General Membership Meeting
Our agenda will include: Advocacy Roles for Staff of Public and Non-Profit Agencies
Join us as we hear from the experts. Dora Gallo, CEO of A Community of Friends, and Eddie Washington, with the Los Angeles County Intergovernmental and External Affairs Branch, will cover the basics for us and discuss ways we can advocate for the polices that will address the needs of the homeless residents ofLos AngelesCounty. We will also address the UHHP Policy Priorities and develop plans to engage members in supporting this platform. |
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Member Organization Events
- October 29, 2009, 10am
Grand Opening of the Center for Community
Health - Downtown Los Angeles. More... - October 29, 2009, 7pm
JWCH's first annual Masquerade Party, benefiting our homeless youth and HIV services programs. More...
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"Homeless People in Los Angeles County" Report
In recent years, the increasing public examination of Los Angeles’ homeless problem has been accompanied by a significant mobilization of governmental and private health and human resources on behalf of the homeless. These efforts reflect the decisions of key government and civic leaders to give high priority to the homeless issue. The heightened public awareness, along with these broad-based service initiatives, has created an atmosphere of opportunity to make significant inroads in addressing the homeless problem throughout the region.
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South Los Angeles - "Taming the Perfect Storm" Report
As the nationwide crisis in the housing and credit markets unfolds, a community-based coalition of health care and social service providers, affordable housing developers, and community organizers convened on October 10, 2008 to highlight human rights-based solutions to the crisis in one of America's hardest-hit communities, South Los Angeles. Read more...
"Unsheltered — A Report on Homelessness in South Los Angeles"
South Los Angeles has the highest concentration of homeless people in Los Angeles County outside of Downtown, yet the issue of homelessness in South LA communities has been largely overlooked in the recent media and political attention being paid to homelessness. The purpose of this report is to highlight and examine the community-level economic, demographic, and social indicators that help explain the high rate of homelessness in South LA (or Service Planning Area (SPA) 6). Read more...
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