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LIST OF COMMUNITY AGENCIES
Below is a list of agencies and programs that are currently available for CSULA student volunteers, interns, and trainees. To get further information on these service-learning opportunities please click on the name of the agency or contact them by phone or e-mail. If you are an agency representative and would like your organization included in this program please download, print, and complete the Agency Information Request Form in PDF format. Acrobat Reader is required to view this document and a free download is available by clicking on the following button:
Placements by Category (scroll down to view full alphabetical list):
Youth and Family
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Education
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Mental Health
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Health Issues
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Women's Issues/Domestic
Violence/Rape
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Community Empowerment
and Development
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Drug Abuse
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Homelessness
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African/African
American Communities
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Gay and Lesbian
Communities
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Latino Communities
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Asian/Asian-American
Communities
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ABC CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
3200 N. Rosemead Blvd.
El Monte, CA 91731
Phone: (323) 724-6100
Contact: Lucia Liberman-Bert
This
agency services preschoolers between the ages of 3 to 5 years old at 21 sites
from East Los Angeles to West Covina and La Puente. Most of the family
serviced are bilingual and includes a full spectrum of autistic and pervasive
developmental delay disorders. The agency is currently in need of
Chinese-speaking (any dialect), Vietnamese-speaking, and naturally
Spanish-speaking interns and volunteers.
For more information on undergraduate opportunities with this agency
please click here or click here
for
graduate intern opportunities.
ABILITY FIRST (formerly Crippled Children's Society of Southern California)
Main Office:
2555 W. Colorado Blvd. 2nd Floor
Pasadena, CA 91107
Phone: (626) 396-1010
Contact: Wendy Feldman, MSW or Radawn Alcorn
This
agency provides lifespan services specifically designed to help children and
adults of all ethnic groups with physical and developmental disabilities realize
their full potential. The agency offers undergraduate volunteer
opportunities as well as graduate internships for MSW and MFT candidates.
For further information please call the agency or click
here to go to the agency's website.
ACORN (Association of Community Organization for Reform Now)
15 locations in low income neighborhoods please check agency website or call for appropriate placements
Contact: Peter Kuhns: Head Neighborhood Organizer
E-mail: [email protected]
ACORN®
is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income
families, with over 120,000 member families organized into 600 neighborhood
chapters in 45 cities across the country. It organizes
people to fight for social change. Its clients are also its members. Click
here to find out how to volunteer locally or click
here to go to the national website for more information.
611 South Kingsley Dr.
Los Angeles, CA
90005
Volunteer/Intern Coordinator: Jim Williams
E-mail: [email protected]
(213) 201-1379
Volunteers provide critically needed services to clients of APLA, advocate on behalf of people with HIV/AIDS, and provide prevention and treatment education and assist APLA staff with office duties and fund-raising activities. Volunteer Resources is committed to recruit and train volunteers that provide quality, sensitive service to the diverse client base, which we serve. As a department, we work in collaboration with all divisions comprising APLA and AIDS Service Organizations throughout the country to best serve people affected by AIDS. Please go to this agency's Volunteers page, their Internship Opportunities page, or their homepage for further information.
Alexandria House
426 S. Alexandria Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90020
(213) 381-2649
E-mail: [email protected]
Alexandria House offers homeless assistance, case management, health and mental health referral, ESL classes, referral to job services, after school and teen programs. Besides helping house residents they also provide Drop in community service. Click here for more information.
ALL PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN CENTER
822 East 20th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90011
(213) 747-6357 ext. 22 or ext 23
Contact: Teresa Moran: RSVP Director or Norma Pacab: Volunteer Coordinator
The All People's Christian Center is a multipurpose community center: It offers parenting classes in Spanish and English, after school program for 1st-5th grades, LA bridges program for 6th-12th grades, free food program providing food and free resources. Click here for more information.
BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE
200 East Slauson Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90011
(323) 235-5536
Contact: Alonzo Neal
The Brotherhood Crusade has a long history of providing social services programs in the Los Angeles area that include job training and tutoring. If you wish to be a part of something that produces positive change in the inner city please contact the Brotherhood Crusade's volunteer coordinator. Please contact this agency directly for further information.
