Step Up | Homeless No More

post-template-default single single-post postid-1040 single-format-standard cp_header_logoleft_menuright full-width full-width cp_hero_hidden the-realities-of-transitioning-from-the-streets-to-home cp_fixed none cpcustomizer_off megamenu no-header unknown_browser cp_breadcrumbs_hidden all_other_types_logo_light dark_menu_background mantis-child-theme wpb-js-composer js-comp-ver-6.1 vc_responsive

Homeless no more

Step Up
September 11, 2013

In the LA Times article written by journalist Steve Lopez, you can read how new Step Up resident John J. was homeless for 30 years. Every other attempt for housing with him had failed for three decades. Step Up’s support is allowing him to succeed in housing. In each of Step Up’s permanent supportive housing communities, we find that it can take up to six months, sometimes longer, for tenants to make the transition from living on the streets to living in their home. There may be boundary and territory issues to be worked out between the tenants as they move into housing. These tenant-to-tenant issues are worked through with our trained staff, and there is very little spillover into the local neighborhoods. I’m happy to report that some 90% our residents do succeed. If you didn’t see the articles, here’s the link:

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-0821-lopez-beverly-20130817,0,2903012.column

Categories:
News

Homeless no more

Donations can be sent c/o Step Up Development

11693 San Vicente Blvd. #902, Los Angeles, CA 90049 • Phone (310) 696-4510 x2200

or online at www.stepuponsecond.org/donate

Click the key above to learn ways you can take action!

Facebook

Step Up on Second

Step Up on Second

Step Up on Second2 days ago

The 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count is next week! Thousands of volunteers will be hitting the streets to count our #homeless neighbors in LA County. Sign up to volunteer: ‪www.theycountwillyou.org
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority #TheyCountWillYou #LAhomelesscount2020

Step Up on Second

4 2 View on Facebook

Step Up on Second

Step Up on Second3 days ago

How can LA use its past to build a brighter future? Join our board member, Zev Yaroslavsky, at this wonderful event on Feb 11.

Step Up on Second

How Can L.A. Use Its Past to Build a Brighter Future? | Event | Zócalo Public Square

Even in a city where people dare to be different, Zev Yaroslavsky stands out. Zev, now director of the Los Angeles Initiative at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs and the Department of History, has packed several lives into one lifetime, reshaping himself along with his fast-changing city. Th...

zocalopublicsquare.org

4 View on Facebook

Instagram

stepuponsecond

“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.

But there is one particular, powerful group Step Up on Second (stepuponsecond.org) that is the real deal in terms of moving toward solutions. They have raised multiples of millions of dollars, are buying up low income housing properties, such as abandoned motels, and getting literally thousands into warm beds, with hot meals, and a chance for a future.

Step Up does not discriminate. The mentally ill, those on drugs—nobody is turned away.

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.

Those of us sleeping soundly next to virtual warm hearths are fortunate, indeed.” - @diananyad

Thank you @diananyad for giving a wonderful keynot

Thank you @diananyad for giving a wonderful keynote speech at our Step Up staff retreat yesterday! @everwalkusa #EverWalkNation

Twitter

Step Up @stepuponsecond

2 days ago
The 2020 Greater @LAHomeless Count is next week! Thousands of volunteers will be hitting the streets to count our #homeless neighbors in LA County. Sign up to volunteer: https://t.co/5dEph3YRxY #TheyCountWillYou #LAhomelesscount2020 https://t.co/uvqfmval9Y

View on Twitter

stepuponsecond photo

Step Up @stepuponsecond

4 days ago
How can L.A. use its past to build a brighter future? Join our board member @ZevYaroslavsky at this wonderful event: https://t.co/LJsKAlYCbi

View on Twitter

SUBSCRIBE

Processing...

Thank you! Your subscription has been confirmed. You'll hear from us soon.