Experiencing or witnessing violence. Living in unsafe environments. Suffering abuse or neglect. Coping with intergenerational poverty and trauma.

Too many children in Los Angeles live with toxic levels of stress, which dramatically harm their brains and bodies. At Children’s Institute, Inc. (CII), we help children in Los Angeles’s most challenged communities break through adversity and grow up to lead healthy, productive lives.

For more than 110 years, CII has served children and families in Los Angeles. Today, CII provides best-in-class mental health services and early education programs to more than 22,000 children and families.

Your generosity helps CII support mothers, fathers and caregivers with vital parenting resources; prepares young children to succeed in school; and ensures that adolescents and teens acquire the knowledge and skills they need to build confidence and achieve their dreams.