Posts Tagged ‘homeless’
MHALA Housed 2,258 People This Past Year
Los Angeles County saw an overall decrease in unsheltered homelessness of about 5%, according to the 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. Out of 27,300 people housed in LA County, 2,258 of…
Read MoreMHALA opens emergency shelter in Antelope Valley
In response to Hurricane Hilary, Mental Health America of Los Angeles (MHALA) opened an emergency shelter in Antelope Valley for unhoused community members impacted by the storm. The shelter, which…
Read MoreThat ‘homeless person’ could be someone’s son. Mine, for instance.
By Shannon Jones, a former journalist, a current real estate agent in Long Beach, and a mother to one of MHALA’s members. Click Here to read the story in the…
Read MoreReinventing Mental Health Services in a Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis has impacted the mental health of our entire community. It’s hard to find anyone who does not feel some degree of anxiety and unease. But for those…
Read MoreCoronavirus Brings Toughest Mental Health Month In Memory
May has been Mental Health Awareness Month since 1949. May 2020 may well be the most stressful in the last 71 years, Long Beach experts say. “It’s impacting the whole…
Read MoreWith Pandemic Heaped on Crisis, Homeless Services Are in Triage Mode
About 10 people live in the Dominguez Gap homeless camp along the edge of North Long Beach. Some are older—one woman just turned 81—and many have been there for years.…
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