Support training for young women at the Homegirl Cafe, as they learn urban farming techniques and grow organic produce while leading community workshops on gardening and nutrition in low-income communities and in low-income schools
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.
Young women returning from incarceration or in gang-involved families learn urban farming techniques and lead community workshops as part of the Homegirl Cafe Training program,
Training over 40 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.
In prison, I realized it wasn't the life that I wanted to be living. Since working at the Cafe, this has become a second family. Thanks for the chance to show that we can learn from our mistakes.
- Fallon Tooks, Homegirl Cafe worker
Total Funding Received to Date: $14,661
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $45,339
Total Funding Goal: $60,000
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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