We economically empower urban-city families through education and assistance in first time home ownership, home retention, refinancing, reverse mortgage, banking, investments and savings.

We educate minds through the provision of college scholarships for lower socio-economic and disadvantaged inner city youth in Los Angeles County.  We assist in preparing our middle school youth for college and to become tomorrow’s leaders. Guidance is given for SAT testing and college selection.  The youth are given cultural enrichment  by participating in college tours and other social events to expand their minds and world views.   We provide tutorial programs, mentors and role models for the youth of our communities.

• College Scholarships: Our general scholarships are awarded to current year high school seniors and adults between the ages of 25 to 40 years who have decided to pursue a college education.  We annually award an earmarked scholarship for a high school graduate who will attend Howard University in the fall after graduation and for a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School (located on 41st St., Los Angeles).
• Nursing Scholarships: A scholarship specifically designed for those majoring in nursing. As of 2018, MEF will award two new scholarships to the current year graduates and will continue three scholarships from the prior year for a total of four years, as opposed to one year scholarships.
• Adopt a School Program:  We have adopted Bethune Middle School (69^th and Main, Los Angeles, California) and Thomas Jefferson High School (41st and Hooper Ave., Los Angeles, CA).
• Tutorial Program
• Mentoring Programs
• Reading with Seniors Program
• College Preparation:  This program includes application completion, writing skills, acquainting students with college options (trade schools, community colleges, state colleges and universities, private colleges and universities), and SAT/ACT Prep Classes.
• Leadership Training Programs
• Educational and Cultural Enrichment Field Trips/Outings
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S.T.E.M.):  Tutorial and Enrichment Programs and Labs

The Mablean Ephriam Foundation Mentor Program at Thomas Jefferson High School in Los Angeles.

Sister’s Pride is held weekly during lunch hour.

For anyone interested in volunteering to present a workshop on careers, job interview techniques, life skills, financial literacy, etc. please contact us at efromfoundation@aol.com or call us at 323-445-6669

The Annual H.U.F. Awards
& Scholarship Banquet

We believe that the development of good parenting skills and the inclusion of fathers, especially, in the parenting process, serve to strengthen families. We place a lot of emphasis on encouraging fathers to be active in the lives of their children. We provide programs in:

• Parenting Skills
• Domestic Violence Prevention
  Judge Mablean has an undeniable passion for bringing awareness to domestic violence and providing preventive solutions to reduce its prevalence. As a victim of psychological and physical abuse in her marriage, Judge Mablean has empathy for the appalling effects these actions have on victims, children ,perpetrators, police and the community at large.  Thus, MEF provides programs to teach domestic violence prevention, such as anger management classes, conflict resolution, marriage counselling, self-awareness, self-esteem and victim rights as well as punishment for domestic violence.  MEF views the participation of fathers and young men key to prevention measures.Seminars are offered on Domestic Violence Prevention. MEF works closely with local domestic violence shelters and transition homes in Los Angeles, to educate the victims of domestic violence on prevention and available legal remedies available. Domestic Violence counseling and classes for domestic violence are offered for offenders and victims.  This is done as a joint effort to educate the offender and victim and to prevent a reoccurrence of domestic violence acts.

• Child Custody/Visitation Advocacy
• Child Support Advocacy
• Elder Care: We emphasize caring for our aging parents and seniors, as caregiver, healthcare advocates and financial supporters.

• Obesity/Nutrition: To address the growing issue of obesity and poor nutrition among Americans, especially children, MEF, has planted a garden consisting of fresh green vegetables and fruits on the campus of Peary School. The green vegetables and fruits are accessible to the students and the community. MEF plans to build a track around the garden area to encourage exercise for the students of Peary, as well as the community. MEF provides seminars on diet, nutrition and exercise, from health care professionals and personal trainers.

Our five-year program helps villagers identify most vulnerable children and develop care plans for them

They cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain.

The H.U.F. (Honoring Unsung Fathers) Awards is a special Father’s Day annual event, created and hosted by Judge Mablean Ephriam. Judge Mablean believes in the sanctity of marriage and parenthood. Issues surrounding family, especially the presence of a strong, loving and hard working father is very dear to Judge Mablean. She strongly believes that the positive interaction between a supportive caring father and his child(ren) ,nurtures the inner spirit and paves the way toward healthy adulthood and a better society.

The mission of the Awards is to identify and recognize fathers who play a vital role in the development of their child(ren)’s lives.

The purpose is to reach out to families and communities to celebrate fathers and make Father’s Day as special as Mother’s Day; to encourage and promote positive fatherhood by spotlighting fathers who accept their role and responsibility and do it well.

Awards are given in the following categories:

• Solo Warrior (the father who never married the child’s mother and who is the primary custodial parent)
•  Love Cares (the married father, living in the home)
• Fatherhood Forever (the divorced father, who divorced the mother, not the children)
• The Village Dad (the non-biological father who stepped into the shoes of father
•  Living Legacy (the elderly father, the role model for all other fathers).