People Assisting The Homeless

Easterseals Southern California

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Easterseals makes a lasting difference each day by providing essential disability and community services to children, adults, and their families. For more than 100 years, we have worked tirelessly with our partners to enhance quality of life and expand local access to healthcare, education and employment opportunities.  Easterseals Southern California provides essential services and on-the-ground supports to more than 25,000 people each year—from early childhood programs for the critical first five years, to autism services, daily and independent living services for adults, employment programs and more. Our public education, policy and advocacy initiatives positively shape perceptions and address the urgent and evolving needs of the one in four Americans with disabilities today.

LA Family Housing

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Our mission is to help families transition out of homelessness and poverty through a continuum of housing enriched with supportive services. Since 1983, LAFH has grown to become the largest provider of affordable housing in the San Fernando Valley and a best practices provider of basic needs and homeless services throughout Greater Los Angeles. LAFH is a unique housing provider because its services and real estate development address the full continuum of care for homeless and low-income households, from temporary housing to permanent rental housing, all linked to supportive services. In total we own and operate 22 properties, including three shelters and 19 permanent affordable apartment buildings. In 2011, LAFH reached 3,518 children, parents and single adults through its multi-tiered supportive housing system. The agency maintains a 92% success rate in placing families in permanent, independent housing. Each year, our wraparound service and housing continuum helps more than 500 households transition from the streets to housing stability. By balancing housing costs with basic needs, offering supportive services to increase self-sufficiency, and preserving and increasing the stock of affordable housing in LA, our work helps to build neighborhood infrastructure and inject economic growth into low-income communities.

Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services

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Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services has provided mental health, substance use disorder and suicide prevention services since 1942. Didi Hirsch provides compassionate whole-person care to more than 233,000 people annually across its programs. In addition, Didi Hirsch is home to the nation’s first and largest Suicide Prevention Center, which served and trained more than 250,000 individuals in 2025. Our award-winning whole-person mental health care services are fully accredited by a breadth of leading organizations. An important part of our role as a community mental health provider for over 80 years is responding to the ever-changing needs of our clients and our community, including: Battling the youth mental health crisis by opening our first youth drop-in center, Our Third Place. In addition, Teen Line continues to expand its commitment to training more diverse teen line listeners and increase our capacity for crisis calls, texts and emails. Expanding our Enhanced Care Management program to serve more clients with complex social, physical and mental health needs. Providing access to Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) services for our substance use clients, increasing the likelihood of long-term recovery while reducing harm. Launching 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Spanish chat and text, to ensure our Spanish-speaking community has access to these lifesaving services.