NO ONE LEFT BEHIND!
As the pandemic continues, the wave building behind it is a tsunami of homelessness as low-wage earners lose ground because of pandemic-related job loss. The combination of unemployment and low-wage employment set against rising housing ...
NVF on the Frontlines, Combating Veteran Homelessness in Los Angeles
The National Veterans Foundation (NVF) has been an integral part of the fight to get all homeless veterans off the streets in Los Angeles. Our Outreach Team has been working closely with the VA, City & County of Los Angeles as well as ...
Veteran Stand Down in San Diego
If you’re not familiar with a Stand Down, it’s a special event for veterans where veteran service organizations provide information, some medical and dental services, some personal care items and amenities, food and water. The NVF ...
The Other Sides of Independence
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 ...
