Hillsides- Serving Vulnerable At Risk Youth in SoCal
This Southern California nonprofit group home provides special
education and counseling to children of abuse, mental illness or in foster care.
The main campus is 17 acres and includes 6 group homes serving kids 7 – 18.
Founded over 100 years ago HILLSIDES, based in Altadena, CA, has made its mission is to create safe places
for children, strengthen families, provide special education; and advocate for
children’s rights. This Southern California nonprofit creates safe places for
children in its residential treatment program where children living in the
group homes, are in foster care or that have been referred by the Department of
Mental Health or public school districts. On the Hillsides’’ campus they have the chance to live in a secure,
stable environment enabling them to heal and rebuild trusting relationships
with adults.
Hillsides works with many social and child services
organizations, including Los Angeles County, Pasadena, Glendale, and San
Gabriel Valley school districts who refer their students to the nonprofit. Through
the efforts, support and encouragement of the Hillsides’ staff children begin
to heal through programs and services that offer therapeutic activities,
special education and family crisis intervention. To learn how you can volunteer,
donate school supplies, school clothes or make a cash donation visit www.hillsides.org.
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