A Place Called Home (APCH)

The davidow counseling department was created in 1997, and in 2008, the counseling staff introduced A family systems wraparound program approach that provided year-round services in both english and spanish. Since 2008, the organization has been providing services to members and families at no cost to them. The team takes pride in taking A client-centered approach to ensure continuity of care. Through the department, the benefiting families can access individual counseling, family therapy, group therapy, case management, the apch food resource depot and local independent resources and more. Additionally, the counseling department provides classes as part of regular class offerings that assist members in developing healthy relationships and skills needed for overall thriving. While the organization has standalone services, the organization also partners with other departments to accomplish the organization's goal of increasing the social emotional learning for all members.

Academic support has been an integral part of A Place Called Home from its inception in 1993. It began as A Place where members could drop-in to receive homework assistance, and later developed into scheduled classes. In 2020, as A reaction to the covid pandemic and the transition to virtual learning, ed services provided 1:1 online support for members who needed additional help. While the educational services department has evolved into providing A variety of programs and services, ensuring that all members have access to homework support is at its core. The educational services department offers homework support for all its members. Members from A Place Called Home, rise, and impact receive assistance in the form of scheduled homework group classes, unscheduled homework drop-in, and pre-scheduled 1:1 tutoring. As staff, interns and volunteers, apch asks members to challenge themselves and invest in their academic growth so that they have the knowledge and skills to obtain A post secondary education or pursue A rewarding career.

The higher education program in the teen & young adults department is focused on assisting apch youth to gain access to higher education. The organization helps the youth to become academically and emotionally prepared for A successful life after high school. David and linda shaheen visited A Place Called Home (apch) in 2002, with A desire to impact the youth of south central los angeles in A meaningful way. Together, apch and the shaheens began A scholarship program to give at-risk youth an opportunity for higher education and to break generational cycles of poverty through higher education. Many scholars have been inspired by this vision and have and will continue to realize their hopes and dreams to attend and graduate from college. Most have been or will be, the first in their family to do so. The apch shaheen scholarship program's mission is dedicated to assisting scholars who, without additional support, services and attention, might not otherwise pursue higher education. In addition to providing financial support to help cover unmet financial needs, apch helps scholars overcome barriers on the path to A college degree by providing financial aid advising, one-on-one academic and career counseling and specialized support services.