Founded in 2000 by Gerald Thompson, Pathways to Your Future (PTYF) has been on the frontline providing educational, human supportive and healthcare services to Los Angeles County foster-care and homeless youth. Moreover, the founders and members of PTYF have established significant services and leadership which over the years have built an organised network of individuals strategically designed to foster unity and economic empowerment toward the reduction and elimination of gang killings and related violence fuelled by alcohol and drug abuse.