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We provide services to families and children, and their incarcerated and formerly incarcerated family members and address the unintentional consequences of incarceration through specialized services that address the immediate and long-term needs of our clients.
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Meet our Honorary Co-Chairs for FACES 2022!

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Mary Weaver

Friends Outside Los Angeles County is pleased to announce that Fred Armisen and Dorian Esters have graciously accepted our invitation to be our Honorary Co-chairs for FACES 2022, our 50th Anniversary Celebration

Posted in FACES 2022, UncategorizedTagged 50th, Events, Faces, Faces 2022

Mary Interviews Curtis Dowds, Our Founder’s Son

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Mary Weaver

Mary: Tell us a little about yourself and your mother. Curtis: I am my mother’s oldest child.  My mom was born in 1918 in Arkansas, in the Mississippi Delta.  At […]
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Posted in Significant Supporters InterviewsTagged FOLA
Joyce Ride

Paying Tribute to Former Board President Joyce Ride

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Mary Weaver

As we celebrate 50 years of Friends Outside in Los Angeles County in 2022, during National Women’s Month we also celebrate the women of Friends Outside Los Angeles. Today, we are celebrating former board president and women’s advocate, Joyce Ride!

Posted in Mary's DeskTagged Joyce Ride, Women's History Month

Why I Give – Giving Tuesday

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Mary Weaver

A friend of mine brought me to be a guest speaker as part of an arts program at a prison in Oregon.

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2021 Year End Report

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Mary Weaver

2021 Year End Report – Friends Outside Los Angeles County

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Helping Others

Your donation will help others like you who need services from Friends Outside in Los Angeles County. Won’t you help us to help them by making a donation? A few dollars from many people equals a big difference for your fellow brothers and sisters! Suggested donation - $1 for each year of time you did. Won’t you help those who are still suffering to take the first steps to success like you did? Your donation of any size can be made through PayPal via this website or through checks sent to our headquarters: Friends Outside in Los Angeles County 261 E. Colorado Blvd., Ste. 217 Pasadena, CA 91101 Thank you!

The mission of Friends Outside in Los Angeles County (FOLA) is to 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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Menu
  • FACES 2024 SEEDS WE SOW
  • PROGRAMS
    ▼
    • COVID
    • SECTOR
    • DADS BACK! ACADEMY
    • FORWARD FOCUS
    • PROJECT IMPACT
    • RE-ENTRY AGAINST THE ODDS
    • VIDEOS
  • GET INVOLVED
    ▼
    • DONATE
    • VOLUNTEER
    • DONORS
    • THANK YOU!
  • ABOUT
    ▼
    • LOCATIONS
    • JOB LISTINGS
    • AWARDS
    • SUCCESS STORIES
    • PHOTOS
    • STAFF
    • BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    • OUR FOUNDERS
    • PARTNERS
  • WHAT’S GOING ON
    ▼
    • SOCIAL MEDIA GALLERY
    • NOTES FROM MARY’S DESK
    • SIGNIFICANT SUPPORTERS INTERVIEWS
  • CONTACT
    ▼
    • CONTACT US
    • PHONE NUMBERS
    • REQUEST MORE INFORMATION
    • RESOURCES