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Casa Youth Shelter
Casa Youth Shelter in Los Alamitos has been giving troubled teenagers a safe place to stay - and a direction to the future - since 1978. In 22 years, it has never closed its doors, providing crisis shelter and counseling for more than 8,500 at risk, runaway, and throwaway youths ages 12 to 17. Its 12 beds are nearly always full.
Mary Health of the Sick Convalescent and Nursing Hospital
Set on eight landscaped acres, this 36-year-old hospital for elderly and terminally ill women is owned and operated by The Sisters, Servants of Mary. The 36,650-square foot, non-profit, non-sectarian facility has helped more than 1,000 women since 1964.
Carecen
CARECEN L.A. - the nation's first community center for Central Americans - was founded in 1983, when thousands of Salvadorans and Guatemalans were fleeing civil wars at home. It now serves more than 25,000 people annually with interdisciplinary programs in youth and family technology and education, immigration legal services, and civic participation.
Jewish Family Services' Family Friends Project
Since 1986, the Family Friends Project has been matching volunteers with children who have chronic illnesses, development disabilities or are at risk. The Los Angeles program, co-sponsored by UCLA Medical Center, has 90 volunteer and family matches. Volunteers, who are carefully screened, are there for the entire family.
The Gary Center
The Gary Center's quiet demeanor in La Habra's Guadalupe Park cannot begin to convey its interconnecting services to communities in North Orange County and beyond. It was founded in 1971 by Hope and Allen Stafford as a drop-in drug treatment center in memory of their son Gary.
College Bound
College Bound began in Andy and Johnnie Savoy's living room in 1991, after they helped son Kareem through the college application process and wanted to share what they learned with other African-American families. That year, 39 students enrolled. It soon became clear the needs went beyond writing effective essays.
Therapeutic Living Centers
Therapeutic Living Centers opened to 11 residents in 1977, created by parents eager to keep their children out of state institutions, unable to place them anywhere else. Now it has 10 homes within a close radius in the San Fernando Valley, each overseen by live-in caregivers. The resident-to-staff ratio: 2 or 3 to 1.
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