Help Girls Move from Gangs to Restaurants in L.A.

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Summary

Support cooking classes for up to 28 disadvantaged young women that could lead to full time employment at Homegirl café, a full service restaurant in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

For women, incarceration rates have increased by 57% between 1995-2005 and continue to rise by about 3% annually. In California, 75% of youth gang homicides and 100,00 probation cases are in Los Angeles County. With a recidivism rate of 58%, many of these young women lack the support systems and job skills they need to live healthy and stable lives.

Activities

Participants are trained in basic food preparation and cooking techniques at LA Trade Tech. These classes give them the skills needed to begin work at the Café and a certification to include in all future job applications.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $5,065
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $9,935
Total Funding Goal: $15,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Training over 35 women/year, giving them concrete skills and the tools to make a positive change in their lives enables them create and maintain stable homes, improving the lives of their children, their families, and their community.

Project Message

In prison, I realized it wasn’t the life that I wanted to be living. Since working at the Café, this has become a second family. Thanks for the chance to show that we can learn from our mistakes.
- Fallon Tooks, Homegirl Cafe worker

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Mona Hobson,
Director of Development
130 W. Bruno Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States
323-526-1254 ext. 31
Email:

Project Sponsor

Women's Funding Network

Organization

Homeboy Industries
130 W. Bruno St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States
(323) 526-1254
http://www.homeboy-industries.org

Learn more about Homeboy Industries and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United States and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 01, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 01, 2008.

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