Many superb organizations are engaged in building
a new reality
for the poor in Los Angeles County and California. You can find a
role for yourself, or get better educated about the issues, by checking
the websites of the groups listed here.
The Los Angeles Regional Foodbank's mission is mobilize the resources of our community to fight hunger, the causes of hunger, and the problems related to hunger. It is the largest foodbank in the region, serving many smaller local pantires. The website includes an online Food Pantry Search.
California Emergency Foodlink, founded in 1992, finds sensible solutions to hunger that effectively address its root causes, poverty and joblessness. CEF delivers food throughout California from the Emergency Food Assistance Programs (TEFAP): www.foodlink.org/programs/tefap.php.
EVANGELISTIC CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST FOOD PANTRY - www.ecogic.org/pantry.html: A church-run food pantry program that serves over 400 households a month in South-Central Los Angeles.
FOOD ON FOOT - www.foodonfoot.org: This non-profit organization is dedicated to providing the poor and homeless of Hollywood and Los Angeles with nutritious meals, clothing, and assistance in the transition to employment and life off the streets. Serves more than 500 meals weekly to homeless, disabled, elderly, and low-income adults and children.
FRONTLINE FOUNDATION - www.frontline-foundation.org/: Frontline operates an emergency meals program in the Downtown Los Angeles Skid Row area.
GREATER WEST HOLLYWOOD FOOD COALITION - www.automobile-donation.com: This organization provides one nourishing meal a day to some 125 homeless people in the Hollywood area; has recently lost its donated kitchen facility.
LAX FOOD PANTRY - http://westchester.methodists.org/about/laxfood.html: A project of the Westchester Clergy Association, the LAX Food Pantry provides emergency, short-term assistance to families in need of food, which is collected from businesses, schools, and churches.
OUR SAVIOR CENTER FOOD PANTRY - www.oursaviourcenter.org/programs09.html: An over-the-counter food distribution site and Emergency Food & Shelter Program (EFSP) food recipient, assisting an average of 150 households on an average business day. Receives food through the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank (LARF), U.S. Department of Agriculture, several churches, and community businesses.
SOVA FOOD PANTRY OF LOS ANGELES - www.jfsla.org/sova/: A project of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, Sova (Hebrew for "eat and be satisfied") fights hunger in Los Angeles at three community food pantries by assisting more than 2,500 needy persons a month. Sova provides free groceries and supportive services that help clients move toward self-sufficiency, and anti-hunger advocacy and education to the frail elderly, chronically ill, unemployed and underemployed, working families, victims of domestic violence, immigrants, homeless, and veterans. Operates in west-central Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley.
WALNUT FOOD BANK - www.ci.walnut.ca.us/pages/content/cityserv/foodbank.html: The Walnut Food Bank provides assistance to local families through contributions from community members of non-perishable food items and monetary donations.
WESTSIDE FOOD BANK - www.westsidefoodbankca.org/: The Westside Food Bank distributes some four million pounds of food annually in the Santa Monica area. The organization serves seven meals (equals five pounds) of food for every dollar contributed, and sponsors an annual 5K HungerWalk in October. The Westside Food Bank's innovative Extra Helpings prepared and perishable food recovery program collects more than 100,000 pounds of food per month from area restaurants, markets, bakeries, caterers, and farmers' markets and distributes these to member agencies.
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Hunger Advocacy and Policy Organizations
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS - www.cafoodbanks.org The California Association of Food Banks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a unified voice among food banks to maximize their ability to build a well-nourished California. Site includes a list to access California Food Bank Resources: www.cafoodbanks.org/resource.htm. The Food Bank Resource Center includes a California Emergency Food Assistance Programs (CEFAP) Fact Sheet, Food Stamp information, information for Seniors, and information about Child Nutrition, Healthy Food, Hunger Education, and Hunger Program Fundraising.
