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Job training |
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Seminars on topics of need |
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Job placement |
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Community services for youth |
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Resume writing |
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Tutoring |
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College application preparation |
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Gang awareness |
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Retreats for youth |
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Family planning |
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Youth mentoring within our school system |
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Drug and alcohol rehabilitation |
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Housing placement (when necessary) |
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HOPE Study in the Youth Authority and at the United Way Harbor Area building |
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Follow-up case work for youth and their families |
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~ Youth Mentoring ~ |
MATFA has mentoring classes for youth throughout the Unified School District, California Youth Authority, and from the Juvenile System. Please send your youth to us for mentoring in areas of peer pressure, drug and alcohol abuse, gang awareness, and failing students. Intervention/Prevention Program. |
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3515 Linden Avenue. Long Beach, Ca. 90807 |
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Every Saturday from 10:00AM -11:30AM. All youth ages 11-18 are welcome. Please join us. * |
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Call the office at 562-490-2402. * |
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~ Reclaimed For Purpose (RFP) ~ |
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MATFA trains and supports mentors to help youth in the program acquire skills needed for re-entry into society. Our mentors counsel all individuals in the program to help them understand that they are "at risk" of being incarcerated again if they do not change their lives. Mentors help transition incarcerated youth back into society as productive citizens. MATFA's curriculum has helped young people succeed by looking at the choices they make on a daily basis.
MATFA provides post release support programs for both the youth and their families. Training includes:
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Family Guidance |
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Job Preparedness |
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Life Skills Training |
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Moral Guidance |
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When young men and women are released from incarceration, MATFA prepares them for school, provides job training, job placement, housing, and family counseling. Each week, founder Melanie Washington and MATFA's Mentors are working* and will be working with youth from 10 to 25 at the following institutions:
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SRCC in Norwalk, California* |
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Chino, California* |
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Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles, California* |
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Ventura, California* |
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Sylmar, California |
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Hudson Elementary School in Long Beach, California* |
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Cabrillo High School in Long Beach, California |
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Hamilton Middle School in Long Beach, California |
The MATFA mentors assigned to the prison are able to visit up to 6 different dorms/cottages 2 hours per week OR 1 dorm/cottage 2 hours per month.
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MATFA Founder and CEO
Melanie Washington |
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~ Save Our Children At Risk - SOCAR ~ |
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SOCAR is an intervention program now in its seventh year at Long Beach Unified School District. MATFA's aim is to educate children in grades sixth through eight on their choices in life and serious crime. The program began in April of 2002 and is designed for 100 students per year. The program includes:
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Mentoring on premises |
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Drug and alcohol effects |
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Student life skills |
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Music and arts |
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Guest speakers |
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Field trips |
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Gang awareness |
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Graduation |
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~ Our House (OH) - Transitional Housing ~
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MATFA's transition house are for the youth being released out of the California Youth Authority. Our House (OH) is located in North Long Beach, California and MATFA is currently in the processes of setting up 3 other homes in Los Angeles County. Our hope is that this structured learning environment will create and build upon the values taught in the RFP Program. This home provides another step in the process to further enhance a released youth's chance for productivity after release from jail. The program includes: |
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Housing for 20+ youth |
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Moral study |
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Life skills training |
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Sober living skills |
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Family style environment |
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Job Placement |
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Family counseling |
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College assistance |
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Counseling to family members |
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Financial Planning |
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~ Peace in the Storm (PITS) ~ |
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MATFA founder, Melanie Washington, has had many storms in her life. How she made it through many wonder today. She is always willing and ready to share with those who are hurting and in the midst of life's storms. She shares the "how to's" of not only getting through the storm, but coming out of it strong and filled with peace and forgiveness.
People often find themselves in the PITS, but in reality, it's when you're in the PITS that you can find the greatest peace of all. In these modern times when all that surrounds us seems to be full of bad news - recession, lost jobs, no money, violence and terror, know that you can still find peace. Contact MATFA today to learn more about the PITS program.. |
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