| Our mission | LA Family Housing helps people transition out of homelessness and poverty through a continuum of housing enriched with supportive services. |
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| Ways to help | Make a Garden for Families experiencing homelessness! Spend some time at any one of our many Family Interim Housing sites helping maintain and care for their communal garden of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. This small garden(s) requires guidance with someone with knowledge about gardening monthly. Weekly maintenance is done by onsite participants! Sign up for this opportunity by site/location here: https://lafh.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/?need_id=568159 https://lafh.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/?need_id=437776… See full description Learn More and Sign-up HereSpend Quality Time with Kids experiencing homelessness! Spend some quality time engaging the school aged kids at any one of our Family Interim Housing sites! You can sing songs, read a book, or lead a movement activity! We will be enforcing social distancing, and have plenty of kids ready to interact with engaging and energetic volunteers. NOTE: You must sign up to… See full description Learn More and Sign-up HereOrganize Donations for People Experiencing Homelessness!Sort and organize in-kind donations from our generous supporters and help us create basic need kits to distribute them to our participants. You will be working with us to open boxes, sort hygiene items and basic necessities together, organize stored donations, and create hygiene kits and welcome home baskets. Learn More and Sign UpLearn How to Get Involved with LAFH Attending our informative Open House is the mandatory first step for all interested volunteers. Twice a month, LAFH welcomes the community to learn more about homelessness in LA County, what LAFH is doing to make a difference, and how you can get involved. At this time we are offering both in-person and Zoom Open Houses. See full description Learn More and Sign UpServe Meals to People Experiencing Homelessness!Help our kitchen staff prepare and serve lunch or dinner to 100 participants at The Taper. Volunteers are needed for some light prep, meal set up, and serving our participants. This is a great way to make a meaningful impact and get to know some of the people we help. Learn More and Sign Up |
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| Items we need now | Items of Greatest NeedHere are our areas of greatest need:WELCOME HOME BASKETSWelcome Home Baskets set our participants up for success when they move into permanent housing. They have all the essentials like cleaning supplies, bedding, and light decor to help their new house a home. As we move 400 people from our Project Roomkey sites into permanent housing over the next 90 days, you can help us meet this need. GIFT CARDSGift cards to grocery stores and gas stations to empower program participants to perform their own basic shopping. Email [email protected] to get started. If you are unable to visit us, please consider purchasing an item from our Amazon wishlist. If you make a purchase via our Amazon Wish List, please fill out this form so we can thank you and provide a tax deductible acknowledgement letter. Your item donation helps give people transitioning out of homelessness a sense of dignity and empowerment. In order to maintain social distancing, we ask that all item drop-offs be scheduled in advance. Please call 818-220-6936 or schedule a time through the form below. Curbside drop off: Monday-Friday 9:00 am - 11:00 am Irmas Family Campus 7843 Lankershim Blvd North Hollywood, CA 91605 |
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| About us | We employ evidence-based best practices to achieve our goals, and operate 26 properties of temporary, permanently affordable, and permanent supportive housing across Los Angeles, with headquarters and most services based in the San Fernando Valley. |
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A heartfelt thank you to each of our amazing volunteers who joined us in July! Special shoutout to our superstar volunteer, Jamie, who has a never-ending list of activities to engage the kids staying in LAFH's interim housing. ❤️ Volunteer at LAFH: https://bit.ly/3zE5XrN
For those experiencing homelessness, pets provide emotional support & are often life-saving service animals. We support SB 344, authored by @SenateHertzberg, which will fund services for pets in shelters. Show your support by contacting your local rep: https://bit.ly/3kZdiOn
August's #donation of the month: Welcome Home Baskets! These provide people transitioning out of #homelessness with necessities like kitchen utensils & cleaning products that help make a house a home. Check out our checklist and schedule a drop-off time: https://bit.ly/36XZCLk.
Want to show your support for more affordable, supportive, and bridge #housing development in your community? Attend a Ceighborhood Council meeting! Check out @EmpoweredLA to learn more about your Neighborhood Council and get involved this summer: https://bit.ly/3eVBZrg
We ❤️ our incredible partners at @ReactionChange! Their incredible support allowed us to expand professional development & continuing education opps for staff. THANK YOU for investing in LAFH's staff capacity and giving our team opportunities to continue to grow and thrive!