California Youth Authority
13200 S. Bloomfield Ave
Norwalk, Ca. 90650
(562) 868-9979 X 2477
Contact: Rafaela Corella
E-mail: [email protected]
As part of the state's juvenile justice system, the CYA works closely
with law enforcement, the courts, prosecutors, probation, and a broad
spectrum of public and private agencies concerned with and involved in
the problems of youth. They provide a range of education, treatment, and
training services for youthful offenders committed by courts; direct
these offenders to participate in community and victim restoration; assist
local justice agencies with efforts to control crime and delinquency;
and encourage the development of state and local programs to prevent
crime and delinquency. Click here to
find out how to volunteer locally or click
here to go to the state website for more information.
CENTER FOR PACIFIC ASIAN FAMILIES
543 North Fairfax Ave. Rm. 108
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 653-4045
Volunteer Coordinator: Ingrid Park
Services or activities: Emergency Shelters, hotline, case management, victim advocacy for adults, teens, and children subjected to sexual assault and domestic violence. Click here for more information.
Children of the Night
14530 Sylvan St.
Van Nuys, Ca 91411
(818) 908-4470
Contact: Grace Elias: Volunteer Coordinator
E-mail: [email protected]
Children of the Night is a private, non-profit, tax-exempt organization
founded in 1979. They are dedicated to assisting children between the ages of 11
and 17 who are forced to prostitute on the streets for food and a place to
sleep. Since 1979 they have rescued more than 10,000 girls and boys from
prostitution and the domination of vicious pimps. More than 80 percent of these
children have remained off the streets. They provide counseling, residential services, referrals to
medical and mental health services, case management, education. Short term
volunteers can help with workshops, clerical work, public speaking, and street
outreach. Click here to
find out how to volunteer locally or click
here to go to the national website for more information.
Chinatown Service Center
767 North Hill ST.
Los Angeles, Ca 90063
(213) 808-1702
Contact: Judy Ng: Director of Human Resources
E-mail: [email protected]
Chinatown Service Center is the largest community-based Chinese American
health and human service organization in Southern California. With a focus on
Los Angeles County, CSC offers a range of services through six departments.
These are (1) Social Service, (2) Counseling, (3) Family Health, (4) Community
Economic Development, (5) Workforce Development, and (6) Youth Development.
Services are available in a variety of Chinese dialects, including Cantonese,
Mandarin, Toisan, Chiu Jou, and languages including Vietnamese, Spanish, and
Khmer (Cambodian). Click here
to find out how to volunteer or click here
to go to their website for more information.
Clean Needles Now
Multiple sites throughout Los Angeles depending on day of the week. Call for appropriate placement.
(323) 857-5846
Contact: Beth: Director or Teri: Volunteer coordinator
Clean needles now is Los Angeles based needle exchange service for injection drug users. They provide harm reduction, referrals, legal aid, and case management. Click here for more information.
Edmund G."Pat" Brown Institute Of Public
Affairs
Gang Violence Bridging Project
California
State University, Los Angeles.
5151 State University Drive
Los
Angeles, CA 90032
Phone: (323) 343-3773
Fax: (323) 343-3774
Contact: Gilbert D. Sanchez, Project Director
E-mail: [email protected]
This project, established in December 1993, addresses three of the most underlying causes of the rise in gangs and gang violence: lack of educational opportunities for youth at-risk or currently involved with gangs; alienation of at-risk youth from productive community involvement; and the failure of public policies to support alternatives to suppression of gang violence prevention. Through grass-roots collaboration, capacity-building within communities, and partnerships with local residents, multicultural community organizations, government and University, the GBVP has been able to develop effective initiatives within its target communities of East Los Angeles, Pico Union/Westlake, and South Central Los Angeles. Please see this agency's website for further information.
