8550 Balboa Boulevard | Suite 150 Northridge, CA 91325
Emergency Shelter: Any facility with overnight sleeping accommodations, the primary purpose of which is to provide temporary shelter. The length of stay can range from one night up to as much as 3 months.
Transitional Housing: A type of housing for homeless families that allows them to stay for a longer period of time. Transitional housing usually offers services designed to help clients live on their own such as case management, life skills, mental health counseling, and childcare.
Voucher: A voucher generally refers to a Section 8 voucher provided by a local Housing Authority to a low-income person but can also refer to an emergency voucher for short-term motel stay for a homeless person.
Low-income/Affordable Apartments: Affordable housing is typically aimed at low and moderateincome households that are burdened by the high housing costs. There is usually a long wait-list at each apartment complex with low-income units, but it is recommended to sign up for the wait-list.
Transitional Youth Housing Directory
The Child and Family Guidance Center is a LA County Department of Mental Health (DMH) contractor that provides Specialized Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) services to children, transition age youth, and adults utilizing evidence-based treatment interventions (EBPs) that are consistent with LAC/DMH Mental Health services Act (MHSA).
The Center also provides families with access to a comprehensive continuum of services depending on the needs of the family ranging from once a week; time limited mental services (PEI) to intensive in-home services that are delivered several times a week with 24-7 availability for crises.
The Community Resource Services is a division dedicated to improving the quality of life for special needs children and their families by helping them to locate, access and effectively use essential community health and social services.
Transitional Youth at Risk of Homelessness
GATEWAY FOR HOMELESS TAY YOUTH
TAY Drop-In Center
The Village Family Services 6801 Coldwater Canyon, Suite 1E North Hollywood, CA 91605 (818) 738-7325 www.thevillage.org
Available Services: Drop-in services include: showers, meals, clothing, computer/internet access, DVD and games, social activities, peer support groups, linkage to mental health and case management services, housing assistance, vocational and education support, art and fitness classes, life skills training, LGBTQIA+ support, and substance abuse recovery referrals.
Covenant House 1325 N. Western Avenue Hollywood, CA 90027 (323) 461-3131 (800) 933-4127 www.covenanthousecalifornia.org
Target Population: Homeless youth, ages 18 to 21. In order to be eligible for this program, the youth must agree to enroll in school or vocational training or seek employment. They also have a live-in facility for LGBTQIA+ homeless youth.
Services Available: Covenant House California is a multi-services agency offering comprehensive programs, including residential services, designed to meet the needs of runaway and homeless youth.
Enhanced Emergency Shelter Program (EESP) 3333 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 550 Los Angeles, CA 90010 (213) 738-6194
Contact: TAYNavegation@DMH.LACOUNTY.ORG
Target Population: Transitional Age Youth, from ages 18-25, with serious mental health symptoms are eligible. Youth must be homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness and may not have any income, benefits, or other resources to pay for shelter.
Services Available: Residents are provided with temporary shelter for up to 36 nights in a supportive and safe housing environment that offers a warm & clean
Hours: Monday-Friday 11:00 am – 7:00 pm Saturday-Sunday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: They are located with The Valley Community Healthcare Clinic. The entrance is through the outdoor patio in the back of the building
Hope House (Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission) 6425 Tyrone Avenue Van Nuys, CA 91401 (818) 804-5507
www.hopeofthevalley.org
Contact: Dulce Moreno dulce@hopeofthevalley.org
Target Population: 18+/Male
Available Services: Shelter 9-month program which provides food, clothing, showers, case management, spiritual guidance, transportation, job training, and life skills training.
Requirements: Formerly homeless men in the program must be drug free and will be tested weekly
Los Angeles LGBT Center 1625 N. Schrader Los Ángeles, CA 90028 (323) 993-7400 https://lalgbtcenter.org/
Target Population: LGBT Youth.
