Angels Nest TLP

Angels Nest TLP Providing housing 🏠 and other supportive services for current and former foster youths attending coll

Angels Nest Transitional Living Program’s mission is to support current and former foster youth exiting the foster care system who are at risk of homelessness. We serve these young adults as they pursue a college degree to become independent, self‐supporting, community leaders. We provide services including housing, career development, and life‐skills training to overcome past trauma and break the cycle in their own families and communities to reach their fullest potential.

Support changes lives, and it comes in many forms.Not everyone can make the same commitment, but everyone can make a dif...
06/01/2026

Support changes lives, and it comes in many forms.

Not everyone can make the same commitment, but everyone can make a difference.

💙 Become a Mentor and help guide a young person through their educational journey.
💙 Donate or Sponsor to provide housing assistance, school supplies, groceries, and other critical support that helps students stay focused on their future.
💙 Share Your Time by hosting a Lunch & Learn, volunteering, or connecting Angels Nest with your company, colleagues, and community.

Every conversation, every dollar, and every act of support helps create stability, opportunity, and hope for current and former foster youth pursuing college and trade school.

Together, we can help turn potential into achievement and dreams into reality.
Learn more at angelsnesttlp.org

Graduation Season 🎓🧡May and June is heavy graduation season. Executive Director, Arzo Yusuf makes her rounds to as many ...
05/29/2026

Graduation Season 🎓🧡

May and June is heavy graduation season. Executive Director, Arzo Yusuf makes her rounds to as many end of year celebrations as she can and celebrates students graduating college via Guardian Scholars Programs at CSUDH, CSULB, CSULA, CPP. She also attends LAUSD’s end of year celebration to announce and award scholarships on stage to the winning students. Many students gave heartfelt testimony about the challenges faced and how important the support they received from Angels Nest was.

In 2025 Director Yusuf was a Special Guest speaker at CSULA and this year the Keynote was given by Executive Director of Los Angeles County Office of Civil Rights, Capri Maddox. Director Maddox gave an inspiring speech and shared of her own struggles during undergrad at CSULA and not having housing during summer. Angels Nest makes an annual donation to CSULA, CSULB, CSUDH and CPP earmarked for summer housing so students can focus on school and have peace of mind.



🎓✨ We are proud to announce the launch of Angel’s Nest’s 5th Annual Scholarship Essay Contest in partnership with LAUSD ...
05/29/2026

🎓✨ We are proud to announce the launch of Angel’s Nest’s 5th Annual Scholarship Essay Contest in partnership with LAUSD and the Los Angeles County Office of Education.

Each year, graduating high school seniors with a history in foster care who are pursuing college or trade school have the opportunity to compete for scholarships that help support their educational journey.

This year, thanks to our incredible community, we awarded $8,000 in scholarships, including additional awards made possible through the generous sponsorship of Quest Settlements and Rosa Haydee Florentino.

A special thank you to Scholarship Chair and Angels Nest Board Member Tracy Kuaea, our dedicated panel of volunteer judges, and our partners at LAUSD and LACOE for helping make this opportunity possible.

Education changes lives, and together we are helping foster youth take the next step toward a brighter future. 💙

Interested in becoming a Community Judge for 2027 or sponsoring a scholarship? We’d love to hear from you. DM us for more information!

Los Angeles is home to the largest transitional aged youth population in the United States, and for too many former fost...
05/22/2026

Los Angeles is home to the largest transitional aged youth population in the United States, and for too many former foster youth, housing instability becomes the biggest barrier to staying in school and building an independent future.

More than 25% of former foster youth experience homelessness within just a few years of leaving the system.

That is where Angel’s Nest steps in.

We provide housing assistance and wraparound support services for current and former foster youth attending college and trade school so they can focus on their education, goals, and long term success.

Supporting the journey to independence means creating stability, building confidence, and helping young people create futures they are proud of.

Together, we can create pathways to opportunity and lasting change.



Tap the link in our bio to learn more, become a sponsor, or get involved.

Congratulations to these incredible graduates and scholars from California State University, Dominguez Hills and the Tor...
05/15/2026

Congratulations to these incredible graduates and scholars from California State University, Dominguez Hills and the Toro Guardian Scholars Program on reaching such an important milestone.

Your hard work, perseverance, resilience, and commitment to your future brought you to this moment, and we could not be more proud. Every late night, challenge, obstacle, and sacrifice led to this achievement.

At Angel’s Nest, it is an honor to support and celebrate young people who continue to push forward and build bright futures for themselves. This is more than a graduation. It is a reminder of what is possible when determination is met with opportunity, support, and community.

Thank you to Cal State Dominguez Hills and the Toro Guardian Scholars Program for continuing to create pathways of support and success for foster youth pursuing higher education.

The future is bright, and this is only the beginning. Congratulations graduates. Your community is cheering you on every step of the way.




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Support comes in many forms, and every act of involvement can make a life changing difference for foster youth.Some supp...
05/13/2026

Support comes in many forms, and every act of involvement can make a life changing difference for foster youth.

Some supporters become mentors and help guide young adults through important life and career decisions. Others donate or sponsor programs that provide housing, education support, groceries, transportation, and everyday essentials. Companies and organizations can also host lunch and learns to help spread awareness, educate their teams, and inspire meaningful action within the community.