CALIFORNIA FOOD POLICY ADVOCATES - www.cfpa.netCalifornia Food Policy Advocates is a statewide public policy and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of low-income Californians by increasing their access to nutritious and affordable food. CFPA's Community Child Nutrition SNACK Pilot is a nutrition pilot project to help community groups get the funding to feed more kids: www.cfpa.net/Snacks/snackattack.html.
Also offered on the site is a "Thanksgiving Menu of Opportunities to Improve Nutrition in California" (a PDF file).
L.A. COALITION TO END HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS - www.lacehh.org
LACEH&H is a network of hundreds of organizational and individual members organizing, educating, advocating, and lobbying through these six key projects: Hunger Action Network, Los Angeles Plan to End Homelessness, Welfare Reform Advocacy Project, Community Action Network, Civil Rights Project, and Homeless Voter Mobilization Project.
The Community Food Security Coalition is a non-profit organization dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at all times, and to ensuring that food supplies are regionally based and grounded in the principles of justice, democracy, and sustainability. A massive links page at www.foodsecurity.org/links.html consists of links in these categories: Food Security/Food Systems, Urban Agriculture/Community Gardens, Nutrition, Sustainable Agriculture, Farmers' Markets, Anti-Hunger, Community-Supported Agriculture, Progressive, Religious, Community Development, University/Cooperative Extension, Restaurants/Chefs/Coops. CENTER FOR FOOD AND JUSTICE - http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi/cfj/index.htmThe Center for Food & Justice is a division of Occidental College's Urban & Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI). With its vision of a sustainable and socially just food system, CFJ engages in collaborative action strategies, community capacity-building, and research and education. The Center works to improve access to fresh and healthy foods in all communities, particularly those where access is most limited; and to facilitate environmental, health promotion, community development, social justice, and land use strategies that empower local communities and strengthen the capacity of small family farmers. Key programs include the National/California Farm-to-School Projects, the Los Angeles Healthy School Food Campaign, the Los Angeles Fresh Food Access Program, the Healthy After-School Snack Program, the Los Angeles Food & Justice Network, and Project CAFE (Community Action on Food Environments).
The End Hunger Network works with the entertainment community to create and support media projects, programs and events to raise awareness and generate actions to end childhood hunger.
LOS ANGELES CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS / SOCIAL SERVICES TO HELP OR TO GET HELP -www.at-la.com/@la-char.htm
This website includes a list of links to Los Angeles and California resources for fighting hunger, including the following Los Angeles-area food banks:
NATIONAL STUDENT CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS - www.pirg.org/nscahh
A project of the Public Interest Research Group, NSCAHH has a good page of Links to Other Hunger and Homelessness Organizations, at www.pirg.org/nscahh/hunger.asp?id2=7178.
Health Care Organizations and Advocates
HEALTH CARE FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS: SB-921 CAMPAIGN
: www.SB921campaign.org
Phased in over a two-year period in a process led by health care providers
and health care experts, advocates and consumers, SB921 will provide
coverage to all Californians and place our system on a sound financial
footing through a series of reforms spelled out on the website.
Get involved in the Los Angeles County SB921 Campaign 2004 on this
organization's homepage.
HEALTH ACCESS - www.health-access.org
Many links to opportunities to advocate for health care reforms and
health care services expansion in California, including Southern California.
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PROJECT NEW HOPE - www.projectnewhope.org
Serves low-income and homeless individuals living with HIV / AIDS
throughout Los Angeles County. You can help with volunteer work, donations,
and corporate sponsorships, at www.projectnewhope.org/help.html.
Site has an Update newsletter, in PDF form accessible from the homepage.
ASIAN HEALTH SERVICES - www.ahschc.org
See the site for info.
CALIFORNIA BLACK HEALTH NETWORK - www.cbhn.org
See the site for info.
CALIFORNIA BLACK WOMEN'S HEALTH PROJECT - www.cabwhp.org/
See the site for info.
CALIFORNIA HEALTH ADVOCATES - www.cahealthadvocates.org
Non-profit association dedicated to timely and responsive education
and advocacy efforts on behalf of California Medicare beneficiaries
and the pre-retirement population. CHA promotes the work of the Health
Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP), projects serving
4.1 million Medicare beneficiaries of all ages throughout California.
