Jovenes, Inc.

Founded in 1989, Jovenes, Inc. is a non-profit organization in Los Angeles whose mission has been to assist homeless and displaced young adults in  primarily, but not exclusively Pico-Union/Westlake, Echo Park, South Central, East Los Angeles, Long Beach and Hollywood. It was founded by Fr. Richard Estrada, CMF originally an outreach to underage immigrants

Jovenes is Spanish for youth, and the agency focuses its efforts on helping disenfranchised youth its outreach efforts, social services, and housing. Its new facility, the Lloyd Monserratt Pleasant House opened in May 2006.

Major programs

 * Art to develop high quality visual public art projects that reflects the diversity of life perspectives in the urban environment.
 * Social advocacy provide direct services to homeless youth, provide advocacy for the provision of emergency services to this population, and to educate the public of the plight of at-risk homeless youth