From The Los Angeles Times…
City Council comes to aid of struggling Homeboy Industries
Homeboy Industries is getting some help with its financial problems from the Los Angeles City Council.
The group, which has earned a national reputation for its programs helping gang members get jobs and get away from gang life, has been struggling financially in part because of reductions in donations during the recession.
On Friday, the City Council voted to have the city's gang prevention program negotiate a $340,000 contract with Homeboy Industries, which should ease the group's crash crunch for now. Father Gregory Boyle, the founder of Homeboy Industries, had said the group was struggling to meet payroll and was considering worker furloughs.
Homeboy Industries provides tattoo removal, mental health counseling, job training and other services.
--Shelby Grad
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