Marianne Diaz	Director & Founder
Alan Rudolph	Clinic Director

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What CleanSlate does: 
CleanSlate is a gang recovery and tattoo removal program that helps to erase the visible signs of gang involvement while working with gang and former gang members to get back in touch with their emotions. The gang culture does not allow for expression of perceived weakness such as sadness, vulnerability, fear and tears. We give them permission to express these feelings through a Gang Recovery Group that meets Friday's on a weekly basis. They are then connected with an individual counselor who gives them one-on-one support. We work closely with the Southern California Counseling Center where the Gang Recovery Groups take place. A licensed therapist and paraprofessional "gang" counselor work together to facilitate the meetings. The recovering gang members must attend gang recovery groups to continue receiving discounted fees. Our fees are low, but attending Gang Recovery Groups will result in an additional discount. Many of our group members are not getting tattoo removal at all, but find the group helps in daily life.
The tattoo process is a service that is for our clients financially out of reach. We have developed this program to assist those that need the service most and can afford it least. Tattoos are a barrier to securing gainful employment. The gang related tattoos are a danger to the gang and former gang member in recovery because it still signifies affiliation. Although our clients have started the journey of living a life free of violence, the tattoos continue to draw attention from gang members who have yet to seek inner-peace.

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CleanSlate's Mission:

"It is the mission of CleanSlate to assist in the healing of gang members both externally and internally. We want to erase the past and build a new future through counseling and tattoo removal for a segment of our population that is financially challenged and oppressed. Our ultimate goal is to save lives through ending the cycle of violence and building acceptance in the greater community to support change through nurturing and empowerment not incarceration and punishment."

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Donations can be sent to the following address, 
Clean Slate Inc.
12537 Persing Drive. 
Whittier, CA 90606
866-4-NO-TATS

"We serve all Southern California Communities"

All CleanSlate staff are volunteers.
Your contributions help us keep the doors open. Thank you!
CleanSlate Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization

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INTAKE

The intake includes a short counseling session and setting the fee. Approximately 98% of our clients have been affected by family violence. They witnessed or experienced the violence first hand. We hope to end the cycle of violence in the community one person at a time. When we end the cycle of violence we save lives. One time intake charge $10.00 
Intakes are 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Every Friday. 

No appointment required

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Gang Recovery Groups

Clients are encouraged to attend Gang Recovery Groups to find support and acceptance among peers. Only one GRG is required, but continued participation in the groups will result in an additional discount for the tattoo removal process. The Group sessions are $5.00
Groups are 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. No appointment required

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FEES

Each participant agrees to contribute to the process financially. We never turn a client away because of their inability to contribute. However, we do believe each client must invest in their own recovery to achieve real change. All of our counselors are volunteers who are interns working towards their state license in Marriage and Family Therapy. We have a licensed therapist and supervisor who is on site during intakes. The licensed therapist also sits in on the group. 

This is a healing approach to the rage and pain that exists in our oppressed communities. Children are killing children and this is an incalculable loss to our communities and families. Gang members are not born Gang members. Gang members are created through wounds that have yet to be healed. Gangs will continue to flourish in a society that refuses to value our children.

What CleanSlate does
CleanSlate's Mission:
Intake
Gang Recovery Groups
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