The Whole Child

Lisettev Aviles

I would like to give a thank you to The Whole Child, they changed my life and my kids life for the better, it has been a journey and I’m very thankful to my worker Ms.Perla Bernal for guiding me, help me with permanent housing, be my mentor at times listen to my concerns. Also Ms.Maria Jauregui for giving me information and connecting me helped me find my permanent home.I’m so thankful for The Whole Child staff thank you for helping families like mine to progress and give that little boost to succeed! Life has been harsh and hard but if you focus and put your mind in what really matters that will make us progress and succeed…. A million times thank you so much for helping families ❤️ Here’s some pictures of my kids enjoying their new home 🏠 thank you so much God Bless all of you !!

Bella Beauteous

If I can give no stars to this place I definitely would this place is trash they are no help Besides reciving help from them they always gave me extremely old leads to housing and even kicked me out to the street they threw all my stuff out with my 2 children this place is worse than the streets.. poor people that donate to this trash place.. my room mate had a sick child and she even got thrown out I’ve seen so many single moms get thrown out to the streets to help others and do the same to them as well they are not about helping children this non profit organization is BS !

Kay Coulson

I have supported the work of The Whole Child for nearly 5 years. My organization has provided hygiene backpacks to their clients prior to Covid-19. Personally, I have found Vanessa Sedano to be a very compassionate and caring person and "agent for change" for those seeking homeless services.

Diana Molina

I'll have to admit that the whole child housing division is complete garbage!! I know many will get referred here by TLC services etc but please do your research and go else where. Where the staff will actually help you and guide you. My experience with this agency has been hectic and I'v found myself in a worse situation from when I first started with this agency. My case manager Marina Mejia is a complete air head! They don't work with you or try to find you any kind of leads they don't provide you any type of help other then housing you for a few months in hotels or in some "shelter". Your stay in a motel is not garenteed you live month by month not knowing your next move. They never call you in advance to tell you your going else where so that you can prepare. No you get a day or 2 if your lucky to pack and move. You get sent to "shelters" with no insight or details of where your being sent. They encourage you to find a job which I did then got sent to boyle heights where we couldn't be home between 9am to 3pm. Had a situation occur at the shelter I called left voicemails and sent emails to my worker which she never responded to!! I drove to the Santa fe office July 16th where I asked to speak to her and the dumb receptionist didn't even know how to lie to me. She tried to tell me that she's in a meeting that if i wanted to talk to her I'd have to wait for her to finish I said ok I'll wait I waited 2 hours with my 3 boys. Nothing happened the stupid receptionist comes back with a stupid business card which Marina wrote to come back and see her the 26th of july oh and by the way the shelter asked me to leave and to pickup my things by 2pm that same day had to go get my fiance out of work so he can help me where he lost his job that day aswell. MARINA left my family out on the street until then and moving forward to today she called me Friday the 28th where she left me a voicemail saying hey Diana I will not be extending your motel vouchure so check out october 1st by 11 if you WANT! to have a meeting with me DROP BY THE OFFICE AT 10:30AMv thank you have a nice weekend. Is she cucu? Check out is at 11am where am I putting my stuff when I have absolutely no where to go? She gave us no where else to stay no other shelter nothing it's 1:13am and I'm packing trying to figure out where our next move will be. They tell you to save money find a job and to look for housing. But they house you in places where you can't save hold a job or even make future plans because you have no way of knowing what will happen next. I'm so disappointed for even giving this place a chance they are such garbage and don't have your best interest in mind. The things my boys and I have been exposed to is just garbage please before coming here find other centers on your own!!! Don't rush to the first place your told about you'll be waisting your time money and gas on nothing but headaches and further disappointment these knuckle heads are clearly there for a paycheck not because they want to help homeless families. I'd give a zero but we can't.