Call (800) 434-0222 or visit www.calmedicare.org
for locations and phone numbers of local HICAP offices.
CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION - www.chcf.org
Online resource for independent research, analysis and news on issues
affecting healthcare delivery and financing. Includes guides to 2004
health ballot measures, California Medicare options, and small business
guide to health insurance.
CALIFORNIA PAN-ETHNIC HEALTH NETWORK - www.cpehn.org
The network's mission is to improve access to health care and eliminate
health care disparities by advancing public policies and advocating
for sufficient resources to address the health needs of communities
of color.
CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE RIGHTS - www.healthcarerights.org/
A non-profit health care consumer advocacy organization serving consumers
through a combination of direct service programs and public policy
advocacy. Comprehensive national and state health and medical organizations
and agencies at www.healthcarerights.org/links.html.
Volunteer to be a Los Angeles County Health Insurance Counseling and
Advocacy Program (HICAP) counselor at www.healthcarerights.org/help.html.
COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCILS, INC. - www.chc-inc.org
Non-profit community-based health promotion, advocacy and policy organization.
Strengthens community participation in defining state and local policy
that impacts health care access and quality by mobilizing, organizing
and empowering community and grassroots consumer groups that share
its vision of a healthy, informed and proactive consumer population.
Current Los Angeles health care issues are tracked at www.chc-inc.org/chcIssuesCounty.cfm.
Accessing Benefits for Children (ABC Project) seeks to improve the
health conditions and reduce the number of uninsured children in Los
Angeles, Lennox and Inglewood. See www.chc-inc.org/chcABC.cfm.
Funded by the L.A. County Department of Health Services.
HEALTH CONSUMER CENTER OF LOS ANGELES - www.healthconsumer.org/LosAngeles.html
The L.A. partner of the statewide Health Consumer Alliance, the Center
helps low-income residents of Los Angeles County navigate the maze
of today's health care system, helping people get the healthcare they
need. The Health Consumer Alliance (www.healthconsumer.org) is a united
effort of nine legal services agencies to address the health access
problems of California health consumers, particularly low-income consumers
in Los Angeles and 11 other California counties.
HEALTHY KIDS, HEALTHY SCHOOLS - www.healthykidsproject.org
This project works with school districts in California to develop
and implement outreach and enrollment strategies for California state-sponsored
children's health insurance programs, Healthy Families, and Medi-Cal.
LATINO COALITION FOR A HEALTHY CALIFORNIA - www.lchc.org
The "leading voice on Latino health issues throughout California." Primary programs include community education, research, and policy
advocacy in areas of access to health care, immigrant health, health
care disparities, and community health. See www.lchc.org/lanetwork.html
for the Coalition's Los Angeles Regional Network and its current events.
MEDI-CAL REDESIGN - www.medi-calredesign.org
Gov. Schwarzenegger has announced his intention to seek federal approval
to redesign Medi-Cal to contain costs while avoiding deep cuts in
eligibility and benefits. The types of changes under consideration
represent fundamental changes to Medi-Cal and the most significant
changes to the program since it began in 1966. This site is the Web
location of a process to seek stakeholder input on the State's proposed
changes and suggestions for new ideas for the program.
SAFETY NET INSTITUTE - www.safetynetinstitute.org
The Institute, created by the California Association of Public Hospitals
(www.caph.org), is committed to advancing community health for California's
low-income, racially diverse populations. The organization believes
that California's public hospitals and health systems are uniquely
well-qualified to address the health needs of California's vulnerable
and at-risk communities. Go to www.safetynetinstitute.org/Upcomingevents.htm
for upcoming events.
CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE PARTNERSHIP - www.cpca.org
Impacting policy in the women's health area to promote well-being
and eliminate health disparities for women throughout California.
