NO ONE LEFT BEHIND!
Happy Birthday, Land of the Free! America celebrates 244 years of Independence this July 4th.This year’s celebrations will likely be fewer, smaller and look different. While most of that change is imposed by the pandemic and health and ...
NVF Delivers Second Round of Survivor Boxes for Homeless in LA
This is a large urban area. After our outreach to Skid Row with our Survival Boxes—a 3-5-day supply of food, masks, gloves and personal care items—I went out with our outreach team to Hollywood, West Hollywood and West LA on the same ...
NVF’s Response to Covid-19: We Didn’t Miss a Day
Los Angeles went into lockdown on March 20th. The mayor’s announcement came late afternoon on the 19th. Our counselors were still answering calls on our Lifeline for Vets. Knowing the calls would continue to come in and ...
Vets Sheltering in Place: Pup Tents in the VA’s Parking Lot
The VA’s motto comes from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: “…to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan.”A far cry from 25 pup tents erected in the West LA VA’s parking lot, wouldn’t you say? ...
Another Way to Tackle Homelessness: Prevention
It’s an annual event, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s (LAHSA) count of the homeless on LA streets. Here at the National Veterans Foundation, we know this territory. Our Outreach van scours the greater LA area year-round ...
Thoughts at Thanksgiving
Richard McFarthing, a homeless vet living on the streets of Hollywood Boulevard. Copyright Jessica Jewell Lanier. The rain in Los Angeles today will continue into tomorrow. For here, it’s cold. In most other parts of the country it’s even ...
Homelessness: A Look at the Root Cause
At the latest count, homelessness in Los Angeles was up over 16%. According to Steve Lopez, writing in the Los Angeles Times onJune 16, the state count was twice as high. Disappointing news, especially since we’ve thrown $800 million at it ...
Model Program for Homeless Vets Shut Down
Nothing to be proud of—Los Angeles County has the highest percentage of homeless vets in the nation. Still. So, can somebody please explain why a successful program to take in homeless men and women veterans is being shut down? That’s ...
