L. A. Sheriff Deputies Homeless Outreach at Venice Beach
Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 10:33PM
Fabian Lewkowicz

The Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputies Homeless Outreach Services Team - H.O.S.T., (@lasdhost) with the St. Josephs Center Homeless Outreach Team, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Practitioners and West Coast Care (WCC) offer outreach to the unhoused at the Venice Beach homeless encampment on Thursday, July 15, 2021. The homeless encampment is scheduled to be removed by July 30. St. Joseph Center provide hope and empowerment to homeless and low-income people in LA to achieve self-sufficiency through outreach & engagement, housing, mental health services, and education, and their mission is to provide working poor families, as well as homeless men, women, and children of all ages with the inner resources and tools to become productive, stable and self-supporting members of the community. Recognizing the dignity that every person possesses is the cornerstone of St. Joseph Center’s approach. They work to advance social and economic equity through both the services they offer as well as their hiring practices. St. Joseph Center is an inclusive, diverse force for change. Staff and volunteers make every effort to provide a welcoming, safe place where all people are treated with compassion and respect. West Coast Care (WCC) helps Los Angeles County Sherrif Deputies from the department's Homeless Outreach Services Team to provide services to the homeless at Venice Beach on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. WCC provides homeless with the life-coaching, resources and information they need to breakthrough barriers and to get them off the streets by linking them to family, friends and services in their places of origin. Since 2006, WCC has touched the lives of more than 12,000 homeless. #lasd @lacosheriff #venicebeach #homeless #unhoused @westcoastcare_sm

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