One-fifth of California's 17 million women are uninsured, higher than
the national average. Creating linkages among diverse women's health
organizations is a key part of this goal. The Partnership was created
by the California Primary Care Association, www.cpca.org.
ORAL HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE - www.cpca.org/govaffairs/ohac.cfm
The Initiative is a nonpartisan collaboration directed toward improving
the oral health status of California's traditionally underserved and
vulnerable populations. The Initiative was created by the California
Primary Care Association, www.cpca.org.
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS - www.caph.org
See the site for info.
CALIFORNIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION - www.cpca.org
See the site for info.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF CALIFORNIA - www.ppacca.org
The largest provider of reproductive health care services in Los Angeles
County (96% of its 58 thousand clients a year are at or below 250%
of the federal poverty level) and of sexuality and family planning
education. Leading local advocate for reproductive health care, education,
equity, safety, abortion rights, and clinic access. Operates 12 clinics
in Los Angeles County. A part of Planned Parenthood of California,
www.ppacca.org.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES CENTER
- www.cdtech.org
Links at www.cdtech.org/link/index.php
A non-profit training, applied research, and technical assistance
organization specializing in community economic development.
COMMUNITY COALITION (SOUTH LOS ANGELES) - www.ccsapt.org
A grassroots community-based organization working to build a powerful
voice in South Los Angeles to create, influence, and change public
policy. The Community Coalition's Land Use Committee is a group of
residents who are organized to prevent crime without increasing law
enforcement by cleaning up and shutting down illegal and nuisance
businesses that promote drug trafficking, substance abuse, and violence.
The Community Coalition's Prevention Network is a multidisciplinary
alliance of social service providers and community residents fighting
for a strong social safety net for South Los Angeles. The Community
Coalition's South Central Youth Empowered Thru Action is developing
the next generation of activists capable of leading their peers and
impacting public policy in their schools and community, with chapters
in area high schools.
EAST LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY CORPORATION - www.eastlacc.org
See the site for info.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LACEDC)
- www.laedc.org
As the premier business leadership organization, the LAEDC's mission
is to attract, retain, and grow businesses and jobs in the regions
of Los Angeles County.
PACIFIC COAST REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
- www.pcrcorp.org
A private, non-profit corporation founded in 1977 to help small business
owners in becoming successful members of the Southern California business
community. Through contracts and partnerships with government and
private institutions, the corporation provides financial, educational,
and management-assistance consulting services through a variety of
programs.
L.A. WORKS - www.laworks.org
A 'One-Stop Workforce Development Partnership,' L.A. Works improves
the quality of life of all customers. Delivers career-enhancing and
educational opportunities, provides community and business services,
and fosters an environment of goal-attainment for partners and the
customers we serve. Has created Prime Works, an Internet-based solution
for workforce development organizations. Provides a College Prep Program
to promote educational opportunities for economically disadvantaged
and at-risk youth, as well as a Work Experience Program for out-of-school
youth. The Community Services Division is committed to enriching customers'
lives and community in four areas: Housing Rehabilitation, Energy
Conservation, Neighborhood Beautification, and Transportation. The
L.A. Works Work Source Center offers job search and job placement
services, basic assessments of skills and needs, and follow-up services
to job seekers, and complementary workforce development services to
businesses.
CALIFORNIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LENDING INITIATIVE (CEDLI)
- www.caratnet.org/CEDLI.htm
AND www.tdfsf.org/small_business.html
A statewide for-profit lending consortium sponsored by California
financial institutions, to create jobs by providing financing to support
small business and community economic development and revitalization
activities in underserved low-income urban and rural areas which fall
outside of normal bank lending practices. Child Care Facilities Financing,
Affordable Housing, and Brownfield / Environmental Cleanup are some
of the specialized CEDLI programs.
CALIFORNIA ORGANIZED INVESTMENT NETWORK (COIN) -
www.insurance.ca.gov
A state government agency in the California Department of Insurance
promoting economic development and affordable housing needs in California's
traditionally disenfranchised populations and low-income communities.
