What is a Dream Center?
Founded in 1994, The Dream Center was started by Pastors Tommy and Matthew Barnett in Los Angeles, CA. It is a volunteer-driven organization that finds and fills the needs of thousands in their city through approximately 70,000 encounters each month, with many accessing multiple services, as well as housing over 500 people in their residential programs. Some of their ministries include mobile hunger relief, free medical services, residential rehabilitation programs, a shelter for victims of human trafficking, transitional housing for homeless families and veterans, foster care intervention programs, job and life skills training, counseling, basic education, Bible studies and more! They work to meet people where they are at, to bring them hope and a way off the streets. The Dream Center’s record of success has attracted others to start Dream Centers in their own cities, and in this way, more than 100 independent Dream Centers have been launched nationally, as well as internationally.
