Introducing "From The Frontlines": A New St. Joseph Center Publication Uplifting Voices Ending Homelessness
January 22, 2025
These coming weeks will mark the beginning of important conversations about how we heal, rebuild, and empower communities across Los Angeles. At St. Joseph Center, we believe the most effective solutions to ending homelessness come from those closest to the crisis—those working tirelessly…
Read More >Beyond the Ashes: Frontline Workers Supporting Unhoused Angelenos Impacted By the LA Wildfires
January 22, 2025
For nearly 50 years, St. Joseph Center has served those affected by poverty and homelessness. However, the recent wildfires in early January 2025 devastated the LA community, impacting many of St. Joseph Center’s programs. People lost everything…
Read More >Ánimo: Taking a Cultural Approach to Mental Health for Our Latinx Neighbors
January 22, 2025
For those of us brought up within Latinx/Hispanic culture, it’s common to believe focusing too hard on your mental wellbeing makes you “loco.” It’s practically tradition to prioritize the needs of others before our own. This mindset can often leave us in a mental rut. Case in point: 35.1 percent of…
Read More >Empowering Black People Experiencing Homelessness: The Value of Lived Experience in the Workforce
January 22, 2025
Black people experiencing homelessness face unique and systemic barriers to finding safe and stable living situations. From discriminatory housing policies to implicit biases in hiring practices, the complexities of these issues continue to dog our politicians and befuddle our populace here in Southern California…
Read More >Problem Solving with Heart: Empowering Families Through Compassionate Conversations
January 22, 2025
In the face of an ever-shifting crisis, a flexible approach is necessary for helping families confronting housing insecurity.
On the frontlines of homeless family services at the Family Solution Center, the work we do is personally challenging. Every day, we meet families grappling with impossible choices—whether that’s paying for a room or…
Read More >Advancing Equity: Housing Policy Solutions Informed by Lived Expertise
January 22, 2025
The St. Joseph Center, in partnership with USC’s Homelessness Policy Research Institute, is proud to present three policy briefs addressing critical issues at the intersection of workforce development, housing stability, and tenant rights for people experiencing homelessness. These briefs were informed by…
Read More >Workforce Re-Entry Barriers for Black Angelenos with Lived-Experience of Homelessness
January 2022, 2025
HPRI created this product in partnership with St. Joseph Center Lived-Expert Advisory Board furthering the work of the Ad Hoc Committee on Black People Experiencing Homelessness.…
Read More >Breaking Cycles of Homelessness: Achieving Stability
January 22, 2025
The cycle of homelessness is a nesting crisis not only in Los Angeles but across the state and country. Even when those who are unhoused get connected to housing or supportive services, some will experience homelessness again. In California, of 75,000 individuals placed into…
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