since 1962, Amity Institute has been committed to building international friendship and cultural understanding through teaching exchange. Amity’s longevity has allowed us to learn how to expertly navigate the ins and outs of international exchange. Rest assured, there is no situation we are not prepared for.
Back to the Start produces powerful narratives underscoring the need for critical investments in early childhood and family resources. Co-led by incarcerated individuals at San Quentin and a former Chief Physician and Surgeon of California’s prison health care system, the new narrative series is written by incarcerated persons reflecting on the arc of their lives from childhood to incarceration. This initiative is grounded in the power of stories and provides a historically missing viewpoint to help build empathy and a shared understanding of the legacy of our nation’s systemic and racial inequities starting at birth.
API-RISE's mission is to make freedom possible for the community of current and formerly incarcerated individuals, youth and families in high-risk situations, allies, supporters, and their communities. We do this through culturally sensitive direct support, education, power building, organizing, and advocacy.
At Best Intentions Behavioral Therapy, the motto "THINK. FEEL. GROW." encapsulates a holistic approach to mental health and personal development. This concise yet profound phrase reflects the core values and therapeutic processes at the heart of their services. Let's break down what each element signifies and how it contributes to the overarching mission of fostering well-being and growth.
KALW created the first FM broadcast training program in the country and it trained women in radio broadcasting during World War II. KALW continues this tradition with the Audio Academy, a 10-month, tuition-free journalism training program, as well as its summer podcast academy for teens and its Uncuffed radio training program inside San Quentin and Solano State Prisons.
​Our mission is to foster sustainable development and improve health, social, and economic outcomes by collaboratively engaging with community members and stakeholders.
To promote health and wellness in a compassionate and caring manner. We strive to re-integrate people back into society while developing and maintaining healthy lifestyles. By facilitating growth with a diverse and competent staff comprised of therapists, counselors, admin, and trainees.
Brian Biery is a documentary photographer who strives to capture the complexities, contradictions and beauty of life through his camera lens. Please explore these web pages to learn more about, view, and purchase Brian's photographs.
Bridge to Home provides shelter, support services, permanent affordable housing, and advocates for sustainable solutions for our neighbors in need.
​Bright Path Center, a 501c3 non-profit organization, was established in 2005 with the core belief that all individuals possess the capability to fight every challenge in their life and add value to the world. Our mission is to guide at-risk and homeless individuals onto a successful path through our comprehensive wellness and enhancement programs.
The Butte County Office of Education is committed to the success of every student and the excellence of every educator.
The California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) works in partnership with consumers and other stakeholders to provide services and advocacy resulting in employment, independent living, and equality for individuals with disabilities.
For more than 100 years, CCF has partnered with donors, nonprofits, funders, policymakers and others to tackle major challenges and improve the quality of life for all Angelenos. Join us in building a better Los Angeles.
California Lawyers for the Arts [CLA] is a non-profit organization founded in 1974 to provide legal services to artists and members of the creative arts community. In 1987, Bay Area Lawyers for the Arts [BALA] joined forces with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts-Los Angeles [VLA] to form California Lawyers for the Arts as a statewide organization.
Cal State LA transforms lives and fosters thriving communities across greater Los Angeles. We cultivate and amplify our students' unique talents, diverse life experiences, and intellect through engaged teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and public service that support their overall success, well-being, and the greater good.
The mission of Center for Living and Learning is to improve lives by assisting individuals transitioning from rehabilitation or with barriers to employment, into the workforce so that they may become contributing members of society.
CSULB crisis and mental health resources assist the Beach community by supporting their needs from an immediate crisis to finding ways to improve personal wellbeing.
Originaly formed in 1992 and officially incorporated in 1999, Centro CHA has been the community’s leading non-profit organization dedicated to the improvement and advancement of Latino/Hispanic. Through our various services, initiatives, and programs Centro CHA has played an integral role in the improvement of social and economic development and continues to be a beacon of hope to the community.
CSULB crisis and mental health resources assist the Beach community by supporting their needs from an immediate crisis to finding ways to improve personal wellbeing.
Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) offers individuals just coming home from prison the ongoing support necessary to build career capital and financial stability. We believe that everyone, regardless of their past, deserves the chance to work toward a stronger future for themselves, their families, and their communities.
LA County is working to address inequities and transform underserved communities that have been hard hit during the pandemic with investments from the American Rescue Plan Act and other funding sources. Through December 2024 a wide range of service providers, vendors and businesses will be needed to achieve these objectives.
The Child and Family Guidance Center empowers children and families to achieve health and well-being through innovative mental health services and community programs.
At Children's Institute, we believe that every child deserves to realize their abundant potential, leading to a fulfilling life. We are partners in healing and growth for children and families in Los Angeles communities affected by under investment.
CHIRP is a nonprofit HOPWA-funded housing information and referral program dedicated to preventing homelessness and improving the quality of life of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles County. In this website you will have access to a comprehensive range of affordable housing options, as well as an extensive list of supportive services designed to assist you in finding and maintaining housing.
Chrysalis helps people who are navigating barriers to the workforce prepare for, find, and keep jobs. Our services are free and available to all.
Communities Actively Living Independent & Free (CALIF) is an independent living center, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides advocacy programs and services for people with disabilities primarily residing within the 50 zip codes of Los Angeles County covering south and central Los Angeles and neighboring communities.
Our priority at CDS is ensuring your success. Whether you’re seeking to expand your operations, increase your technological performance, or enhance your organizational effectiveness, we’re here to ensure that the process is well-planned and executed. Our team is experienced in a wide variety of business processes ensuring you get the most professional results every time.
The Community Works (CW) mission is to transform justice through programs and policy rooted in humanity and healing.
COPE Health Solutions (CHS) is a national tech-enabled services firm powering success for health plans and for providers in risk arrangements. Our comprehensive NCQA certified population health management platform and highly experienced team brings deep expertise, experience, proven tools, and processes to improve financial performance and quality outcomes for all types of payers and providers. CHS de-risks the roadmap to advanced value-based payment and improves quality and financial performance for providers, health plans and self insured employers.
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​We are a debtors’ union fighting to cancel debts and defend millions of households. Join us to build a world where college is publicly funded, healthcare is universal and housing is guaranteed for all.
At UCSF Family and Community Medicine, we relentlessly search for better care models that meet the needs of diverse populations and foster joy in practice among diverse care team members. We proudly build on our department’s recognized legacy of pioneering effective solutions, integrating excellence in patient care, education, and research, and rapid response to the challenges of our times from healthcare access to HIV to COVID. Since 1968, our community has been defining new global standards for the role of academic family medicine in the social justice movement. 
​The mission of the Department of Justice is to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights.
Food on Foot is a nonprofit dedicated to assisting our unhoused and low-income neighbors in Los Angeles with nutritious meals, clothing, and a fresh start through life-skills training, full-time employment, and permanent housing.
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​Have a particular life obstacle you’re trying to overcome? Sometimes, seeking help from a certified expert is the best way to put things into perspective. As a committed, professional Mental Health Service Provider in Lauderhill, your well-being and mental strength is our number one priority. Family Unity is happy to guide you through all of life’s challenges with the attention and care you deserve.
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The entire ESC community is mobilized around our new vision and mission statements, which reflect our shared commitment to optimize our impact. We recognize that this is only possible through effective collaboration with our extraordinary nonprofit clients – who are the experts in providing critically-needed services to the communities they know best. We take enormous pride in working alongside them to support so many important causes and make a lasting difference in so many lives.
Our programs empower all individuals and families, regardless of age, race, or gender, by providing knowledge and skills to live a healthy, safe, fulfilled life.
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First 5 LA advocates for children and their families, amplifies community voice and partners for collective impact so that every child in Los Angeles County reaches their full developmental potential throughout the critical years of prenatal to age 5.
Foothill Family provides comprehensive, evidence-based services that are tailored to meet the unique needs of each individual and family we serve. We provide a safe and supportive environment where clients can feel heard, understood, and empowered to make positive changes in their lives.
