We believe no child should be raised on the dangerous, unforgiving streets of Los Angeles. Yet economic circumstances are forcing fathers, mothers and children onto the street. The numbers are tragic. Women and children now make up 40% of all people experiencing homelessness.
The Union Rescue Mission Angeles House is a 74,900 square foot facility housing families that are unsheltered. Dad’s, mom’s and children are transition from homelessness to independence within 12 to 36 months by offering long-term rehabilitation programs, services, and spiritual care.
Dad’s, mom’s and their children have a safe place to live while they receive counseling, training, encouragement, and the real help they need to escape homelessness forever.
Los Angeles accounts for 3% of the total United States population and is home to 7% of all people experiencing homelessness. About 58,000 people in Los Angeles County experience homelessness on any given night, of which 22% are under the age of 18. The highest concentration of Los Angeles’ population experiencing homelessness is on the streets of Skid Row — an area less than a mile wide and filled with drugs, drinking, violence, and despair. At the Union Rescue Mission Angeles House, we will be able to address many of the issues around homelessness in the Los Angeles Skid Row and surrounding areas.