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  2. As L.A. County sees an increase in homeless families ... - AOL

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    Across L.A. County, there has been a 45% increase in the number of families in the homeless system compared to last year, officials say. In the first quarter of the previous fiscal year there were ...

  3. Union Rescue Mission - Wikipedia

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    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] The organization behind the URM is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit that was established in 1891.

  4. Mayor Karen Bass urges L.A.'s wealthy to fund homeless housing

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    Bass declared a state of emergency on homelessness in December 2022, on the day she took office. A month later, the region's homeless count found more than 46,000 unhoused people in Los Angeles ...

  5. Homeless Initiative awarded $51.5 million to assist 105 ... - AOL

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    Kim Barnett of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority takes food to a person living in a tent alongside the 105 Freeway in Downey in 2020. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) California has ...

  6. Weingart Center for the Homeless - Wikipedia

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    The Weingart Center for the Homeless has five facilities in one block, plus a walk-in access center, totaling 170,000 sq. ft. the Weingart Center serves 6000 homeless people and provides 253,000 meals annually. The Weingart Center is located at 566 South San Pedro Street in the building that was once the El Rey Hotel, designed in 1923 by ...

  7. Dream Center - Wikipedia

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    Website. thedcnetwork.org. The Dream Center is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit [1] [2] Christian Pentecostal network of community centers based in Los Angeles, California, established in 1994. The president of Dream Center is Matthew Barnett .

  8. Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority - Wikipedia

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    US$845,367,023 (FY 2022-2023) Agency executive. Va Lecia Adams Kellum, Chief Executive. Website. www .lahsa .org. Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is the lead agency responsible for coordinating housing and social services for the homeless in Los Angeles County. [1] LAHSA allocates funds and administers contracts with regional ...

  9. LAMP Community - Wikipedia

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    t. e. 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.