BLACK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION - www.bbala.org
See the site for info.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF NONPROFIT HOUSING
- www.scanph.org Links at www.scanph.org/links/index.html
Founded in 1999, the Southern California Association of Nonprofit
Housing is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the development,
preservation, and management of permanently affordable housing for
low-income people. SCANPH believes that the non-profit community development
industry is the best vehicle for attainment of this goal. Comprised
of some 500 non-profit housing developers, social service agencies,
and community groups, private businesses, local government agencies,
lenders, and individuals all engaged with affordable housing in six
Southern California counties, including Los Angeles County.
L.A. COALITION TO END HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS - www.lacehh.org
Links at www.lacehh.org/linksJune03.htm
LACEH&H is a key player in LA. It is a network of hundreds of
organizational and individual members organizing, educating, advocating,
and lobbying through these six key projects: Los Angeles Plan to End
Homelessness, Welfare Reform Advocacy Project, Hunger Action Network,
Community Action Network, Civil Rights Project, and Homeless Voter
Mobilization Project. "Ten Ways to Perpetuate Homelessness"
(a good short article on the site) at www.lacehh.org/JoelRoberts%20Op%20Ed.htm
SHELTER PARTNERSHIP - www.shelterpartnership.org
The Shelter Partnership is a "unique non-profit organization
which develops resources and housing for the growing number of homeless
families and individuals in Los Angeles County." Since 1985,
the Shelter Partnership hs provided a variety of support services
to hundreds of agencies, free of charge. The Partnership also serves
as a resource to public agencies, the business community, local and
national media, and community members involved in the creatin of permanent,
affordable housing. The Shelter Partnership's Technical Assistance
program, Shelter Resource Bank, Public Policy Program, and Donor Assistance
Program are operated in support of Los Angeles County's 84,000 homeless
individuals -- including 9,000 homeless children. The Shelter Partnership
holds a 'How To Start a Shelter' Workshop on the first Monday of every
month, at its office at 523 West Sixth Street, Suite 616, on Sixth
Street between Olive and Grand, in Downtown Los Angeles. Call (213)
688-2188 or e-mail office@shelterpartnership.org for more information.
HEALTHY CITY - www.healthycity.org
Links at http://www.healthycity.org/Master.cfm?Content=OtherResource
Healthy City's mission is to improve the ability of low-income, underserved
children, adolescents, and their families to access services and advocate
for critical resources in their neighborhoods and communities.
HOUSING CALIFORNIA - www.housingca.org
Housing California is a statewide coalition of over 1,000 regional
and local housing advocates, non-profit developers, and homelessness
service organizations. Housing California lobbies on state-level policy
and budget matters in an effort to increase housing opportunities
for homeless and very-low-income households. Housing California organizes
the nation's largest annual conference on housing and homelessness,
attended by over 1,400 people. The Community Reinvestment Act's current
threatened status is the subject of a Housing California alert on
the organization's website.
HOUSING ADVOCATES - www.housingadvocates.org
Links at www.housingadvocates.org/default.asp?ID=111;
California Housing-Related Organizations at www.housingadvocates.org/default.asp?ID=702
California Affordable Housing Organizations at www.housingadvocates.org/default.asp?ID=402
The California Housing Law Project is an advocacy organization that
lobbies in the California State Legislature for affordable housing
and tenants' rights for low-income people, the disabled, elderly,
homeless, and farm workers. The Project provides housing information
services to local government housing agencies and housing advocacy
organizations.
LONG BEACH AFFORDABLE HOUSING COALITION - www.lbahc.org
See the site for info.
THE GREENLINING INSTITUTE - www.greenlining.org
The Greenlining Institute's mission is to empower communities of color
and other disadvantaged groups through multi-ethnic economic and leadership
development, civil rights, and anti-redlining activities.
