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• Investing in What Matters The Most

  United Way L.A.’s core mission is to make strategic investments that help our neighbors living in crisis while ensuring everyone has the resources and tools to create prosperity for their families and communities. From community college students who struggle to pay for housing or secure their next meal to formerly incarcerated people who need help… continue reading Investing in What Matters The Most

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• Shelter Improvement Initiative: Promoting safe and dignified spaces to heal, and find housing

  or our unsheltered neighbors, finding shelter goes beyond having a safe place to stay. It can also be where they connect to critical services and programs and begin to heal as part of their journey to a permanent home.

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• EFSP supports 181 L.A. organizations’ work to prevent homelessness and food insecurity

  At a time when the rising cost of living hits harder on our most vulnerable communities, funding from the federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) continues to bring stability to thousands of Angelenos experiencing a crisis. This year, United Way of Greater Los Angeles and the local EFSP board awarded $5.9 million in funds… continue reading EFSP supports 181 L.A. organizations’ work to prevent homelessness and food insecurity

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• AAPI Heritage Month: How Congresswoman Judy Chu Advocates for AAPI Community’s Safety and Prosperity

  People celebrate their heritage in many different ways. Just a few have the privilege of honoring their culture and heritage as public servants. That’s what U.S. Congresswoman Judy Chu has been doing for the past 14 years since she became the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress.   “As a young girl, I never actually… continue reading AAPI Heritage Month: How Congresswoman Judy Chu Advocates for AAPI Community’s Safety and Prosperity

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• LACAHSA is launched with the mission of helping more people stay in their homes

  LOS ANGELES, CA —The newly formed LA County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACAHSA) kicks off its first board meeting with elected officials representing all 88 cities of the County and citizen experts. The agency is primed to fundamentally change how LA approaches housing as a region by preserving, protecting and producing affordable housing. LACAHSA Board… continue reading LACAHSA is launched with the mission of helping more people stay in their homes

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• How We Can Prevent Homelessness By Being ‘Upstanders’ and Allies Against Domestic Violence

  According to the Downtown Women’s Center data on women experiencing homelessness, 53% have experienced domestic abuse, and 27% experienced sexual assault in the last 12 months. It also shows that the lack of safe and affordable housing often forces women to choose between living with their abuser or becoming homeless. No one should have to make such a choice.

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• Dedication to all of our volunteers

  Have you ever heard a song with such beautiful lyrics and think who that song is dedicated to? Who would compel someone to write such thought-provoking, warm sentiments? What are they like? What do they look like?  More often than not, we create this imagined persona that is similar to someone close to us. For… continue reading Dedication to all of our volunteers

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• Unleashing the Power of Black and Latina Women with WIN-LA

  Through this initiative, Black and Latina women accrue valuable financial assets, invest in their communities, and increase their personal wealth by pooling their funding in United Way’s affordable housing and economic development investments. It allows participants to receive double-digit returns on their contributions while supporting the production of affordable housing and other vital resources in their neighborhoods. 

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• How is Kaiser Permanente’s Julie Miller-Phipps leading the care of L.A. people beyond healthcare

  Her vision for people’s well-being goes beyond access to healthcare. She explains economic mobility and house insecurity, for example, are significant social predictors of health. 

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• Tax Prep Is…Fun?!

  A few members of the United Way staff spent Saturday in the Pico-Union neighborhood at L.A. Red Shield Community Center, where families received free assistance filing their taxes from Central City Neighborhood Partners (CCNP). L.A. Red Shield Community Center offered a safe and familiar place for people to congregate. The energy rushing throughout the building… continue reading Tax Prep Is…Fun?!