By Cheryl Klein | Grants Manager
Homegirl Café isn’t just a safe space for women leaving gang life to learn job skills—it’s also one of Homeboy Industries’ most successful social enterprises, bringing in more than $890,000 last year (its sister enterprise, Homegirl Catering, did an additional $600,000). That’s why Homeboy Industries jumped at the chance to open a new Homegirl Café at the historic Culver Studios.
The new outpost, which opened in July, offers menu items like chilaquiles, quinoa pancakes, and chicken mole, in addition to treats from Homeboy Bakery.
Expanding our social enterprises helps raise money to fund the services that make transformation possible: case management, education, legal assistance, mental health services, and employment services. Yet because we overstaff all our businesses for training purposes, we are still reliant on (and grateful for!) community members who support our mission.
It’s because of our supporters that café trainees like Fallon can say: “Homeboy is a blessing, but it’s more like home. It’s my safe haven.”
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