HOUSING CRISIS L.A. - http://housingcrisisla.ucla.edu/
The UCLA Advanced Policy Institute is under contract with the Los
Angeles City Housing Department to publish copies of the Los Angeles
Housing Crisis Task Force and related materials on this website. One
item is an announcement of the establishment by the City of Los Angeles
of a Housing Trust Fund to provide funds for the development of affordable
housing.
NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWLEDGE OF LOS ANGELES
- http://nkla.ucla.edu
Developed by UCLA's School of Public Policy and Social Research, Neighborhood
Knowledge of Los Angeles contains housing-related data for the City
of Los Angeles, such as building code enforcement complaints, residential
building permits, buildings owing property taxes, and census data
accessible by Zip Code and census tract.
NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWLEDGE OF CALIFORNIA
- www.nkca.ucla.edu
Neighborhood Knowledge of California serves as a statewide interactive
website that assembles and maps a variety of databases that can be
used in neighborhood research. Its aim is to provide greater equity
in housing and banking policy by providing a set of Web-based tools
for documenting and analyzing trends. In addition, NKCA functions
as a geographic repository for users to map their own communities
by uploading their own datasets.
PROGRESSIVE LOS ANGELES NETWORK - www.progressivela.org/
A comprehensive list of links in multiple categories, with descriptions
of the organizations, at www.progressivela.org/resources/links.htm
Located at the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental
College, PLAN's work focuses on the convening of Task Force Summits
on various issues, to help develop a policy agenda for the City of
Los Angeles, provide an avenue to identify emerging issues, and involve
a variety of local and state progressive, labor, community, and environmental
organizations in this effort.
LOW-INCOME INVESTMENT FUND - www.lihf.org/site/index.html
The Low-Income Investment Fund provides affordable caital and technical
assistance to organizations working to alleviate poverty in low-income
neighborhoods, in three program areas: affordable housing, child care,
and education.
LOS ANGELES HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY
- www.lahsa.org Links at www.lahsa.org/links.htm
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is a City-County Joint
Powers Authority, an independent unit of local government, formed
to address the problems of homelessness on a regional basis. LAHSA
contracts with non-profit agencies to provide homeless services throughout
Los Angeles County.
COALITION FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING -
www.csh.org/
The Coalition for Supportive Housing works with non-profit groups
who develop, manage, and offer services within supportive housing,
in Los Angeles County and seven other California counties.
CENTURY HOUSING AND NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
- www.centuryhousing.org/default.htm
Links at www.centuryhousing.org/links.htm
The Century Housing and Non-Profit Corporation is a private-sector,
non-profit corporation working as a financial intermediary for affordable
housing developers in greater metropolitan Los Angeles. The corporation
has helped create more than 11,000 affordable homes.
ESPERANZA COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION
- www.esperanzachc.org/
The Esperanza Community Housing Corporation works to achieve comprehensive
and long-term community development in the Maple/Adams - Hoover/Adams
neighborhood of South-Central Los Angeles.
LONG BEACH AFFORDABLE HOUSING COALITION
- www.lbahc.org
The Long Beach Affordable Housing Coalition creates affordable housing
for working families, to provide opportunities and improve the quality
of life for neighborhoods and communities.
JOINT EDUCATIONAL PROJECT OF U.S.C.
- www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/jep/jep/siteinfo.htm
A list of JEP's Community Partners is at www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/jep/jep/siteinfo.htm#learning.
Contact at jephouse@usc.edu.
Founded in 1972, the Joint Educational Project at the University of
Southern California is one of the oldest and largest service and learning
programs in the country, offering students at the University of Southern
California the unique opportunity to combine academic coursework with
experience in the community surrounding the campus. JEP is also home
to the USC Readers Plus program, an America Reads / America Counts
affiliate.