Administrative Office:
500
Shatto Place, Suite 425
Los Angeles, CA 90020
Contact Persons:
Cathy Martinez, Volunteer Coordinator
12502
Van Nuys Blvd #201
Pacoima, CA 91331
Phone: 818-896-7776
Fax: 818-834-7976
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail:
[email protected]
Alexx
Tobeck, San Fernando Valley and
Santa Monica
818-896-7776
Lambra Gatewood, South Central Los
Angeles, Carson and Compton
323-971-7360
El Nido has been providing services since 1925. Current services include: case management for pregnant and parenting teens, counseling for families affected by child abuse or school failure, parenting classes, and pregnancy prevention programs. This agency has offices in Antelope Valley, Carson, East Compton, Mission Hills, Pacoima, Santa Monica, and three locations in central and south central Los Angeles. Please see this agency's web page for Volunteer Information or see the web page for Volunteer Matching for further information or contact the agency's staff listed below.
The Feminist Majority Foundation
8105 West Third Street.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 651-0495
Contact: Sylvia Uriarte: Volunteer Coordinator or Michelle Wood: Intern Coordinator
E-mail: [email protected]
The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF), which was founded in 1987, is
a cutting edge organization dedicated to women's equality, reproductive
health, and non-violence. In all spheres, FMF utilizes research and
action to empower women economically, socially, and politically. The
organization believes that feminists - both women and men, girls and
boys - are the majority, but this majority must be empowered. To carry
out these aims, FMF engages in research and public policy development,
public education programs, grassroots organizing projects, leadership
training and development programs, and participates in and organizes
forums on issues of women's equality and empowerment. Their sister
organization, the Feminist Majority, engages in lobbying and other
direct political action, pursuing equality between women and men through
legislative avenues. Click here
to find out how to volunteer locally or click
here to go to the national website for more information.
FIRST AME CHURCH
2270 South Harvard Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90018
(323) 730-9180
Contact: Rev. Joyce Randall
Welfare to work program which offers employer referrals, economic development offers housing assistance and provide training for 1st time home buyers program, 22 clubs and organizations, 30 plus task forces for youth development. Click here for further information.
HOLLYGROVE (Home for abused and neglected children)
815 North El Centro Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 463-2119 Ext. 3602
Debbie Weston, Manager of Volunteer Services
The following is the agency's mission statement: "Hollygrove is child-centered and family focused. Our mission is to provide abused and neglected children with a safe and nurturing environment where each child can heal and develop emotionally, intellectually, spiritually, and physically. Our goal is to help our children achieve essential living skills, join healthy families and become responsible, contributing members of society." For further information please click here.
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LA
435 s. Boyle Ave.
Los Angeles, Ca 90033
(323) 264-6210
Contact: Daniel Mesa
The International Institute is a multi-faceted senior center offering a variety of activities and services geared toward older people. Students are able to help out in a number of areas including, support groups, activity planning, home visits, and case-management. For more information please click here.
LA GAY AND LESBIAN CENTER
1625
N. Schrader Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
323-993-7684
E-mail: [email protected]
"The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center exists to: EMPOWER people to lead full and rewarding lives without limits based on sexual orientation and gender identity, by providing the highest quality educational, cultural, and wellness programs to residents of Los Angeles County; HEAL the damage caused by discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, by providing the highest quality health and social services to residents of Los Angeles County in need; and ADVOCATE full access and equality for all people regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, by promoting our communities' needs at local, state, and national levels.” For information on volunteer opportunities please call or e-mail the agency with the information above or see their web page on volunteering.
LA's BEST AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
200 North Main Street, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 847-0899
Contact: Meaghan Townsend
E-mail: [email protected]
Supervised and safe after school education, recreation, and enrichment activities for elementary school children, ages 5 to 12, throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District. Click here for further information.
LA COMMISSION ON ASSAULTS AGAINST WOMEN
Los Angeles Office:
605 West Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 955-9090
Contact: Patti Occhiuzzo Giggans, Executive Director
This agency provides counseling for victims of domestic violence. Click here for further information.
LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY LITERACY PROGRAM
4625 West Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
(213) 228-7540
Contact: Maggie Johnson
E-mail: [email protected]
One in five Americans can't read well enough to meet daily needs. Literacy volunteers provide individual instruction in basic reading and writing skills. Training is provided. For further information please see the agency's Volunteer Opportunities web page.
Los Angeles Regional Foodbank
1734 East 41st.
Los Angeles, CA 90058
(323) 234-3030
Contact: Ana Martinez: Volunteer Specialist
E-mail: [email protected]
The mission of the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank is to mobilize the resources
of our community to fight hunger, the causes of hunger and the problems related
to hunger. This is the processing warehouse
from food packages for over 1000 charities. They feed over 400,000
people per week. Click here to
find out how to volunteer or click
here to go to the agency website for more information.
LOS ANGELES TEAM MENTORING
600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 620
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 489-5667
Contact: Karina Kelly
Team
mentoring for middle school children throughout the Los Angeles Unified School
District. Click here for further information.
LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAUSD) SCHOOL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (SVP)
450 North Grand Avenue, G253
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 625-6900
Contact: Joan Suter
The SVP
provides the "Bridge" for community involvement in LAUSD schools. Services
include: recruitment, placement, training, retention and recognition of
volunteers from the Los Angeles private and public sectors of schools within the
boundaries of the Los Angeles Communities. Please contact this agency
directly for further information.
3450 Mount Vernon Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90008
Phone: (323) 299-9660
Fax: (323)
299-0618
Contact: Sandra Carter, Vice President of Programs
E-mail: [email protected]
LAUL has expanded it's programs to include comprehensive services, placement and training to meet the needs of "at-risk" youth, skilled semi-skilled and disadvantaged adults, displaced workers, older workers, small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. Currently the League operates (16) programs, ten (10) offering classroom training in academic skills development and job-specific vocational training. Job Placement is the ultimate measurement tool to determine if quality exists in service offered, for this reason, workforce preparation, pre-employment readiness, job development and placement are built-in performance measures in all the League's workforce preparation programs. Please see this agency's website for further information.
Minority
AIDS Project
5149 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016
(323) 936-4949
Fax (323) 936-4973
Contact: Volunteer Coordinator
Send E-Mail To: [email protected]
This agency provides case management, home health care, day program, mental health & support groups, counseling & buddy program, housing assistance, transportation assistance, food pantry & clothing bank for individuals diagnosed with HIV and a mobile testing unit with anonymous HIV testing that is open to the public. Please see this agency's website for further information.
845
East 6th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90021
Phone: (213) 623-8446,
x580
Fax: (213) 623-8716
Contact: Jeanine Uribe, Para Los Niños volunteer coordinator
E-mail: [email protected]
This
agency is a nonprofit family service agency designed to raise at-risk children
out of poverty and into brighter futures through positive educational
opportunities and support involving families and communities. The agency serves
more than 3,000 families each year and more than 1,200 children, ranging from 6
weeks to 18 years old, each weekday. Programs and services are located at 18
sites in Pico-Union, Central, East and South Central Los Angeles, and
Ontario. Click here to
find out more about the agency. Click
here for volunteer information.
Peace Games, INC
Main Office:
600 Corporate Pointe - 12th floor
Culver City, Ca 90230
(213) 716-4606 or (310) 474-1321
Contact: Minerva Chavez
Peace Games is an innovative violence prevention program that encourages elementary school students to be peacemakers. The unique Peace Games approach engages whole student communities- families, teachers, teens, and college and community volunteers – to teach lessons of cooperation, communication, and conflict resolution using games, discussions, and community service projects. It is the goal of Peace Games to empower children so they may create their own safe classrooms and communities. Click here to go to the Peace Games website for more information.
SEEK EDUCATION, INC
2050 Huntington Dr.
San Marino, CA 91108
(626) 943-7772
Contact: Terri Peng Volunteer
E-mail: [email protected]
Seek provides behavioral treatment for children with mental health problems or learning disabilities. The agency also provides consultation in home and school settings for children. Volunteers may be assigned to assist therapists in conducting these behavioral treatment programs. Click here for more information.
