A Veteran Comes Homehttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Veteran-Housed-1.png600541CVillacorteCVillacortehttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/33f51288a2dcbd3eb733891535bb2f9b?s=96&d=mm&r=g
After years of experiencing homelessness in an encampment dubbed The Dead End, military veteran Robert Gaines moved into his apartment at a VA facility in North Hills, just days before Veterans Day. Robert was among the first to benefit from Los…
Pathway Home Program Lives Up To Its Namehttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Dawn.png600541CVillacorteCVillacortehttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/33f51288a2dcbd3eb733891535bb2f9b?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Los Angeles County’s encampment resolution program, Pathway Home, has housed its first client: Dawn Toftee, who had been homeless for 19 years. Dawn and her beloved dog, Fatty, moved into their own apartment just eight weeks after Pathway Home brought…
Veteran Steps Up in Supporthttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Success-Albert.png600541adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
https://vimeo.com/864163430/25f1fe3ba2 After serving three tours of duty in Iraq with the U.S. Army, Alberto, 37, returned home only to battle homelessness for nearly 10 years. He had found it extremely difficult to navigate civilian life, resources, and benefits but said…
Family Gets New Home After House Firehttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Paula.jpg600541adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Paula, a 55-year-old Native American single mother, and her three children, lost their home in a fire caused by a faulty outlet earlier this year. She had become unemployed shortly before the fire, and homelessness took a toll on the…
Making Her Way in the World Againhttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Yvette.jpg600541adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
After losing her job of 28 years at the VA Long Beach, Yvette, 62, lived in her car and in shelters in Santa Ana, Bell, and Whittier for about 10 years. After being hospitalized in Whittier and later Compton, she…
Christopher Stays Positivehttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Christopher.jpg600541adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Christopher, 48, moved in with his mother and sister in 2017 after serving time in prison. Unfortunately, his sister passed away a few months later. As Christopher and his mother were not on his sister’s lease, they became homeless. Without…
Victor is at Home and at Peacehttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Victor.jpg600541adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Victor, 55, was on the verge of falling into homelessness. He was living in a converted garage that wasn’t suitable as a home, and his landlord wanted a year of back rent and a long-term lease. The DHS Housing for…
A Mother Overcomes Tragedyhttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Berit.jpg600541adminadminhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dda381e5236f23ff3ebe49379cc1a75?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Berit, 41, spiraled into addiction after the traumatic death of a child in the early 2000s, and experienced chronic homelessness. She went into Social Model Recovery Systems (SMRS)’ Royal Palms residential substance use disorder treatment facility and later its Sabina…
Yolanda and Her Kids Have a Homehttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Yolanda.png600541CVillacorteCVillacortehttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/33f51288a2dcbd3eb733891535bb2f9b?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Every parent can relate – we all want a better future for our children. Yolanda was scared that being homeless would mean her children would be taken away, but LAHSA wanted a better future for her children too, and its…
Stacie Finds a Homehttps://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Stacie.png600541CVillacorteCVillacortehttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/33f51288a2dcbd3eb733891535bb2f9b?s=96&d=mm&r=g
https://youtu.be/RFV8MZEtWPY Stacie has found a home after 23 years of homelessness and LAHSA couldn’t be happier to be a part of her journey. Share this story if you felt inspired