Support training for young women at the Homegirl Cafe, which provides on-the-job culinary training and free support services, from tattoo removal to mental health counseling. Trainees also 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 restaurant skills, receive services from GED prep to Baby & Me classes, hone 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.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
