“WE’RE IN THE BUSINESS OF
SECOND CHANCES.”
For more than 30 years, Homeboy Industries has transformed lives through its social enterprises by creating jobs, while providing training, support, and healing for formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated individuals. What began as a single bakery in Los Angeles has grown into the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world, proving that business can be a powerful tool for second chances, economic mobility, and transformation.
Homeboy Café + Bakery @ LAX
Homeboy Café @ MLK
Transformation Story
Meet Norma
“It just gives me a lot of peace and hope that no matter what I’m going through, I don’t have to be alone today. I have people that are there for me and help me, even it’s just a hug or an ‘I’m here.’ I’ve never had this much support.”