Introducing the new Friends Outside In Los Angeles County Newsletter!
We launched “Inside Friends Outside” to keep our supporters informed about Friends Outside LA news, successful clients and programs. The newsletter will appear quarterly, beginning with this spring 2026 issue. Please visit and subscribe!
Our Re-entry Employment Program Is Changing Lives!
Our LA County-funded SECTOR program assists re-entry job seekers with vocational training in their areas of career interest. As a result, they obtain living-wage employment and become self-supporting!
Friends Outside in Los Angeles County provides workshops, mental health services, linkages to vocational training, one-to-one support, and needed basic items such as gas cards. Our staff also helps them obtain jobs which pay living wages in job sectors through which they can pursue their desired careers.
Meet two of our SECTOR success stories in this powerful video!
Achieving Results
We hope you will find a few minutes to read our 2024 Year-end Report.
I have seen the FOLA chapter grow from an acorn to a “Mighty Oak.”
George Ferrick
About Friends Outside Los Angeles
Here at Friends Outside Los Angeles (FOLA) we assist children and families, prisoners, and former prisoners with the immediate and long-term effects of incarceration, and to act as a bridge between those we serve, the community at large, and the criminal justice system, thereby enhancing the character of justice.
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