Parental Engagement & Family Services

Family Plus

Family PLUS (Parents Leading, Uniting, Serving), is a model for Clubs wanting to implement family support activities into their Club's programming. This model introduces Clubs to factors affecting the family unit and methods of collaborating with the community to provide parents and caregivers with resources. There are four components of Family PLUS:

Kinship Care – Kinship care includes providing knowledge and resources to extended family members (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, foster parents, etc.) who have assumed the role of primary caregiver.
Father Involvement – Our clubs provide support and promotion through programs, activities, training and services to help increase the positive involvement of fathers in the lives of their children.
Economic Opportunity – Focusing on empowering families, the economic opportunity component helps families find and keep jobs, increase earnings, build savings and establish credit.
Outreach Strategies – This component builds the capacity of Clubs to effectively recruit and retain the involvement of new populations of diverse parents and caregivers who are often underserved in Clubs.

* For further information about Family Plus please click on the following link http://familyplus.bgca.org

Family Source Center

The Salesian Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles is part of the City of Los Angeles' Family Source Center network in Boyle Heights. The Family Source Center offers a variety of educational, family, child and youth services including counseling, cultural, recreational and after school activities onsite or nearby through referrals. Special services include financial counseling and tax preparation, ESL classes, food distribution, and disaster preparation training. The centers are also available for community meetings, special events and volunteer opportunities.

Adult Services:
  • Multi-benefit screening
  • Information & referral
  • Financial literacy
  • Parenting classes
  • Job search assistance
  • Income tax preparation assistance
  • Adult education
  • Computer training
 Youth Services:
  • Tutoring/Homework assistance
  • Mentoring
  • Leadership training
  • Recreational/ cultural activities
 Other services include:
  • Housing assistance
  • Legal assistance
  • Medical referral
  • Mental health
  • Substance abuse/anger management

Centro Latino for Literacy



Family Advocacy Network (FAN) Club

Family Advocacy Network (FAN) Club– This is a scientifically proven program of support for parents and caregivers of Boys & Girls Club members who are participating in SMART Moves. This program is available for parents who wish to further support efforts to reduce violence and substance abuse in our community. This parent club is offered through the efforts of the Boyle Heights Coalition for a Safe & Drug-Free Community.

HSF's Pasos

Through the partnership with BGCA Latino Outreach Initiative and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, we are able to offer a bilingual college awareness curriculum for parents. *Please visit our calendar for updated information on dates and schedules.