1999-2000 Annual Report

San Fernando Region

Matthew 7:12 "Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets."

The staff and volunteers of the San Fernando Region treat Catholic Charities' clients with dignity and provide the needy with necessary resources, as they would want to be treated themselves.

Complete list of Programs/Services Catholic Charities offers reliable and affordable before and after school child care at 8 sites throughout the San Fernando Valley. The Glendale Community Center offers English as a Second Language and Citizenship classes in addition to computer instruction for both children and adults. • The Loaves & Fishes program in Van Nuys and San Fernando assisted over 13,352 clients last year with food, clothing, employment, and case management. • Rancho San Antonio provides delinquent boys, ages 13-18, an alternative to juvenile detention with individual treatment, remedial education and vocational training. • Lancaster Community Shelter recently celebrated its ten year anniversary. Since the shelter opened in 1989, more than 7,000 people have stayed there and nearly 1.2 million meals have been served to the homeless. • The Students Training As Role Models (STAR) Youth program at the Glendale Community Center worked with 40 youth who were determined to be at-risk by school staff and who grew up in impoverished, abusive, or neglected environments. • Guadalupe Center in Canoga Park celebrated its 50th Anniversary in May 2000. The center has embarked on a $1.5 million building and renovation campaign which will increase its client services by 50%, to serve approximately 13,500 unduplicated individuals annually.

The Day Laborer Center, located in Glendale, provides a place where laborers can safely wait for work on a day-to-day basis. In addition to employment opportunities, the center offers ESL classes, computer classes, a computer lab where workers can practice their skills while waiting for work, math and furniture making classes and help with collecting unpaid wages. An average of 63 workers per day, 95% of daily participants, find work at the center.

“A full time worker making California’s minimum wage, $5.75 per hour, earns less than $12,000 per year.” Los Angeles Business Journal, 12/6/99

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