We strive to foster collaboration among diverse populations of members, providers, and health plans to create a future where our network plays a pivotal role in transforming the landscape of health and wellness, ensuring that all Californians receive comprehensive and compassionate care.
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​Gangfree.org was developed by the Gang Alternatives Program (GAP), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides services and programs to promote a gangfree lifestyle to young people and their families.
Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center, a non-profit organization located in Echo Park, has been serving the Greater Los Angeles area since 1953. Our qualified healthcare professionals treat all mental health conditions and provide services for children, adolescents, transitional aged youth and adults. We pride ourselves on offering quality mental health treatment to all individuals, whether funded or non-funded.
Greener Way Associates is dedicated to building climate-resilient communities through comprehensive workforce development and community education. Our focus is on transforming residential lawns, gardens, and green spaces into urban oases and food jungles, employing best practices in urban agroecology, including rainwater harvesting for reuse.
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GRID Alternatives envisions a rapid, equitable transition to a world powered by renewable energy that benefits everyone. Our mission is to build community-powered solutions to advance economic and environmental justice through renewable energy.
The mission of Helpline Youth Counseling (HYC) is to help build individual, family, and community health, well-being, prosperity, and equity. HYC serves clients and community members with trauma-informed, strength-based, person-centered prevention, early intervention, education, and treatment services.
At Hollywood UMC, we believe that God is LOVE, that all people are welcome and equal in the family of God, and that God is for us, not against us.
​We provide members of the displaced community throughout the Los Angeles and Orange County regions with the comprehensive follow-up care they need as they transition between hospital and home. Our team of dedicated professionals offers treatment and support services that are an integral part of their journey to regaining independence and building a better life.
Our mission is to create housing and service options that model, with respect and dignity, sustainable, environmentally sensitive, affordable communities for people of limited resources
Human-I-T is a social enterprise that creates equitable access to opportunity by providing devices, internet access, digital skills training, and tech support for communities left on the wrong side of the digital divide, while at the same time, empowering businesses and organizations to do good by diverting technology from landfills to protect our planet
Our mission is to end incarceration by activating the power of the people it directly impacts.
We cultivate a person-centered, coordinated continuum of care for justice-involved individuals and their communities. Our focus is prevention, diversion, and reentry to achieve community safety, wellbeing, and equitable justice.
We support public policies that help us provide high-quality, affordable health care and improve the health of our members and the communities we serve.
We believe that every individual deserves to be treated with compassion, respect, and dignity, regardless of their circumstances. We are committed to providing holistic homeless and housing services that go beyond finding shelter. Our hope, is those in need also receive comprehensive support to help rebuild their lives and regain their independence.
Koinonia Family Services is a nationally accredited, premier foster and adoption agency with over 39 years of experience and offices throughout California and Nevada.
At L.A. CADA, our mission is to help individuals struggling with addiction and behavioral problems. We are dedicated to providing client-centered, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented services. Our team consists of caring and qualified professionals who are licensed, certified, and registered.
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LA-CAMFT is a local chapter of the larger state organization, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)*. Like many local chapters, LA-CAMFT was formed to create a more intimate, localized, and accessible community of Marriage and Family Therapists for the purposes of networking, professional development, and career support. Through monthly chapter meetings and committee participation and programs, members are afforded important opportunities to connect with one another and form lasting professional relationships in what might otherwise be a lonely profession.
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Sparky founded Jubilee Legal to help his fellow Californians escape burdensome debt, recognize their shared struggles, and work toward a more joyful and equal society.
Founded in 2019, La Maida Project is a nonprofit organization addressing the mental health crisis by empowering organizations to adopt an ecological approach to healing that improves the mental health of their teams and those they serve.
​Led by formerly incarcerated and system-impacted people, Land Together is one of the only organizations in the country working at the intersection of environmental justice and criminal justice system reform. Through in-prison and reentry programs and services, coalition-building, and advocacy initiatives, Land Together brings people together to grow, heal, cultivate community, and build a more just, humane and sustainable world.
