PATH (People Assisting the Homeless): A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out

Mission: To break the cycle of homelessness by empowering people with the tools for self-sufficiency.

PATH helps homeless people and families turn their lives around. Some of the many services they offer include helping people to find work, to save money, and to find stable housing through self-empowerment.

Arnold Schwarzenegger gives a helping hand at PATH

Housing

PATHWays offers transitional housing, interim housing, and links to health services.  The transitional housing provides 39 beds for men, 21 beds for women, and 18 beds for men with special needs, and 20 beds for women and their children in the Regional Homeless Center in Los Angeles, and 32 beds for men, women and families in their Westside Center. That’s a total of 130 beds.

The PATH Ways Interim Housing at the Hollywood Center offers 65 beds for chronicaly homeless men and women with personalized support towards housing placement.

LA HEALS also offers links for discharged homeless patients through PATH. It pushes homeless patients towards self-sufficiency and permanent housing.

Job Centers

PATHFinders Job Centers is a collection of employment centers that offers homeless job-hunters looking for resources and skills towards finding a stable income. Along with training, workshops and counseling, PATHFinders Job Centers offers all of the tools a homeless person could need to find a job, giving them a leg up with their desire to exit homelessness.

Other services offered by PATH include street outreach teams, a Hollywood emergency response team, a personal care center, and their PATHMail Partners network where clients can access service providers.

Volunteer at PATH

Looking to volunteer with PATH? They have many opportunities for you to give back to the homeless community.

Donate

You can donate online through Network for Good, donate through fax at 323.644.2288, or donate through mail:

PATH
340 N. Madison Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90004

You can also send in-kind donations in the form of blankets, books, interview-appropriate clothing, basic toiletries, kitchen supplies, daily planners, digital cameras, office supplies, gift cards, and bus passes/gas cards. In addition, you can donate your car with Cars4Causes.

Volunteer

There are a handful of volunteer opportunities with PATH. Volunteer at one of three PATH facilities by working directly with homeless participants and doing administrative duties. Click here to find out about more volunteer opportunities near you.

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