Self Help Graphics
3802 Cesar Chavez Ave.
Los Angeles, Ca 90063
(323) 881-6444
Contact: Volunteer coordinator
Agency URL (web address): http://www.selfhelpgraphics.com
Self Help Graphics & Art, Inc. is a community based visual arts center
located in the heart of East Los Angeles. Over the past 26 years, Self-Help
Graphics has emerged as the leading visual arts institution serving the
predominantly Chicano/Mexicano community of Los Angeles. In that time, Self-Help
has earned national acclaim for its programs and services which promote the rich
contribution of Chicano art and culture to the American landscape. Surrounded by
a local population of nearly 3 million Chicanos/Mexicanos, Self-Help Graphics
has become a popular and vital community resource of cultural identity and
pride, as well as a center of art opportunity, training, and creativity. The
mission for Self Help Graphics is three-fold: To foster and encourage the
empowerment of local Chicano artists, to present Chicano art to all audiences
through its programs and services, and to promote the rich cultural heritage and
contribution of Chicano art and artists to the contemporary American experience.
Click here to find out how to
volunteer or click here to
go to the agency website for more information.
L.A.
Shanti
1616 N. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
voice: 323 962 8197 Ex 326
fax: 323 962 8299
TDD: 323 962 8398
Contact: Johnathan Gaffney, Volunteer Programs Associate
E-mail: [email protected]
Volunteer Training Line:
ext. 505 Click here for
general volunteer information
Special Events Volunteer Line
Line: ext. 551 Click here for
information on volunteering for special events
Special Events Info Line Line:
ext. 501
Soledad Enrichment Action
3763 E. 4th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90063
(323) 267-0321
Contact: Joe Rodriguez: Director of Family support cooperative group
E-mail: [email protected] (note capital letters)
Soledad Enrichment Action provides a wide variety of programs for kids and their parents. The primary emphasis is on tutoring and mentorship but there is also a focus on education and health. Click here for more information.
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA LOS ANGELES
3600
Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1500
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Tel:
213-389-1500
Fax: 213-385-7599
Volunteers of America began services in
Los Angeles in 1896. In 1930 the need for a rest stop for itinerant workers
brought the opening of a reading room that later became the Men's Service
Center. Also, that same year a local Christian mission turned over their entire
operation to Volunteers of America.
Today, the affiliate provides Early Head Start and Head Start services,
childcare, low income family housing, youth drug and delinquency prevention,
Upward Bound and Talent Search, housing and outreach for runaway youth, alcohol
and other drug detoxification and recovery services, housing for the homeless,
re-entry services for ex-offenders, elderly housing and home-delivered meals.
Food programs served 22,674 people in 1997. Please contact the agency directly using
the information above for further details.
566 South San Pedro Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: 213-689-2264
Contact: The Weingart Center Volunteer Coordinator
E-mail: v[email protected]
This agency receives more than 2,000 requests for assistance every day, serves more than 1,300 meals every day, provides housing for over 650 people every day, provides the only medical clinic in the central city (and will soon house the only TB control unit in the region), provides the only mental health crisis intervention clinic in the region, offers small group and one-on-one tutoring in basic literacy and life skills, offers its clients workshops that address the barriers to employment faced by individuals who are homeless, provides transportation tokens for its clients in order to get to job interviews and other appointments. See this agency's website for further information. Volunteers should click here for further information. Interns should click here for further information.
THE WALL-LAS MEMORIAS PROJECT
111
N. Ave. 56
Los Angeles, CA 90042
(323)
257-1056 Phone
(323) 257-1625 Fax
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact: Allen Caguin
The Wall-Las Memorias Project provides cultural HIV/AIDS awareness to the traditional community. The organization provides outreach and conducted educational sessions at high schools, colleges, health fairs, churches, community forums and neighborhood meetings. Please go to the agencyÂ’s website for more information.
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