We, the People of God of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, accept our mission to continue the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. Baptized into the Body of Christ, confirmed in the Holy Spirit, and nourished by the Word and Eucharist, we share Christ’s mission as priest, prophet and servant kings. We are one with the Catholic Church throughout the world, in communion with the pope.
Our mission is to rebuild lives. Our goal is to do this with integrity and the highest standards. We hire only the best of the best in order to achieve our mission and goals.
Working to facilitate public transparency and accountability with respect to the Sheriff’s Department.
For more than 100 years the Los Angeles Urban League has served as a powerful advocate for African-Americans and other minorities by ensuring access to careers with living wages, opportunities to launch and grow their own businesses and by establishing pathways to personal and career growth.
Independent Living Systems (ILS) is committed to promoting a higher quality of life and maximizing independence for all vulnerable populations. ILS supports health plans, providers, and individuals to improve health outcomes, create provider networks, and help health care organizations balance cost efficiency.
Magnolia Public Schools provides a college preparatory educational program emphasizing Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) in a safe environment that cultivates respect for self and others.
MALDEF is the nation’s leading Latino legal civil rights organization. Our commitment is to protect and defend the rights of all Latinos living in the United States and the constitutional rights of all Americans.
The Mend Collaborative understands that violence, grief, and traumatic loss impact all communities. Our mission is to provide opportunities for healing and transformation to victims and survivors of violence, including incarcerated people, many of whom are also survivors. We bring together survivors of violence and those responsible for harm in restorative healing partnerships to transform our punishment-focused justice system to one that creates true healing.
MENTORS Inc. works to enhance the dignity and quality of life for justice-impacted individuals and families by strengthening communities of color, eliminating barriers to opportunities, and helping those in need reach their full potential through solidarity, learning, and the power of work.
Pets give us endless love, compassion, and cuddles. They make homes happier and people healthier and bring communities closer together. Our end of the bargain is to provide them with food, shelter, protection, and endless tummy rubs by conducting research, policy initiatives, community partnerships, and impact investments.
​The LA County MVA supports Veterans, Service Members, and their Families by guiding them through federal and state benefits, including compensation, pensions, education, medical care, home loans, funeral benefits, and license plate designation. Our licensed Veterans Service Officers also provide referrals for mental health and addiction issues.
Mo_losophy collaborates with leaders to maximize their team’s talent and foster greater collaboration and productivity. We specialize in Organizational Development and Team Building, with a unique niche in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Our approach to DEI focuses on optimizing individual talent and inspiring that maximized talent to fully engage in the corporate vision.
​Mom's Meals provides home-delivered, medically tailored meals designed by registered dietitians and professional chefs.
​NAMI Greater Los Angeles County (GLAC) is the leading countywide organization composed of grassroots-based chapters that promote wellness, recovery, equality, and dignity for individuals and families affected by mental illness and the community at large.
New Opportunities Organization educates and empowers undeserved communities through partnerships, vocational training, and supportive services to improve the quality of life and well-being of our students.
Olive Support Service’s mission is deeply rooted in cultivating strength. We are architects of resiliency and positive transformation. We create diverse training initiatives and uphold a culture steeped in creating lasting positive change.
At the core of our organization is a mission to empower communities nationwide by connecting individuals with essential state and federally funded assistance programs. Through active outreach—whether at events, seminars, store-fronts, or in collaboration with city mayors and state partnerships—we ensure these critical state and federal resources reach those who need them most. We believe true empowerment comes not just from goodwill, but through education and access to transformative opportunities. With a goal to enroll over 10 million people by 2030, our dedicated outreach team is leading the way, establishing us as the nation’s premier resource for connecting communities with the support they deserve.
Painted Brain creates lasting, community-based solutions to mental health challenges and the impact of social injustice through arts, advocacy, and enterprise.
We envision a world where the legal system reflects the humanity, complexity, and potential of those who experience it and its outcomes ensure the opportunity to move forward with one's future intact.
​We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone, from our team to our partners feels valued and supported.
​People’s Pottery Project’s mission is to employ and empower formerly incarcerated women, trans and non-binary individuals through paid job training, access to a healing community, and meaningful employment in our collective non-profit ceramic business.
