COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FSP (FULL SERVICE PARTNERSHIP)

FSP Programs for Adults 26-59 is a Proposition 63 Program of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA)

YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE if you are HOMELESS, in jail or have frequent contact with the criminal justice system, frequently in psychiatric hospitals or receiving psychiatric emergency services, or are living with family members and at risk of any of the above circumstances.


ANTELOPE VALLEY Service Area 1 *** (661) 223-3813

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY Service Area 2 *** (818) 610-6705

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY Service Area 3 *** (626) 471-6535

METRO LOS ANGELES Service Area 4 *** (323) 290-5822

WEST LOS ANGELES Service Area 5 *** (310) 482-6613 or (310) 482-6617

SOUTH CENTRAL/COMPTON/LYNWOOD Service Area 6 *** (323) 290-5822SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES Service Area 7 *** (213) 738-6150

LONG BEACH/SOUTH BAY Service Area 8 *** (562) 435-2287 or (562) 435-2078

NORTH HOLLYWOOD INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY

Linking to the NORTH HOLLYWOOD INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY.

"Established in 1983, North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry (NHIFP) is a 100% volunteer coalition of Jewish and Christian congregations working together to address the problem of hunger in the community. Food is collected by congregations, individuals, schools and community organizations. Some free or low cost food is obtained from the LA Regional Food Bank in conjunction with Valley Interfaith Council. We welcome all clients and volunteers."

4390 Colfax Avenue
North Hollywood, CA 91604

EASTER : FOOD SHELTER AND CLOTHING ARE A HUMAN RIGHT!

We think FOOD, SHELTER, and CLOTHING, are the very basic HUMAN RIGHTS. Medical Care and Education are also necessary to survival and prosperity.

We want to thank those who do care about us, who do give their time and resources to help others.

We know the economy stinks and that this is making it more difficult for average people and that many thousands who would not be homeless now are because they have lost their jobs and with their jobs their medical insurance and health, their cars or access to transportation, their good credit, and their relationships. We know that social services and non-profits are being stretched to their limits.

PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP ON US!

ELTON JOHN CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT

LA TIMES- LOS ANGELES SUPERVISORS WILL HELP THE STREET HOMELESS

48,000 HOMELESS IN LOS ANGELES

"Los Angeles County supervisors agreed Tuesday to give priority to the most hard-core street dwellers when allocating housing and other homeless services..."


Link to article by Alexandra Zavis published the other day.

PASSOVER CELEBRATION OF JEWISH ACTIVISTS : TANYA TULL :BEYOND SHELTER

Linking to an old JEWISH JOURNAL ARTICLE HERE ABOUT HOMELESS ACTIVIST TANYA TULL and BEYOND SHELTER.

She says thousands loose their Section 8 housing.


BEYOND SHELTER
1200 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 600
LA, CA 90017
(213) 252 0772
LINK IS Http://www.beyondshelter.org/home.html

NOTE: We are being told that this is an option only for women with children.

SANTA CRUZ CALIFORNIA - GOOD TIMES NEWSPAPER - THE COUNT

The SANTA CRUZ CALIFORNIA GOOD TIMES REPORTS ON THEIR HOMELESS COUNT and reports on the homeless there, in the belly of the University of California at Santa Cruz... WE HEAR THERE ARE LOTS OF STUDENTS LIVING IN CAMPS IN THE REDWOOD FOREST. Just remember that because SOMEONE can do it does not mean EVERYONE CAN!

BLACK EYED PEAS - WHERE IS THE LOVE?

HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST

HOMOPHOBIA? RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE? World wide reports... part of our issue.


Click on the title to get to the link!

HAVE YOU GAINED LOTS OF WEIGHT or GOTTEN DIABETES SINCE YOU BECAME HOMELESS?

Diabetes? Overweight? Just what can we do when we don't have kitchens to cook in? Or when we have to go from feed to feed and eat what is put in front of us? Or we can't make our EBT go far enough and eat lots of bread and bakery give aways?

SAM SLOVICK THE LOST TRIBE / PAVEMENT SERIES / LA WEEKLY

LINKING TO SAM SLOVICK'S SERIES on HOMELESS IN SUN VALLEY PARK. Click on the title above for his blog. Click here for the story as it appears this week in the LA Weekly: http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/pavement/ "I stumbled on a lost tribe of homeless people deep in the valley who told me their story. I went back a few days later and found them under a tarp in the pounding rain." THE PEOPLE WANT TO SAY "THANK YOU SAM FOR LETTING THE WORLD KNOW WE EXIST."

GOOGLE BOOKS Encyclopedia of homelessness, Volume 1 By David Levinson

Wanna read on line about HOMELESS PEOPLE, our terrible risks, our terrible health? Here's your chance!

COOL BLUE n GREEEN BUTTERFLY WALLPAPER

This image comes from DOVER PUBLISHING and is

free to use for nonprofit blogs.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF NON PROFIT HOUSING HUD REPORT ON HOMELESSNESS

This is Housing and Urban Development's report on the state of homelessness - more rural and suburban poor. We are hearing that all HUD FUNDED SHELTERS/BEDS are going to be offering less stay time. no matter what shelter or program. All or most non military or non mental health program residents of one local shelter's Transitional Living Program have been given 30 days notice. According to our source, the director of Los Angeles Family Housing, informed all TLP residents of the change about a week ago, saying there would be no more waiting for SSI. Residents at that shelter were short noticed that they needed to attend a meeting and refusal to attend would mean automatic 30 day notice to terminate. A couple weeks before that all shelter residents - no matter what program - were tested for drug use and again were told that refusal to test would be an automatic termination. According to our source, medical marijuana prescription owners are allowed to stay though they tested positive but OPIATE users (heroin) were terminated. Lots of upset among residents at that shelter, but more homeless need to be given a 90 day chance to turn their lives around.