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The Ice House to Host Comedy Night Fundraiser for Hillsides on October 14

9.13.18

LOS ANGELES, September 13, 2018 – The Ice House comedy club is hosting its annual benefit for Hillsides on October 14. Each year The Ice House owner Bob Fisher organizes a special anniversary show and donates the proceeds to Hillsides. The evening raises money for a support group of Hillsides, the Hillsides Volunteer Network, which provides activities and field trips for the children who live in Hillsides Residential Treatment Services program.

The Starbucks Foundation Awards Hillsides $30,000 Grant for Transition-Aged Youth

9.4.18

LOS ANGELES, September 4, 2018 -- The Starbucks Foundation has awarded Hillsides, a Southern California foster care and mental health charity, a $30,000 grant for its Youth Moving On (YMO) workforce development program for transition-aged youth 16-25. The funds will be used to support community service and outreach efforts to help youth gain the necessary skills needed to prepare for employment.

Hillsides Opens New East Los Angeles Office

8.30.18

LOS ANGELES, August 30, 2018 -- Hillsides, a Southern California foster care and mental health charity, has opened a new office in East Los Angeles. The Bienvenidos Family Resource Centers, East Los Angeles will offer mental health, family preservation, wraparound, and youth prevention services. The location replaces two smaller sites in East Los Angeles and Montebello.

Hillsides Announces New Hillsides Education Center Director

8.21.18

LOS ANGELES, August 21, 2018 -- Alicia Jennings has been named the new director of education for Hillsides Education Center (HEC), a therapeutic residential and nonpublic school for students experiencing social-emotional, learning, and/or behavior challenges. In her position, Jennings is responsible for the organization and operation of the school. She plans, directs, and coordinates all activities and is tasked with creating and maintaining an educational program responsive to the needs of individual students.

200 Back to School Backpacks Needed for Local Children in Need or Foster Care

7.31.18

Hillsides, a Southern California foster care and mental health charity, is asking the community to donate 200 school backpacks for local children in need or foster care. Every summer, the agency, which serves 15,000 children and families, runs a back-to-school backpack drive for children who cannot afford school supplies. This year, Hillsides has fallen short of its goal to collect 450 backpacks filled with school basics.

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Family Resource Centers

Family Resource Centers offer numerous community-based programs and services that provide parenting classes, mental health support, and additional crucial resources for vulnerable children and families throughout Los Angeles County, including the San Gabriel Valley and Pasadena. >

Residential Treatment Services

Residential Treatment Services provide a safe and stable environment where children and youths, who cannot live at home, suffered trauma, or have severe emotional or behavioral challenges, can thrive. >

Education Center

Education Center, a therapeutic residential and day school, offers individualized education for students with social-emotional, learning and/or behavior challenges for children in kindergarten through 12th grade. >

Youth Moving On

Youth Moving On, with support from The Everychild Foundation, provides former foster youth affordable quality housing and numerous support services to help them become responsible, self-sufficient adults. >

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Family Resource Centers

Our centers provide parenting classes, mental health support, and additional crucial resources for vulnerable children and families. In addition, we offer school-based mental health services in the Pasadena, Los Angeles, Baldwin Park, and Glendale/Burbank school districts.

Youth Moving On

Hillsides' innovative transitional living and permanent housing programs give young adults the job training, financial know-how, and the counseling they need to find fulfilling careers and become responsible, self-sufficient adults.

Hillsides Education Center

Our staff of committed teachers help students refocus their energies and achieve newfound academic success through small classes, personalized attention, and progressive lesson plans.

Residential Treatment Services

Our main campus, located on 17 acres of beautiful park-like grounds, includes five cottages, an arts and recreation center, a children's resource center, nursing offices for children and families, a playground, swimming pool, and a library.