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Los Angeles-area YMCA locations are offering free child care for children of first responders, essential workers and families who have been displaced, evacuated or who have otherwise experienced ...
Several restaurants and eateries are offering free food for the emergency personnel battling the fires, which have burned more than 45 square miles in and around Los Angles and put roughly 179,000 ...
Westwood Recreation Center — 1350 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles El Camino Real Charter High School — 5440 Valley Circle Blvd., Woodland Hills Ritchie Valens Recreation Center — 10736 ...
The Union Rescue Mission, commonly abbreviated as the URM, is a Christian homeless shelter in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.It is the oldest in the city [1] and the largest private homeless shelter in the United States. [2]
Tanya Tull (born 1943) is a leading expert in family homelessness in America. [1] In 1980 she founded Para Los Ninos (For the Children), [2] in reaction to an article she read in the Los Angeles Times concerning children living in Skid Row hotels.
LAMP Community (originally the Los Angeles Men's Place) is a Los Angeles–based nonprofit organization located in Skid Row that seeks to permanently end homelessness, improve health, and build self-sufficiency among men and women living with severe mental illness. [1] [2] Lamp Community also played a prominent role in the movie The Soloist. [3]
The Whirlpool Corporation has expanded its washing machine giveaway program to give 150,000 people washing machines to six rural, urban areas. Whirlpool partners with organization bringing washers ...
In 2019, Los Angeles spent $619 million on 36,000 homeless people, approximately $17,194 per person. However, the number of people who are homeless continues to grow. [ 84 ] Peter Lynn, head of the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority who saw homelessness rise 33% during his five years in spite of $780 million in additional funding, resigned ...