Women at risk on Skid Row

Women are extremely vulnerable on Skid Row. It's not a question of if they'll be assaulted, but when. Many will suffer unspeakable abuse. Over time, they often feel paralyzed by shame.

That's why we never turn away a woman or family who comes to Union Rescue Mission for shelter.

Right now, the number of women devastated by homelessness on the streets of Los Angeles has increased 35%. The number of families has risen even higher at 111%! The sooner we can get these vulnerable people off the streets, the better.

Very soon, we'll be opening our new Sprung structure, a permanent shelter in our back parking lot, which will provide shelter and care for up to 120 women . . . the need has never been greater.

Help provide not just shelter, but a way home

Tonight on Skid Row, a woman will be brutally assaulted or have to do the unthinkable in order to survive.

This #GivingTuesday, DOUBLE your gift through a special $500,000 Matching Challenge Gift to help create a way home for hurting women and others devastated by homelessness — the kind of home any person deserves, far from the tents and dangerous streets of Skid Row.

You'll show hurting women and others devastated by homelessness that you care, and help them know their lives matter, no matter what.