The P.U.R.I.T.Y. Program

Access to tech and creative industry employment

Expand existing project, program, or initiative (expanding and continuing ongoing, successful work)

Jus Tus Inc. realizes the feeling of hopelessness from the violence that plagues our streets, and the high rate of violent-related crimes increasing in Los Angeles County. Law Enforcement and the Court System are looking for solutions outside of incarceration. Families are living in fear, despair, and pain while seeing very few resources that provide an avenue of help for the community to address the growing violence surrounding our children. Trauma is the leading cause of death in persons under the age of 40 and affects a substantial percentage of the US population of all ages.
• The LAC+USC Trauma Center, an approved trauma center, is the largest in the United States with approximately 7,000 trauma admissions per year (60% blunt trauma, 40% penetrating trauma).
• Ninety-one percent of violent injury victims requiring treatment at Los Angeles County trauma centers are male. Of the victims of violent injury requiring treatment at trauma centers:

.Jus Tus Inc. - a life-changing and mental wellness program that works with all members of the family providing counseling for: • Primary health care (pregnancy and parenting)
• Mental Health Counseling
• Substance Abuse
• Anger Management
• Domestic Violence
• Parenting
• HIV/STD Prevention
• Assessment and referral services
• Social Service referral
• Healing circles for those grieving
• Victims services
• Spiritual Counseling
• Parenting Classes
• Campaign (as a neutral community entity) for community members to safely turn in illegal weapon (gun, knives, etc.) for submission to police with no questions asked.
• Providing homeless sheltering We are also a community-based organization that works with youth and families providing; • Pre-Employment & Life Skills Training
• Education
• Develop Strategic plans
• Mobilize mothers
• Employment Placement
• Voting initiative Stop the Nightmare Save Our Youth Gang Intervention - specialists organized to: • Educate parents of identifying gang behavior
• Response as a team to counter-act violence at the street level
• Assist law enforcement regarding un-solved murders
• Support peace
• Spread positive messages and information concerning available resources about this initiative Volunteers ln Parole, Inc. (V.I.P) - work with the California State Bar, California
Youth Authority and the California Department of Correction; V.I.P focuses on: • Recidivism
• Re-entry
• Mentoring
• Job Training

We anticipate well-trained and highly motivated youth who will use their healing for drugs and substance abuse, inheriting clarity on how to build new relationships of acceptance, understanding values, and lifelong commitment that must be practiced to build positive character and stronger communities through life and job skills training. Our purpose is to plan collaborative services in each designated area and encourage parents and volunteers from the community to join our Community Advisory Board. This community involvement will show the positive influence of our programs through the impact of education and job improvement, which will also encourage our youth to support efforts for positive change.

· Participants will be impacted by: Practical pre-employment life skill training. · Furthered individualized technological education as it relates to his/her social and economic training.
Enhancement of their learning ability and achieve a stronger sense of work ethic.
Improvement of their overall academic performance by using the arts to stimulate their imaginations, creativity, and critical thinking skills.
Opportunities for actual work experience as Production Assistants through partnerships with USC, UCLA, and Warner Bros. Studios. Generate their own body of work, providing the beginning stages of portfolios, fostering their sense of self-worth and confidence.
· Understanding the basic elements of negotiation, teamwork, also creativity, and decision-making at the end of each workshop.
· Completing a pre-designed evaluation to determine the impact of the workshops on their overall educational experience
Demonstrating pre-employment skills and understand social stability.