L.A. WORKS - www.laworks.org
A 'One-Stop Workforce Development Partnership,' L.A. Works improves
the quality of life of all customers. Delivers career-enhancing and
educational opportunities, provides community and business services,
and fosters an environment of goal-attainment for partners and the
customers it serves. Has created Prime Works, an Internet-based solution
for workforce development organizations. Provides a College Prep Program
to promote educational opportunities for economically disadvantaged
and at-risk youth, as well as a Work Experience Program for out-of-school
youth. The Community Services Division is committed to enriching customers'
lives and community in four areas: Housing Rehabilitation, Energy
Conservation, Neighborhood Beautification, and Transportation. The
L.A. Works Work Source Center offers job search and job placement
services, basic assessments of skills and needs, and follow-up services
to job seekers, and complementary workforce development services to
businesses.
OPERATION HOPE - www.operationhope.org
A Los Angeles-based national non-profit self-help organization that
seeks to bring economic self-sufficiency and a sustained spirit of
revitalization to America's inner-city communities, through its ongoing
collaborations and long-term partnerships with leading government,
private-sector, and community interests. Operation Hope's Economic
Education and Empowerment programs include Banking Centers, Magnet
Communities, Home Ownership Programs, a Credit Counseling Program,
and an Inner-City Economic Summit Report.
Digital Empowerment activities include include its Inner-City CyberCafe
and its New Economy Jobs Partnership.
Economic Literacy efforts are centered on its Banking On Our Future
(BOOF) program for children ages 10 to 20, teaching them the fundamentals
of banking, checking and savings, credit, and investment.
COALITION FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS - www.communityschools.org
The Coalition for Community Schools is an alliance of national, state,
and local organizations in education K to 16, youth development, community
planning and development, family support, health and human services,
government and philanthropy as well as national, state, and local
community school networks. The Coalition advocates for community schools
as the vehicle for strengthening schools, families, and communities
so they can together improve student learning. The Coalition nurtures
community school networks at the local and state levels through its
Urban Community Schools Network. The Coalition for Community Schools
Links page at
http://www.communityschools.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=37
is an extensive list of links to national and regional and local organizations
working in the areas of Education, Youth Development, Local Community
School Networks, and School Facilities Planning, as well as Community
Development / community Building, Family Support / Human Services,
Government Agencies, Health / Mental Health Organizations, and Policy,
Training & Advocacy Organizations.
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP - www.iel.org
A non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Washington, D.C.,
bringing people together to identify and resolve educational issues
across policy, program, and sector boundaries. The Institute staffs
the Coalition for Community Schools (above).
NEW SCHOOLS / BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS - www.nsbn.org
See site for info.
Non Profit Organizations
LOS ANGELES CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS / SOCIAL SERVICES TO HELP OR TO GET HELP -www.at-la.com/@la-char.htm This website is divided into nine categories of information about charitable non-profit organizations in the Los Angeles area: Directories General Information Administration Volunteers/Volunteering Centers/Volunteering Opportunities/Volunteer Openings Abuse and Family & Domestic Violence Financial Assistance Homelessness/Poverty/Poor International Relief Safety.
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS CONTACT PAGE - www.cafoodbanks.org/NonprofitContactList.html Information on the activities and finances of more than 700 thousand non-profit organizations in the U.S.A., and on funding and other resources for non-profit organizations.
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITES LINKS PAGE - www.cafoodbanks.org/NonprofitWebSites.htm
Links to information on the activities and finances of more than 700 thousand non-profit organizations in the U.S.A. and California, and multiple links to non-profit websites with information on funding and other resources for non-profit organizations:
Find information on the activities and finances of more than 700,000 non-profit organizations, downloadable 990 PFs, philanthropy trends, and other resources for donors and nonprofits.
Links to all government websites relevant to non-profit organizations.Info on federal grants, statistics, agency partnerships, volunteer opportunities, and more.
The online version of the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance contains financial and non-financial assistance programs administered by departments of the federal government.
For information on foundations, including their 990 PFs and links to their websites, visit the Foundation Center’s web site.The site also provides many other informational services.
The website of the Nonprofit Resource Center has information about upcoming workshops, links to other resources, and descriptions of services available through the Center.
Website for California Management Assistance Partnership (C-MAP).Find (1) the management support center nearest you, and (2) general management information for running a non-profit organization.
