Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc.

Our Lady of the Angels Region - Metro Area


• St. Mary's Center served over 57,000 people in fiscal year 2003-2004. In addition to satisfying clients’ basic needs for emergency food and clothing, the Center provided case management, mental health services, motel vouchers, utility assistance, and referrals for vocational training. • “My Club” (Modeling for Youth Cooperation, Leadership, Unity and Bridges), a street outreach program of Angel’s Flight Runaway & Homeless Youth Services in South Los Angeles, provided youth (ages 10 to 17) with counseling, care, education, and referrals. At My Club, a troubled 10 year old boy, “William,” who could barely read and was on the verge of delinquency, was required to enroll in school, follow rules, do homework every day, get along with his peers, and be honest. By adhering to the program, he changed his future.	An elderly client is offered free blood pressure screening at St. Mary’s Center. Catholic Charities collaborates with various agencies (QueensCare Clinics, Catholic Healthcare West) and volunteers to provide such care free of charge.
• Catholic Charities gave 2,500 bags of food to the victims of the Watts flood in November 2003 – a rare disaster when a violent hail storm formed and stalled above a small area, destroying homes and displacing residents. Last year, the agency provided over 250,000 services through its programs in the Metro Area of Our Lady of the Angels Region. • Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women provides much more than emergency and transitional housing. With a grant from QueensCare Clinics, all the residences in the program (Angel Guardian Home and Hawkes Transitional Residence in Women’s Village, Languille Emergency Shelter, and the Mother-Child Residence) offer medical services to their clients. In addition, a Family Literacy and Art Therapy Program will extend for three years.	At kindergarten classes offered by El Santo Nino Community Center in Central Los Angeles, the youngest students use computers to learn and play. The Early Learning Program is supported by grants from the Neighborhood Action Program of the City of Los Angeles.

The Angel’s Flight program includes daily high school classes taught by credentialed LAUSD teachers. In June 2004, students used newspapers and library resources to examine the life and accomplishments of the late President Ronald Reagan.

A disabled client receives nonperishable food from the pantry at St. Catherine of Alexandria Center in South Los Angeles. The Center also offers motel vouchers for the homeless and utility assistance for the poor, threatened with homelessness.

“I followed all the leads that I had been given. My disabled son is receiving Social Security; we now have a two-bedroom apartment. I am in school learning to work with children with disabilities. I cannot thank you enough for leading me in the right direction when I had lost all hope."

[“Pamela,” a homeless mother with two small children,
who was assisted at St. Mary’s Center]

Elderly clients of St. Mary’s Center take bags of food home every month. Hunger remains a major problem for many people in the community.

Catholic Charities’ homeless shelters and residences feature modern, colorful and safe playground equipment enjoyed by children. Disabled mothers with children live at Angel Guardian Home in Good Shepherd Center’s Women’s Village.

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