MISSION STATEMENT

Encourage positive development. Promote self-sufficiency. Foster independence.

Volunteers of America is a faith-based non-profit human services organization committed to serving people in need, strengthening families, and building communities.

Volunteers of America was founded in 1896 on a core belief in the potential of every person no matter the circumstance. Since then, we have been transforming the lives of America’s most vulnerable, including children and families from under–served communities, at–risk youth, Veterans, individuals and families struggling with homelessness, men and women returning from prison, victims of human trafficking, and people challenged with addictions and substance use. A key component of increasing self-sufficiency is attention to a person’s health care needs. Each of VOALA’s services either link clients to appropriate health care services, or provide these health care services as an integral part of our overall supportive services package. Examples include: teaching our pre-school children to brush their teeth; helping people in poverty access health care and learn good health habits; or, onsite clinical care.

We help all people realize their full potential through relevant programs and services that have an impact that is deep, resulting in a change in the way they see themselves and the world; broad, extending beyond individuals to their families and communities; and long-lasting, outlasting the time spent with us. Our programs receive continual improvements resulting from ongoing evaluations.

At Volunteers of America Los Angeles (VOALA), we see the potential in all people to rewrite the story they are living and build skills that will allow them to face challenges with positivity and resilience. Although the people we serve face extreme obstacles and have doubts about their future and the ability to improve it, they all have exceptional strength and potential. It’s our job to make sure that potential is realized.

In VOALA programs people learn that they are the authors of their own stories and able to make positive choices that move them toward an empowered future. Every day, we combine deep compassion, highly effective programs, and an unshakable belief in each person’s innate health and strength, to achieve what many consider “impossible.”