Program areas at LSAFHS
Family support services and food pantry helps families meet their need for food and addresses longer-term issues of living in poverty. Our advocates educate families about their rights and empower them to access needed services and resources. We assist families with public benefits screening and applications (including snap enrollment), accessing neighborhood programs, provide connection to immigration legal appointments and help tenants aviod eviction and with repairs to maintain a safe and healthy home. Visitors to our food pantry have regular access to fresh and Health food choices after meeting with a member of the lsa team who evaluates the full extent of their needs.
Mental Health supports women of childbearing age and their families with free, bilingual, and holistic trauma-informed care services. We offer a combination of art therapy and talk therapy where individuals are supported to learn and explore their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors in a safe and confidential environment. In our art and therapy groups, people have the opportunity to learn and process their feelings and experiences by working on different art mediums such as photography, clay, collage making, doll making, painting, and more.
Youth programming supports youth and their families with their developmental needs, social-emotional learning, and educational attainment. Key activities include tutoring and homework help, english language arts, social emotional learning, summer learning k-5, and support for parents and caregivers throughout the academic year. Parents of children in middle school and high school receive additional resources and guidance to navigate their child's next educational opportunity.
Other program services: healthy homes (environmental Health) supports families to address housing conditions that affect their Health, particularly conditions that affect asthma symptoms and also provides support towards healthy and dignified housing through outreach and engagement in public housing around housing conditions, tenant organizing and individual tenant advocacy. Our thrift store offers used clothing at affordable prices to the public.