Mission
NEW HORIZONS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (AGE 16 AND OLDER) TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND FULFILL THEIR DREAMS. FOUNDED IN 1954 BY EIGHT PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAD SPECIAL NEEDS, (SEE SCHEDULE O)THE AGENCY HAS EVOLVED TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUPPORT EACH YEAR TO MORE THAN 1,100 INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE GREATER SAN FERNANDO AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES. NEW HORIZONS OFFERS JOB TRAINING AND PLACEMENT, EDUCATION, COUNSELING, RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING WITH A FOCUS ON COMMUNITY INTEGRATION, HELPING EACH INDIVIDUAL GAIN THE CONFIDENCE, SKILLS, DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE AT THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL.