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Santa Monica City TV interview with Les Jones from Step Up on Second

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May 31, 2010

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Santa Monica City TV interview with Les Jones from Step Up on Second

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When Luke first enrolled in our Intensive Service

When Luke first enrolled in our Intensive Service Recipient Full Service Partnership Program in September 2018, he was living in a shelter on Skid Row and displayed symptoms of severe schizophrenia and active substance dependence. Luke was unable to communicate and spent much of his time isolated in his room. In a collaborative partnership with the Department of Mental Health Whole Person Care (WPC), Luke received a housing voucher and is now actively seeking housing. He is working part-time and loves to socialize.⁣
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“The homeless crisis in Los Angeles breaks our h

“The homeless crisis in Los Angeles breaks our hearts. The number of individuals sleeping on concrete, in the cold, has now exceeded 60,000.

Every end of year, Bonnie and I and some friends take blankets, flashlights, water bottles, etc, and distribute but, as you can imagine, the few we touch doesn’t scrape the surface of the dilemma.
Frankly, it’s more the compassion we give, looking a human being on hard times in the eye, asking if they’re all right, that means more than the blanket.

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I was invited to speak to their 225-strong staff yesterday and loudly applauded their crucial work. Step Up is literally shifting the crisis to a better place. Check out their site. If you’re in LA, take a tour of their units, hear stories of those they’ve “saved”. And donate, if you’re so moved.

As you may know, my brother was homeless his entire adult life, from his first year in college in Boston to his death at 57. Sharif was known as The Pied Piper among the homeless in Boston. He helped them with medical, legal and family issues. But he couldn’t help himself. And I couldn’t help him, either.

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