No contribution is too small when it helps create stability, opportunity, and hope.

At Angel’s Nest, we believe strong communities help build strong futures. Together, we can help current and former foster youth feel supported, seen, and empowered as they transition into independent adulthood.

Visit angelsnesttlp.org to learn more about how you can get involved.

Congratulations to the graduating Class of 2026 at California State University, Long Beach and the incredible Guardian S...
05/07/2026

Congratulations to the graduating Class of 2026 at California State University, Long Beach and the incredible Guardian Scholars Program.

Guardian Scholars supports students with a history of foster care by helping provide the resources, guidance, and support needed to succeed in higher education. Angel’s Nest is proud to support this important program and help contribute to on campus housing so students can focus on their education, goals, and future.

Seeing these students reach this milestone is a powerful reminder of what happens when young people are given stability, opportunity, and a strong support system behind them.

We are honored to stand alongside programs and educational institutions that are committed to helping foster youth thrive.

Congratulations graduates. Your community is proud of you.

04/14/2026

A powerful and important conversation took place at the Antelope Valley Stakeholders Forum, held at Life Church and presented by 5th District County Supervisor Kathryn Barger in partnership with the Department of Children and Family Services.

This forum brought together leaders, advocates, and community members focused on strengthening support systems for foster youth, families, and social workers across the Antelope Valley. From addressing staffing challenges to expanding mental health services and improving collaboration across agencies, the discussion centered on real solutions that can create lasting impact.

We were especially inspired by the Philanthropic Panel, featuring Moderator Kate Anderson, Executive Director of the Center for Strategic Partnerships, alongside panelists Lauren Nichols ( ), Executive Director of the Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation, and Justin Leo, Senior Director of Strategic Consulting at Casey Family Programs () . Each brought valuable insight, leadership, and a shared commitment to driving meaningful change in the child welfare system.

Angel’s Nest Executive Director Arzo Yusuf and Housing Coordinator Destiny Fimbres were also in attendance, sharing ways Angel’s Nest can support foster youth and serve as a strong, collaborative partner for organizations across the region.

Conversations like these are critical. They create alignment, awareness, and action around the needs of a community that deserves continued attention and support.

Thank you to , and Life Church for bringing this important forum together and for your continued leadership in supporting foster youth and families.

📍 Antelope Valley

12/08/2025

Angels Nest was proud to sponsor one of our students from from CSUDH to participate in a very special experience called founded by recently retired from a 60 year career as a multiple Emmy winning news reporter 🙏 it’s a 2 day intensive on media training as a news reporter or a news anchor. Television personalities, reporters, anchors, production crew etc. also participated as mentors and volunteers teaching students what really happens as a reporter or in the news room as a tv anchor.

Angels Nest sponsored one student this year, opening up the opportunity to our University partners, initiating an essay contest with the following prompt:

“What is your opinion on the current media landscape regarding news/journalism and would you do things the same or differently in your media career-what would they be?”

Dominique’s essay really stood out and revealed her passion and commitment to the opportunity and was selected to be sponsored (her winning essay is included in the reel at the end.) She did a wonderful job, really took it all in, appreciated the experience, her new relationship with Hal. During her testimonial at the end, she said some touching words that brought Hal to tears 🥲 Hal is all about “moments” and we think this is one that none of us will ever forget 💕

We thank Hal Eisner for being a great human and helping so many students including one of ours! Thabk you to the Camp News volunteers and mentors!! Thank you to TGS: Ludi, Marie, Jaylan, Carol and everyone that helped to coordinate things for Dominique.

We’re proof of you Domonique! Keep up the great work and keep shining! 💗

Five years ago, California reversed course on its longstanding practice of sending foster children and teens to far-flun...
08/11/2025

Five years ago, California reversed course on its longstanding practice of sending foster children and teens to far-flung residential centers in other states. Amid mounting scrutiny of abusive conditions at programs professing to provide mental health treatment, the state declared the facilities “lacking.”

But until this month, California continued to pay for hundreds of children adopted from foster care to live in many of these same facilities — a use of public funds one child welfare expert called “state-sponsored abandonment.”

That use has come to an abrupt end.

After The Imprint began asking the state’s 58 counties for data earlier this year, lawmakers added a new prohibition in a budget trailer bill: Beginning this month, the Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) — a state and federally funded benefit for parents who adopt from foster care — will no longer pay for most out-of-state residential care. The children will soon be headed back to California.

Currently, at least 112 adoptees live out of state, with monthly costs per child reaching as high as $17,000. County data shows that some parents continue to receive a monthly payment for adopted children — even while they are not living at home and the cost of their residential treatment and lodging is fully covered by public funds.

Los Angeles County, home to the largest child welfare system in the state, asked for $4,048.40 to generate the data requested, at a cost of $100 an hour, which this news outlet could not afford.

Only 14 counties answered questions about costs. They reported spending a combined total of $53.2 million since 2020.

The counties that responded include small rural communities and large coastal cities. Those sending adoptees out of state most frequently include Fresno, Kern, Riverside and San Diego.

Counties identified 48 facilities across the country where they had sent adoptees, including Utah’s Zion Hills Academy. The financial resources page on its website makes clear to adoptive parents: “The State of California provides treatment funding for children who have been adopted through the California foster care system.”

For more info, visit www.imprintnews.org

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