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Familia Unida Living with MS (FULWMS) was incorporated as a 501-c3 nonprofit in 1998 to provide unconditional love, hope, and support to those living with Multiple Sclerosis and other disabilities to help maximize their quality of life.Located in the heart of East Los Angeles FULWMS upholds its solid commitment to offer innovative and comprehensive services that respect and value the diverse populations through family centered service models and programs:

CARE (Counseling Advocacy Referral Empowerment) Program
The purpose of the CARE program is to work one-on-one with Familia Unida members. The CARE program objectives are to focus on providing supportive services such as counseling, referrals and advocacy for those with disabilities and their families. By forming a personalized bond with our members, this program is able to identify the real issues affecting individuals and/or their families. by providing supportive services that enhances their quality of life. We are able to empower our clients to be proactive in their choices related to their healthcare, social service needs and receive a better understanding of their human and civic rights. We also provide additional support to community resources, educational speakers and socialization is experienced at the Monthly Support Group Meetings, Kids Corner, Community-Health-Employment Outreaches, one-of-the-kind - innovative Wheelchair Wash Event that hosts over 1,800 community members.

FUES (Familia Unida Employment Services) Program
The FUES program belongs to the Employment Network, which is comprised of national partners’ collectively working to find employment for the disabled. The FUES is a cooperative agreement based program between Familia Unida and the Social Security Administration. The primary goal is to assist qualified disabled individuals in receiving SSI or SSDI benefits to find appropriate jobs and to promote and, educate employers. We believe that people with disabilities have many abilities and skills which merit successful and gainful employment opportunity. The delivery of services ranges from conducting an individual work plan, intake of skills, evaluation of skills/disability, providing assistance with reaching a realistic goal for finding the best employer-employee match, job research, resume building, job coaching, interview tips and linkage to other supportive services in the community that will assist in the transition from not working to becoming gainfully employed.

HAPI (Health Access Personal Investment) Program
The goal of the HAPI Program is to bridge fun innovative health access activities that are inclusive of the family while incorporating laughter, play therapy, exercise, expertise speakers, resources, educational materials/handouts in a manner that is in appropriate language, respectful, culturally sensitive and providing tools for long-term support that they can share with family members or refer to for maximum results. We encourage that "knowledge is power" and reinforce the importance of communication and sharing of lessons learned and strengthening supportive services ties with family and friends for ultimate results and continued support. .

LOVE (Leadership Opportunities Versatile Engagement) Program
The goal of the LOVE Program is to provide mentorship and work experience to diverse socio economic individuals/groups within the Southern California region. Participants in this leadership internship program devote 15 to 25 hours a week. We have found that participants in this program who have embraced the philosophy that learning and development is a lifelong ambition have greatly benefited from this program, by actively facilitating and bridging the interaction and teamwork across different cultures, ages, genders, disabilities and languages. Their experience working within our family centered service model coupled with the unconditional love has been transformational to their development.

Familia Unida has a track record of success with purposeful clear outcomes that have gained National recognition for its service delivery model that is inclusive of various cultures and disabilities, with a focus in providing Health and Social Service and programs targeted to ethnic minority groups, especially the non-English, low-income, uninsured populations. This grass-roots nonprofit has established community partnerships with over 800 community based organizations, Regional Centers, healthcare providers, including Kaiser, Rancho Los Amigos,The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation,USC-Medical Center, White Memorial Medical Center, LA CARE, government, elected officials and especially with bridging relationships with the disabled community. Thank you