homelessness Archives

On Our Own – How Family Conflict Leads To Homelessness

by Brianna Gray | Oct 23, 2022 | Stories

We live in a world where people live their lives based on public opinion. It has become too common for people of the LGBTQ community to be out on their own because they are stuck in a world where nobody understands them. Imagine living in a world where people...

Barriers to Mental Health Treatment in the Black Community

by Anita Narkhede | Aug 14, 2020 | Blog, Mental Health

By Sade Thompson Bell In honor of BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month, I would like to address a great concern in the Black community. There are high rates of mental illness and low levels of treatment due to numerous reasons discussed in this article. People all over...

Barriers We Don’t Discuss When Talking About Homelessness

by Layne Presley | Feb 14, 2020 | Blog

We all know the importance of having an identification card, yet we don’t always think about the significance of these small details when discussing homelessness. It takes three items to be considered “document ready,” a term commonly used to describe a person that...

A Comprehensive Mental Health Recovery Must Remedy Isolation

by Kevin Naruse | Sep 20, 2018 | Editorial

Why do we as a society immediately push out and dehumanize anyone who does not fit in with the majority? This is exemplified in various social situations, applying to several different groups who are excluded from society at the first sign of so-called “disruptive...

Community Arts Intervention

by Kevin Naruse | Jun 30, 2018 | Events

Community Arts Intervention – What Is It? Just because people live in the same place does not mean they live together. Los Angeles has made strides in creating housing for young adults coming out of the foster care, carceral and mental health systems, and of the...