Servants Arms Community Based Organization (CBO) was established in January
2013, out of Dr. Anthony L. Dockery’s vision to extend St. Stephen’s reach. To stretch
beyond our current servanthood, Servants Arms was founded with the premise of
meeting the needs of individuals and families who need physical and spiritual
assistance. Servants Arms is a non-profit organization that depends solely on
donations, sponsorships and program funding to facilitate the many programs that it
hosts annually.

Servants Arms CBO is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation that focuses on meeting needs
in the community. Our mission is to: through the embodiment of God’s love build a
stronger community one person at a time, to deliver meaningful services and resources
to all in need; one home at a time, one city at a time. The vision of Servants Arms is to
extend our arms to embrace, support and uplift those in need by aiding in the relief of
social and economic stigmas in our community. To be “God’s Servants”, “In God’s
Service, demonstrating compassion for all people.

Current statistics taken from the 2023 US Census, show that the community we serve is
in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County. The City of La Puente has a
population of 36,516, a 0.94% decrease year-by-year from 2022. Previously, in 2022, La
Puente's population was 36,863 residents of which 81.1% are Hispanic and 40.4% are
not US born. The city’s population has only 11.5% of its residents that are college
educated and 65.9% have a high school diploma or a GED. While most have limited
education, the last census taken identified that the La Puente, CA unemployment rate of
4.30% is lower than the long-term average of 21.6%. Of the workers, 30.6% commute
under 30 minutes. About 3.46% of the workforce in La Puente has “super commutes”
exceeding 90 minutes.

The median household income is $77,703 and the average annual household income is
$86,430. The poverty rate is 9.6% as of 2022 which is lower than the overall poverty
rate of 12.2% across the entire state of California. Specifically, 7.4% of High School
graduates and 11.2% of non-High School graduates in La Puente live in poverty.
Additionally, the poverty rate among disabled residents is 13.0%.