Winter Shelter locations and information

the LAHSA Winter Shelter Scheadule and locations

Women’s Care Cottage closing

Domestic violence shelter residents need to know where to go when the doors close.

Facilitator of Hope

Richard was a job title change You can find him in the El Monte GAIN office. His job title is spawned from what a client once called him. If you could create your own job title: what would it be?

Dental care for the poor

Homeless and Poor adults can receive Dental treatment. USC does outreach clinics and has low cost care.

Typical LA Cross Culture

Thia Town Express has a hot dog sculpture on the roof. I enjoyed this and wanted to share!

Teens and the Homeless – a danger?

Lily Burk was 17 years old and found murdered in her car last week. I have been following the story through all the news outlets and my connections on Skid Row. What jumped to my mind was this. I have a 15 year old daughter who also lives in Lily Burk’s hoemtown of North Hollywood […]

The Stimulus jobs

You’ve heard about this on the news but what is it?! Basically, the “we are going to create jobs” idea means that very low income people who are receiving public aid are going to be placed into employemt (starting at $10.00 an hour) and the counties will be providing the pay check. In this way, […]

Homeless man burned in wheelchair.

Homeless man burned to death while smoking in his wheelchair.

LAHSA to get contract

From the Board of Supervisors adgenda on June 2: Recommendation: Award and instruct the Chairman to sign a sole-source contract with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority for the provision of emergency shelter services to homeless CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work participants at a three-year cost of $8,684,244, effective July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2012, fully funded […]

LA “Safer City”

Safer City through ticketing people for sitting onteh sidewalks? Nice plan.