​The Personal Assistance Services Council (PASC) strives to improve In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS), support independence, and enhance the quality of life for all who receive and provide In-Home Supportive Services.
Plan Street helps organize programs and develops reporting tools in single software solution.
Elevating voices and breaking chains. We empower justice-impacted individuals with the tools to lead and ignite systemic change, turning obstacles into opportunities for action and hope.
​With rates of recidivism as high as 70% in some parts of Los Angeles, Project 180 is turning lives around through comprehensive diversion and re-entry programs for Angelenos involved in the criminal justice system. Providing a “one stop shop” approach, Project 180 provides the services needed to address the complex and deep-rooted issues that have placed, and keep, people in the criminal justice system.
With practical solutions, tailor-made programs, and compassionate care, Project 180 keeps people out of the system and in their communities.
At Raise Up, we ignite potential within Los Angeles' diverse communities by delivering high-impact workshops on critical life skills
​Breakfast faves and international specialties created by chefs. Balanced, nutrient-rich meals made with whole foods and approved by registered dietitians. Food is medicine. And now it can be delivered right to your doorstep.
Rise Above Sober Homes, located in beautiful Moreno Valley, CA is a transitional living program for men in recovery. Our location is conveniently nestled an hour from the mountains and beaches of Southern California, Rise Above provides a consistent and safe environment. Located in an upscale neighborhood, close to several shopping centers, our home includes shared spaces, which are tastefully decorated and ideal for those serious about recovery. Residents at the house are provided indoor and outdoor cooking areas, billiards, ping pong, fully equipped gym, and a relaxing outdoor living area for socializing at night. Let us help your recovery!
The Self-Awareness & Recovery (SAR) program is designed to reduce recidivism and incarceration rates. The goal is to help adult and youth offenders heal from the emotional wounds they experienced during their formative years. Through self-awareness we seek to explore the causative factors that led to destructive life styles. Through recovery we aim to teach healthy coping skills for the preservation of freedom and prosperity for those we serve.
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Our clients range from companies with an entire network of sites, small home-grown businesses and internet companies through to personal webmasters. Our service remain simple, regardless of your site content or service offering, we will undertake and technically optimize your website to generate top search engine positions, in every major search engine.
Believing, Building, Becoming…Believing in our families that the can overcome whatever challenges they face. Building a foundation of hope that our families can acquire the skills and support needed to accomplish their goals. Becoming empowered…as proud individuals, nurturing parents, and productive members of the community.
South Los Angeles Health Projects (SLAHP) is a community partner of the Lundquist Institute. With the Lundquist WIC program and as a Healthy Families of America- Affiliate, we are dedicated to fighting health disparities throughout South Los Angeles communities and beyond.
Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. is a full-service behavioral healthcare organization that provides high quality, cost-effective substance abuse and mental health treatment to adults and youth. We are a non-profit, community-based organization that operates a psychiatric hospital, residential and outpatient alcohol and drug treatment centers and family medical clinics. All facilities are licensed and certified by the State of California and the County of Los Angeles and are accredited by The Joint Commission.
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The Good Seed´s mission is to help our clients thrive through helthcare and housing. We provide specialized services to ensure they have the tools they need to overcome challenges,the ability to realize their goals and dreams,and live healthy and meaningful lives.
The mission of The TransLatin@ Coalition (TLC) is to advocate for the specific needs of the Trans Latin@ community that resides in the U.S.A. and to plan strategies that improve our quality of life.
Third Sector is a national nonprofit helping to unlock possibility, confront inequity, and catalyze change to the benefit of the people and places our government, community-based, and philanthropic partners serve. We are a technical assistance organization that advises our government agencies on effective ways to reshape their policies, systems, and services toward better outcomes for all people no matter their race, background, and circumstances.
- Viktor E. FranklBetween stimulus & response there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth & our freedom.
I believe clients' potential for growth is linked to the personal advancement of their therapist. To maintain effectiveness in my role, I consistently devote myself to personal growth, educational training, and self-reflection. Having navigated my own transformative journey, I bring with me practical techniques that have been proven to work in real-world situations.
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