P F Bresee Foundation

Family services: provides intensive, wrap-around support for the families of the youth bresee serves, and social and economic stability for the community at large. Last year, the team served over 5,000 adults, helping them increase their aggregate income by over $3.5 million. Programs include emergency food and rental assistance, transportation assistance, parenting classes, academic case management, esl classes, financial literacy and coaching, volunteer income tax assistance (vita), immigration consultation and workshops, computer classes for adults, and referrals to a variety of social services.. In addition, bresee's intergenerational programs engage senior citizens through community building and connection with youth.

Gang prevention: as the lead provider for the city of la's gang reduction & youth development (gryd) olympic zone, bresee prevents over 100, 10-15 year old youth, most at-risk, from joining gangs annually. Programs include intensive case management, high-quality youth development activities, and family counseling. In addition, through summer night lights (snl) bresee's gryd team keeps local la parks open with safe activities during summer months, including food distribution and youth development activities for over 300 youth and families.finally, bresee's monarch program provides youth development, socioemotional learning, and connection to college & career for over 50 recently arrived, undocumented minors annually.