Homeboy Industries
ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION
Founded in 1988, Homeboy Industries provides hope, training, and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated individuals allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of the community. Homeboy Industries is a one-stop comprehensive re-entry and therapeutic community and training program with 13 social enterprises ranging from a bakery, to a café, to a recycling program. It currently employs 400 clients in its 18-month re-entry program and serves thousands more through its community programs.
grant programs
2024 General Community Grants
At-Risk Youth, Basic Needs & Social Services, Homelessness and Housing, Jobs and Workforce Development, Vulnerable Populations
To provide one-time direct hardship relief that will help stabilize individuals and families during a time of crisis or need, substantially improving their self-sufficiency and quality of life.
In response to social distancing guidelines, Homeboy Industries was forced to close its dine-in social enterprise restaurants. As a result, it pivoted its social enterprise model and launched Feed HOPE, a pre-packaged meal program, that helps feed those in need while providing jobs and workforce training to its clients. In partnership with the City and County of Los Angeles, World Central Kitchen, and LATech.org, Homeboy has identified vulnerable communities in Los Angeles in need of food. Feed HOPE has employed 20 formerly incarcerated or gang-involved men and women to produce 1,500 meals in its commercial kitchen to serve individuals in these communities.
Therapeutic Community and Social Enterprise Re-Entry Program (Core Program) provides paid on-the-job training in its social enterprises and comprehensive wraparound services to men and women, with the goal of breaking the cycle of unemployment, incarceration, and violence.