YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles
The mission of the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles is to strengthen communities through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.
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CONNECT ·2025 Grants ChallengeTogether We Heal: Art Therapy Workshops for Wildfire-Impacted Families
LA Y's Together We Heal initiative delivers trauma-informed, art-based workshops for families impacted by wildfires in LA County. Grounded in Psychological First Aid and evidence-based practices, the program offers bilingual, family-centered spaces where participants can safely process trauma, build emotional resilience, and strengthen community ties. While we provided immediate relief to over 25,000 fire-impacted individuals, Together We Heal is our long-term response to the community's request for psychological recovery.
- CONNECT ·2022 Grants Challenge
YMCA New American Welcome Centers: Promoting Immigrant Rights and Economic Prosperity across Los Angeles
YMCA New American Welcome Centers across LA County offer a wide spectrum of equitable and inclusive immigrant and newcomer integration services: no cost citizenship assistance, Know Your Rights workshops, economic integration and employment services (eg potentially with Snap), wraparound service referrals, including banking/financial education, and language/general education classes. All newcomers to the LA Y have access to social-emotional well-being programs encouraging positive family development and healthy living in body, mind, & spirit.