Group Awards $500,000 in Grants to Agencies Assisting Homeless
The Greater Los Angeles Partnership for the Homeless on Thursday announced grants totaling $500,000 to five shelters and service providers for the homeless in Los Angeles County.
The group, a coalition of businesses, foundations and community leaders that was formally organized seven months ago, raised the money, board Chairwoman Bettina W. Chandler said, “to help existing shelters to expand their services and break the cycle of homelessness.”
The recipient agencies are the House of Ruth, an emergency and transitional housing service for single mothers with children in Boyle Heights; Hill House, Union Station and The Depot, a group that provides the homeless services in Pasadena; People Assisting the Homeless, which operates two facilities on the Westside; Harbor Interfaith Shelter in San Pedro, which assists homeless families with finding permanent housing, and Los Angeles Men’s Place, which aids mentally ill men on Skid Row.
Corporate sponsors of the program include Arco, General Telephone, the Weingart Foundation, the Joseph Drown Foundation and the Times Mirror Foundation.
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