JENESSE CENTER INC

Jenesse understands that children are equal victims of domestic violence and offer programs and services that address their specific needs. These include:•
• Jenesse Mothers and Children (JMAC): A program focused on rebuilding the bonds between our women and children that were broken by the trauma of domestic violence.
• Parenting Classes: Classes focus on various topics including prenatal and infant care, as well as how to deal with older children with behavioral and academic challenges.
• Family Counseling: Jenesse Center offers both family and individual counseling to mothers and their children.
• Access to summer camp and other community programs
• Local high school basketball players offer a private basketball camp for Jenesse children
• Community partners offer basketball camp and dance class scholarships

Children in the Jenesse program have access to three childcare centers. Parties and workshops are held at the centers, counseling is given and tutoring is also offered. In addition, these centers offer children access to education and enrichment classes, toys and games, books, clothing, shoes and accessories.

Each year, Jenesse hosts Camp Jenesse, a summer enrichment program for kids ages 6-13 who reside at. Camp Jenesse provides residential children with an opportunity to be like any other kid on summer vacation. The camp allows kids to form healthy relationships with each other and participate in a variety of fun activities so they don’t feel as if they are missing out on anything.
Camp is jam packed our facilitators happily teach yoga, drama classes, etiquette, music and dance, arts and crafts, and healthy cooking to Camp Jenesse kids.

Employment and education are two very important allies in breaking the cycle of violence. Women who feel empowered through employment and education are more likely to become self-sufficient and successful once they leave. This is why Jenesse Center has created its own Economic Freedom Vocational Education curriculum that is geared towards our clients’ unique economic, social and cultural needs. Our vocational education program includes:• Computer Literacy: On-site computer lab in which clients learn to use computer software and navigate the Internet.
• Education Now: Assistance in achieving academic goals through the following: GED training; enrolling in English as a Second Language classes; applying for colleges or universities; and enrolling in trade schools.
• Employment Focus: Self Employment and Pre-employment skills certification. Special classes and workshops on entrepreneurship, topics such as resume writing, how to conduct a job search, preparing for a job interview, and posting resumes on-line.

Jenesse Center knows that part of the healing process for domestic violence survivors is mental as well as physical. This why Jenesse Center offers a myriad of classes and counseling to help women deal with their emotions and rebuild their selfworth through art, music and writing. Peer counseling includes topics such as anger management, substance abuse and empowerment.

Based on information collected from internal surveys, Jenesse Center created an inhouse legal program. Jenesse Center is one of the few domestic violence programs that provides direct legal assistance. It has become a model program for other shelters to replicate. Including a Domestic Violence Clinic operated out of the Inglewood Superior Courthouse, Jenesse Center’s In-House Legal Department offers its services to everyone in the community. Jenesse Center’s legal services include assistance with:• Restraining Orders • Custody Issues
• Immigration Issues • Landlord/Tenant Conflicts
• Traffic Tickets • Credit Issues

Jenesse Center is a family institute that has been a staple in its community for more than three decades. Jenesse truly believes that a world without domestic violence can happen if we all work towards it, which is why Jenesse spends more than 10,000 thousands of hours on outreach and education a year. programs include:

Community Healthy Relationship Workshops
Jenesse’s Healthy Relationship workshops engage the community in ways that explore approaches and skills that individuals, communities, and schools can utilize to foster healthy relationships in their own lives and the larger community.

Stop the Hurting
Jenesse’s signature program educates businesses, employees, and management on the effect of domestic violence on the workplace.

Health Fairs and Workshops
Jenesse participates in health fairs and workshops throughout the Los Angeles area to share our resources and to educate individuals, families and communities about domestic violence.

Jenesse Educational Manuals
Jenesse’s education manuals aid churches and mental health service providers in strengthening their capacity to educate their populations on domestic violence and healthy relationships.

Jenesse’s strategic plan to end domestic violence begins with the nest generation. Not only does Jenesse provide enrichment programs for residential youth, but also engage and educate youth in the community about recognizing the signs of unhealthy relationships early and talking to their friends about respect and boundaries. Our outreach to youth in schools and other groups has been met with much success, especially, our peer-to-peer mentor and leadership program, serving over 2000 youth.

Jenesse Center’s BeSo You! project is our signature healthy relationship workshop series on choosing respect and working towards creating a violence free community. The interactive sessions focus on setting boundaries and building healthy relationships with friends, teachers, family, and in romantic relationships.

The Jenesse Teen Angels program is made up of high school students from throughout Los Angeles County who mentor the youth who reside in the shelter and act as peer to peer leaders by educating their friends and influencers on healthy relationships and domestic violence.

Jenesse University was created on the steps of Morehouse’s campus as a means to get men – African Americans men in particular – to step up and become involved at the forefront of the domestic violence issue. The organization seeks to expound upon surface ideas and beliefs about domestic violence in order to inspire change in college students. Jenesse University seeks to educate not only members of this demographic, but also students at every different level. The plague of domestic violence, while still affecting several groups, has become increasingly relevant in the African American culture – and our school is no exception. In order to alleviate its widespread effects, especially on our own campuses, we must do what we are here to do tonight – educate, inform and learn from a variety of different perspectives.

Assists clients in assessing their needs and goals
Coordinates the receipt of all services & participation in programmatic classes
Advocacy for housing solutions and financial resources
Client domestic violence certificate program

Through our outreach programs and legal clinics, we have educated more than 100,000 women, children, young adults and men about domestic violence and healthy relationships.  Through media outlets, including Internet resources, we have been able to reach more than a million people about the issue of domestic violence and its effect on American families

Emergency Housing - 47 beds and a new emergency shelter projected to open in 2021 (25 beds), families may reside for 30 days:
On-site Case Management
All Meals Provided
Children’s Play Area

Transitional Housing - 74 beds, families may reside up to 24 months:
Nestle Learning Center
Nahla’s World - Children's Center
Starlight Center

Also, the Domestic Violence Housing First program is the next step in Jenesse's care continuum. Through this program, Jenesse prepares DV survivors for independent living and helps them obtain safe, permanent housing for themselves and their families. Also, through Permanent Housing education classes, clients learn how to maintain permanent housing, build their credit, landlord-tenant expectations, use of housing apps, and sign a lease contract.