by createnow | Oct 28, 2020 | Arts, Create Now in the News, Featured Programs, Latest News, Uncategorized
Since May, Create Now has been providing fun arts classes to youth living at foster group homes, shelters, transitional-living facilities and housing projects throughout the region. Many of these children are forced to deal with the impact of trauma from abuse,...
by createnow | Sep 27, 2020 | Arts, Create Now in the News, Featured Programs, Latest News, Uncategorized
Located in Hollywood, Aviva Center’s Wallis House is a residence for up to 42 transitional-aged women (18-24 years-old) and their children who are experiencing homelessness. Most of these young ladies have aged out of the foster care system. From July 9-September 2,...
by createnow | May 1, 2020 | Arts, Create Now in the News, Featured Programs, Latest News, Uncategorized
While all of us are staying safe at home, thousands of youth in Southern California have no homes to stay in, nor families to comfort them during the Covid-19 pandemic. They’re forced to live in shelters, group homes, detention centers and transitional living...
by createnow | Sep 29, 2019 | Arts, Create Now in the News, Featured Programs, Latest News, Uncategorized
On any given night in Los Angeles, more than 2,300 transition-age youth (TAY) experience homelessness. Ages 18-24, most have been abused, neglected, orphaned, and left to fend for themselves on the streets. They often lack social and life skills, any goals and...
by createnow | Jun 22, 2019 | Arts, Create Now in the News, Featured Programs, Latest News, Uncategorized
We are so grateful to Psomas, one of the largest engineering consulting firms in the nation, for donating the proceeds from their 11th Annual “Paper Yacht Challenge” to Create Now. This popular event took place on April 18th in the large fountain at the...