FRFSFirst Responders Family Services
Survivor-led. Community-rooted.

Empowering families.
Overcoming crisis.

First Responders Family Services helps individuals and families move from crisis toward safety, stability, restoration, and opportunity through compassionate intervention, advocacy, education, and practical support.

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26 yearscrisis-involved youth, adults & families
Survivor-ledadvocacy & intervention
Community partnershipsacross systems of support
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Leonard RivasFounder & CEO, First Responders Family Services
Our mission

Restoration begins with being seen, heard, and supported.

FRFS exists to help individuals and families navigate crisis with survivor-led strategies, practical resources, advocacy, and meaningful pathways toward stability.

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Community leadership grounded in lived experience, service, dignity, and restoration.
FRFS in action

Community partnerships. Practical pathways.

FRFS works alongside community organizations, schools, and government agencies to help people move from crisis toward safety, stability, and opportunity.

COMMUNITY PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
Puente Valley Community Action for Peace

Community-led violence prevention, healing, and local solutions.

FRFS featured service provider

The Puente Valley CAP newsletter highlights FRFS as a family-crisis provider helping individuals and families overcome barriers through empowerment, survivor-led strategies, and practical support.

Services highlighted in the newsletter
  • Gang intervention and mediation
  • Emergency shelter and sustainable housing support
  • Transportation assistance
  • Additional resources and wraparound support

The feature reflects a shared commitment to community-based support and safer, more connected neighborhoods.

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COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

Building trust where it matters most

FRFS draws on lived experience and long-standing community relationships to engage individuals and families, strengthen connections, and help identify realistic next steps.

Relationship-based intervention
PARTNER SPOTLIGHTGEMS Uncovered
TRAINING & PREVENTION

Special thanks to GEMS Uncovered

FRFS thanks GEMS Uncovered for providing trafficking diversion classes that support learning, reflection, and pathways toward healing and opportunity.

Trafficking diversion classes
Our services

Practical support. Real pathways forward.

FRFS connects people to safety, resources, education, employment, housing, advocacy, and community support.

Human Trafficking & Survivor Assistance

  • Emergency shelter & housing placement
  • CalVCB compensation & mainstream benefits
  • Trauma counseling and therapy
  • Human trafficking awareness campaigns
  • Work with all government agencies
  • Jobs, trade schools, and college opportunities
  • Transportation assistance
  • Temporary & permanent housing placement

Community Intervention

  • Trust-building and alternatives for active gang members
  • Parole & probation requirement assistance
  • DV, anger management, and parenting classes
  • Union jobs, employment, college prep & trade schools
  • Leadership development
  • Peace talks between neighborhoods & school outreach
  • Wraparound case management & supportive services
  • Transportation and community activities

Domestic Violence

  • Emergency shelter & housing programs
  • Victim compensation & benefits assistance
  • Trauma counseling and therapy
  • High school presentations & awareness campaigns
  • Work with all government agencies
  • Domestic violence housing partnerships
  • Jobs, trade schools, and college opportunities
  • Transportation assistance
  • Temporary & permanent housing placement

Partnership with Local Schools

  • Strategic partnerships for at-risk youth
  • Referral flows for at-risk youth
  • Awareness workshops for human trafficking, DV, intervention & substance abuse
  • Leadership development & mentorship
  • Jobs, trade schools, and college opportunities
  • Outings and after-school workshops
  • Strong presence in partner school communities
For referring partners

Refer someone to FRFS

Choose the intake form that best matches the referral. Each form helps FRFS record referral details, understand immediate needs, coordinate appropriate services, and document follow-up. These forms are for referring partners and staff—not an online submission portal.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING & SURVIVOR SUPPORT

Human Trafficking Intake Form

Use this form to document a referral and identify a person’s circumstances, contact details, immediate needs, and requested supports.

  • Safety, shelter, and housing
  • Benefits, victim assistance, and identification
  • Medical, mental-health, and substance-use resources
  • Employment, education, transportation, and follow-up referrals
Download Human Trafficking Intake Form (PDF) Editable Word version
COMMUNITY INTERVENTION

Community Intervention Intake Form

Use this form for intervention and supportive-service referrals. It helps staff understand the individual’s situation, priorities, and service-coordination needs.

  • Housing, food, benefits, and identification
  • Parole/probation, legal, and immigration assistance
  • Employment, job training, and education
  • Family services, transportation, and follow-up referrals
Download Community Intervention Intake Form (PDF) Editable Word version

Questions about a referral? Call 626-761-4252 or email [email protected].

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Founder & CEO Leonard Rivas leading through lived experience and community service.
Founder & CEO

Leonard Rivas

A survivor, community leader, and crisis intervention specialist whose lived experience fuels FRFS's mission of hope, healing, and restoration.

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A survivor-led agency
“Your past does not have to determine your future. With the right intervention, support, and opportunity, every life has the potential to be transformed.”

FRFS brings lived experience, professional expertise, faith, and community partnerships together to help people move beyond crisis.

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