Our Lady of the Angels Region |
John 13:35 "This is how all will know that you are my disciples,
if you have love for one another." |
| Catholic Charities in Our Lady of the Angels Region shows love for individuals, families and communities by serving over 4,000 people each month. |
| Our Lady of the Angels - Metro Area |
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The mobile clinic at St. Margaret’s Community Center is run by St. Francis/Robert F. Kennedy Hospital to help provide medical care for uninsured individuals.
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• St. Mary’s Community Center in Central Los Angeles and St. Catherine’s Community Center in South Central Los Angeles provided basic necessities and case management to over 8,300 individuals last year.
• Angel’s Flight Shelter for Runaway Youth provides shelter, social work case management, therapy, health and educational services to runaway and homeless youth and those at risk of Losing their homes.
• Good Shepherd Center operates a comprehensive program which includes a drop-in center, a mobile outreach unit, an emergency shelter, a transitional program for homeless women and a transitional residence for homeless mothers and children. It also sponsors Angel Guardian Home, a new, long-term residence with thirteen two-bedroom apartments for mothers who are disabled and their minor children. Approximately 3,600 homeless women and children are served annually through these programs.
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| Our Lady of the Angels - Western Area |
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El Santo Nino Community Center, located in Central Los Angeles, served over 9,010 individuals during the 1999-2000 fiscal year.
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• St. Robert’s Community Center in Venice and St. Margaret’s Community Center in Lennox provide emergency food and shelter, psychological services (St. Robert’s), and case management for homeless and low-income individuals. Collectively, they served 16,400 individuals on the Westside in the past year.
• St. Robert’s Community Center is one of the only sites in the Venice area that offers food and case management for the homeless and poor on Saturdays and Sundays.
• St. Peter Claver Community Center in the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles offers support to over 4,000 individuals with much needed case management to help them pay their rent and utilities, find jobs or better paying jobs, and supplement meager food supplies. |
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The thrift store at St. Peter Claver Community Center offers inexpensive items for low-income families.
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A family in need receives case management services at St. Margaret’s Community Center in Lennox.
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“19.2% of Angelenos live at or below the federal set poverty level of $16,534 for a family of four.”
Los Angeles Business Journal, 12/6/99 |
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