FamilySource Center Canoga Park-Dennis P. Zine Community Center

New Economics For Women

SERVICE PLANNING AREA:
SPA 2: San Fernando Valley

Through the FamilySource Centers (FSCs), NEW empowers thousands of adults, youth, and children to lift themselves out of crisis and onto a stable path towards prosperity. In partnership with the City of Los Angeles, NEW acts as the lead agency for FSCs located in Canoga Park and Van Nuys, At each site, NEW has formed meaningful partnerships with community organizations to provide low-income families with high quality workshops, services and events that enable self-sufficiency by increasing family income and academic achievement.Families enrolled in the FSCs can access a holistic spectrum of asset building services including employment services, legal services, free tax preparation, financial literacy classes, certified financial coaches, individual development accountant, technology workshops and computer labs, youth leadership and college/career readiness activities, and many more.NEW has enriched our delivery of these services by applying our unique multi-generational, “whole family transformation” approach to financial empowerment, and a commitment to sustainable economic behavior change. Our customers not only achieved the FSC goals of increased family income and academic achievement, but also NEW’s vision of prosperity in which families overcome economic insecurity as the primary means to empower themselves and the communities in which they live.

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