Central Recovery & Development Project, CROP, Agency Profile

Center: 3313 W Washington Blvd, LA, CA 90018, 323-732-2098

Central Recovery & Development Project (CRDP) is a California non-profit community-based organization. The agency~ s mission is to design, develop and administer programs that address the needs of targeted communities throughout the City and County of Los Angeles, that are plagued with gang violence, high crime rates, domestic violence, unsightly gang/tagger graffiti, drug abuse~ high levels of unemployment, economically deprived and decaying neighborhoods.

We presently provide gang intervention/mediation, conflict resolution counseling funded by the City (LA Bridges Phase II, hard core gang intervention) and County Probation Department, a Los Angeles County court ordered juvenile and adult restitution program, Los Angeles County Probation Department approved Domestic Violence Batterers counseling program, County of Los Angeles funded Domestic Violence Victims counseling & transitional servicecounselors are some that are former gang members that have made necessary adjustment in their lives and life styles as a direct result of positive responses to the projects outreach, counseling, and have become productive independent and contributing citizens.

CRDP currently employs 25 African American and Latino men and women that are professionally trained in gang intervention/mediation. The Executive Director and Director are the Co-founders, and combined have over fifty years of gang intervention and prevention program development, implementation and administration experience. Included among CRDP's professional and licensed counselors are former gang members that have made necessary adjustment in their lives and life styles as a direct result of positive responses to the projects outreach, counseling, and have become productive independent and contributing citizens.

CRDP is governed by its Board of Directors, whose Chief Officer is the Chairman of the Board. The staff consist of the Executive Director, Director, Administrative Assistant, Program Mangers, Project Directors, Licensed Social Workers and Educators, Gang Intervention Specialists, Parent Training Specialist, Domestic Violence Counselors, Community Mobilizers, Job Developers, Community Beautification Specialist, Journeyman Construction Workers, Secretaries, and Accounting staff.