Homeboy Industries was in trouble. The famed Los Angeles institution founded by Father Gregory Boyle in 1988 to help steer people away from the gang life through job training and counseling was going ...
First Lady Jill Biden speaks with Mario Lundes of Homeboy Industries during her visit to the nonprofit rehabilitation and reentry organization on Friday. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Mario ...
Father Gregory Boyle, executive director and founder of Homeboy Industries, in his office. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Although Homeboy Industries faces daily financial struggles, Father Gregory ...
The annual Changemakers’ award recognizes leaders who are driving meaningful change in their communities across four pillars: education, economic advancement, police-community relations, and criminal ...
LA's Homeboy Industries, which gets gang members out of gangs by giving them jobs, has taken some big funding hits. In a very frank interview, Homeboy's founder, Father Greg Boyle, told KPCC's Frank ...
Homeboy Industries, the world’s largest gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program, will celebrate the grand opening of Homeboy Puppy Fades dog grooming salon at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April ...
The Los Angeles gang intervention and job training agency Homeboy Industries laid off 300 workers yesterday due to financial constraints. Started by Jesuit priest Gregory Boyle over 20 years ago, the ...
Homeboy Industries is already a salsa maker, cake baker and cafe operator. Now the Los Angeles institution, which helps the formerly incarcerated find jobs, is adding a new label to its expanding ...
Homeboy Industries, the Los Angeles institution whose mission for more than 20 years has been to turn jobs into a recipe for saving the lives of gang members, laid off most of its employees Thursday ...
For Homeboy Industries to receive the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's 2020 Humanitarian Prize is "validation of our work of 32 years," said Jesuit Fr. Gregory Boyle, who founded the nonprofit ...
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Homeboy Industries, believed to be the world’s largest reentry organization for formerly incarcerated and gang-involved men and women, is undergoing what board member the Rev.
The prestigious honor comes with a $2.5 million prize in unrestricted funding. By Chris Gardner The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has selected popular Los Angeles-based nonprofit Homeboy Industries to ...