To enhance homeless services in the Glendale area, Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich granted $200,000 in Fifth Supervisorial District Discretionary funds to PATH Achieve Glendale. “PATH Achieve Glendale is a vital public-private partnership that provides a wide array of homeless services for homeless families at its emergency shelter, including beds, job training skills, and mental health and substance abuse treatment,” Antonovich said. Designed to provide safe, stable, short-term housing up to 90 days for individuals and families experiencing homelessness, it is one of few county shelters that accepts single homeless fathers and their children. Additionally, the program regulations require residents to save money, find work and address any barriers to establishing permanent housing. Residents must also meet with a case manager to establish a service plan and work towards goals that increase their income and housing opportunities. Help for Students Employees with the Canoga Park facilities of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne handed out backpacks filled with new school supplies to more than 400 students at Dr. J. Michael McGrath Elementary School in Newhall for the 9th annual Project Backpack. Employees with Pratt & Whitney and Hamilton Sundstrand SLS-Rocketdyne in Pomona exceeded their goal by more than two dozen by filling 528 backpacks with supplies in three weeks. On Aug. 22, teachers, Pratt & Whitney and HS employees distributed the backpacks to 478 students in the gym at McGrath Elementary. Each pack was filled with a three-ring binder, a dozen pencils, a pencil sharpener, notebook paper, a 12-inch ruler and two spiral notebooks. The students also received Frisbees, water bottles and book covers with images of rockets. The remaining backpacks and supplies were donated to The Guadelupe Center, a non-profit organization in Canoga Park. Amgen Foundation Awards Grant to Mentor LA The Amgen Foundation and Mentor LA announced the launch of a three-year partnership to improve education in South Los Angeles. The Amgen Foundation grant of $4 million over three years will assist MLA in advancing a new model of high performance public schooling, one where the public and private sector work together through a shared leadership structure to create successful high schools. Our World The Western Union Co. and The Western Union Foundation rolled out Our World, Our Family, a $50 million, five-year program to empower migrant families through education and global economic opportunity programs. Our World, Our Family is framed around four pillars that allow Western Union employees and agents to pool their funds to support social issues they care about; creating family scholarships and learning packs that boost language, family connectedness and personal finance skills; sends a volunteer mentor corps to provide entrepreneurial and personal finance support at community centers and selected agent locations; and engage global leaders in a dialogue to encourage an inclusive approach to economic development and issues that impact migrant communities. “Education and economic opportunity means providing people around the world with the tools to succeed,” Western Union President and CEO Christina Gold said. “We take great pride in our commitment to help families stay connected, and we strongly believe in making migration an option, not a necessity. “With Our World, Our Family, we will help open doors to new opportunities supporting global citizens on their journey to a better life.” Western Union has multiple locations throughout the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, Antelope and Conejo valleys, including Burbank, Glendale, Palmdale, Camarillo, Canoga Park, Encino and Chatsworth.
