Project Homeless Connect Day
December 8, 2010
Project Homeless Connect Day is designed to bring together service providers, agencies and organizations to provide housing, hospitality, information, health-care and other services for our community’s homeless. Los Angeles County, along with Santa Monica, Long Beach, Pasadena, Downtown Los Angeles, South Los Angeles and the East San Gabriel Valley, will each be hosting an event to bring awareness and connecting the homeless to much needed services.
More than 1,000 homeless men, women and children attended Project Homeless Connect, which was held on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on San Julian Street (between 5th Street and 6th Street) in downtown and featured a large-scale collaboration of Downtown Los Angeles/Skid Row service provider organizations, businesses and residents to provide area homeless and working poor access to the assistance they need to become self-sufficient and to ultimately obtain affordable housing.
Some of the day’s activities included:
- Health related services – HIV/STD testing, flu shots, screenings, education
- Public information distribution by DPSS, DCFS, DMH, LASD, LAPD
- Legal Support and Advocacy
- Hygiene Kits (i.e. toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, etc.)
- Dental Education
- Community Referral Service
- In addition to Music & Entertainment, Food to be provided, Jumper, etc.
Project Homeless Connect Day:
- United government, volunteers, non-profits, businesses, civic leaders, social service providers, and faith-based organizations, to create single points of engagement and entry for homeless individuals and families.
- Engaged the general public in offering assistance to people who are homeless through volunteer opportunities.
- Created a unique opportunity for homeless citizens to access services in a supportive community-type setting.
- Provided the necessary connections for homeless individuals and families to get started on the pathway to self-sufficiency.
