In an article written for the Los Angeles Times, Jessica Garrison reports that the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles plans to transform the Jordan Downs housing complex of 700 aging units (notorious to outsiders for its poverty, blight and violence but seen by many longtime residents, for all its problems, as a […]
YOU CAN CHANGE LIVES SHIELDS has been winning the battle against poverty and substance abuse since 1991.A leader in the child welfare and substance abuse fields,our programs change and save lives. But we can’t do it alone. We need your help.
Did you know? … When we look at HIV infection and AIDS diagnoses by race and ethnicity, Blacks have more illness (Blacks represent only 12% of the U.S. population, yet account for 45% of new HIV infections and 46% of people living with HIV disease in 2006); and more deaths (Blacks accounted for 57% of […]
“I went to school, got training, and held a job the whole time I was locked up, but ironically – once you’re on the outside – people don’t want to hire someone with that experience on their resumé or with the criminal history box checked YES on an application”. (Jericho Training Center client) This is […]
Did you know SHIELDS offers its employees a FREE Clinical License Prep Study Group during work hours? The SHIELDS Training Department in conjunction with SHIELDS Clinical Coordinator Renee Becraft, hosted an 8-week study group that met 2 hours a week from 10am-12pm this past Fall. The group was designed to assist employees that completed […]
SHIELDS Jericho Training Center Program Manager, Joseph Paul, is in Tampa FL this week presenting to a group of grantee’s from the Department of Labor that work with youth offenders. The presentation is a discussion on Workforce development services and reentry for “youth offenders” 18-24 years old. He is discussing “The Rules of the Game”, […]
Tis’ The Season of Giving (and Receiving!) During the holiday season SHIELDS offered the opportunity to win a pair of Dre Beats Audio Headphones by Dr. Dre (approximate value $199) for donations of $25 or more and we are proud to announce that we have a winner! A pair of Dr. Dre Beats Wireless Headphones are […]
In Los Angeles County, more than half of the nearly 20,000 children placed in a formal foster care arrangement by DCFS are cared for by a family member, also known as, Kinship Care. According to the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), in South LA there are 2,500 children in formal Kinship Care with […]
On December 1, 2012, SHIELDS’ Family Support and PIDP programs, in collaboration with Free Arts for Abused Children, invited families to engage in various art activities including animation pictures, improvisational acting, NASA discovery, graphic design, and flamenco dancing! As you can see from the pictures below, we had a great turnout and everyone had a […]
