Monica Valencia

AP Macroeconomics
Period 2
3/2/23

My Community Service Project

Aviva Family and Children's Services

Adress: 7120 Franklin Avenue,

Los Angeles CA 90046 USA
Phone: (323) 876-0550

https://aviva.org/programs/mental-health-services/

Mission statement:

Aviva believes every child and every family in our Los Angeles community deserves the chance
for a brighter future. We provide compassionate support, therapeutic services, and guidance to
at-risk children and their families.

Purpose:

Avia nurtures and supporst at-risk families and children. Through compassionate care, they help
create resilient children and families. They strengthen families as they transition out of the social
welfare system. With culturally sensitive, trauma-informed services, Aviva helps families
transform their lives by providing healthier ways to cope and heal.

Part 2
I chose this non-profit organization Aviva Family and Children’s Services because I

would like to learn more about the services provided by mental health organizations and would
love to take part into helping those struggling on a daily basis. The purpose of this organization

is to help children and families who struggle with mental health. This organization has four

programs which are crisis intervention, foster adoption, mental health services, and supporting

housing for women and children. Out of all of them I picked mental health services because their

goal is to strengthen families as they transition out of the social welfare system. Aviva wants to

create resilient and adaptable families by providing services such as culturally and trauma

informed services. Most importantly, to help families learn healthy coping skills and to help them

heal through compassion, empathy, and open-mindness.

This organization benefits the community because it can help those who cannot get

professional help. It can provide crisis and suicide care for the people who are afriad to seek

help. The biggest benefit this organization can provide for my community is being educated

about mental health and resources for individuals and their loved ones. Additionally, it can

promote efforts for treatment and recovery. The role I envision myself as a volunteer for this

organinzation is more for emotional support and to be in the process of showing compassion and

understanding for those in need. I would want the people who are struggling to know that I am

dependable and relible. The personal benefit I’d gain from this also being educated about this

subject as well. I want to know more about the struggles, behaviors, and how to help others,

services/resources provided. Volunteering would help me learn how to live and teach others how

to live a healthy lifestyle and make good changes.