The Dream Center is a charitable organization that supports veterans and youth leaving foster care through various residential programs. For veterans, it offers a one-year program to help them transition back to civilian life by developing social skills, finding employment, continuing education, accessing benefits, and growing spiritually. For former foster youth, it has a two-year residential program to teach independent living skills and prevent issues like unplanned pregnancy, addiction, and incarceration. The Dream Center works with community partners and volunteers to fill the needs of struggling people through both immediate and long-term assistance programs.
2. INTRODUCTION
Since 2012, Darin Pastor has served as the CEO of Capstone
Affluent Strategies, a subsidiary of Capstone Financial Group. A
philanthropist, Darin Pastor supports the Dream Center in Los
Angeles.
The Dream Center is a charitable organization that works to find
and fill the needs of people who are struggling all over the
country. The organization works to meet both the immediate
and long-term needs of these people through its programs.
Two of the groups helped by Dream Centers are veterans and
young adults leaving foster care. For veterans, the Dream
Center offers a one-year residential program designed to equip
them with the practical and spiritual skills they need for civilian
life.
3. DREAM CENTER
Through partnerships with community organizations
and volunteers, the Dream Center helps veterans
build social skills, find employment, further their
education, apply for federal government veteran
benefits, and grow spiritually.
For young adults leaving foster care, Dream Centers
offer support through a two-year residential program.
In the home, young adults learn to become self-
sufficient and avoid negative behaviors that lead to
unplanned pregnancy, addiction, and prison.