Services Provided: They have a transitional residence in the heart of Hollywood for LGBT youth who do not have a home of their own and have been turned away from their families. While living there, staff will help them find and maintain a job, enrol in school, and manage finances to eventually live on their own. Dormstyle rooms provide co-ed youth with a dresser, closet space, and freedom to decorate their space.
place to sleep as well as hot meals, hygiene facilities, & case management services.
Hillview Mental Health Center’s FSP Program
12450 Van Nuys Boulevard, Suite 200 Pacoima, CA 91331 (818) 896-1161 x667 www.hillviewmhc.org
Contact: Dr. Nafisa Banoo info@hillviewmhc.org
Target Population: For the Full-Service Partnership Program (FSP), young women between the ages of 1625 with mental illness that is resulting in difficulty in finding a place to live are eligible.
Services Available: They provide free housing; mental health services; case management services; basic life skills training; employment and educational assistance; and social and recreational activities. The FSP program focuses on providing mental health services and helping clients gain educational and vocational skills.
Jóvenes
1208 Pleasant Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90033 (323) 260-8035
Target Population: Jóvenes welcomes homeless, atrisk youth who are ages 18-25.
Services Available: 12 bed emergency shelter. Youth are able to stay up to 90 days as they create and implement their individual plans (daily activities, including job search, access healthcare enrolment and benefits). The eight-bed transitional housing program provides youth with up to eight months of housing.
Step Up (Daniel’s Place)
3745 Overland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 576-1308
https://www.stepup.org/ info@stepup.org
Target Population: Young adults, 18-28 years of age.
Services Provided: Step Up’s permanent supportive housing offers the stability and inclusion that leads to recovery for adults and transitional age youth who are experiencing mental health issues. Step Up operates 13 permanent supportive housing communities. Services include: skills building groups, individual therapy,
Target Population: Homeless adults, age 18 years and older, with mental health challenges Services Available: Homes for Life provides housing, counseling, rehabilitation, and case management services. Their Garden Villa Homes apartments are located in North Hollywood and their Sequoia, Van Nuys, and Vanowen Apartments are located in Van Nuys. Residents pay 30% of their adjusted gross income and are responsible for their own phones and utilities.
Los Angeles Youth Network
Minor runaway / Homeless youth (Ages 12-17) Homeless Transitional Age Youth (Ages 18-24) (323) 240-2253
Target Population: Homeless youth, ages 18-24, who are willing to enroll in formal education and/or an employment program.
Services Available: Their program provides long-term housing in a congregate housing facility and scattered site apartments. They also provide support services including life skills coaching, employment training, and educational support. The program runs for 18 months enrolled in transitional housing are typically going to school or working on a daily basis.
The Good Seed
2814 W. Martin Luther King Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90043 (323) 758-5433
(855) YOUTH-LA
https://gscdcdemo.com/ mail@goodseedcdc.org
Target Population: Homeless young adults, 18-25 years of age.
Services Provided: Good Seed seeks to provide supportive, nurturing and specialized care through temporary housing, comprehensive services and individual planning and placement. Good Seed ensures that youth have the tools they need to realize their goals and to become productive members of society.
psychiatry, case management, employment, hot meals and showers.
Single Mothers/Fathers Only and Women Only
Angel Guardian Home
Target Population: Angel Guardian Home is comprised of 12 twobedroom apartments in the Women’s Village and provides long-term affordable housing for mothers with disabilities and their children, who are especially vulnerable to homelessness.
Services Available: Services include job development and placement, case management and life skills training. Families pay a modest rent based on a percentage of their income and may live at Angel Guardian Home until the youngest child reaches 18 years of age.
Farley House
Target Population: Farley has 21 one-bedroom apartments for mothers with up to two children.
Good Shepherd Center Residences
1671 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90026 (213) 235-1460 (213) 318-5778 www.gschomeless.org
Services Available: Farley House is home to The Village Kitchen, a culinary arts training program; the Employment and Client Services Center; and a computer lab and community room for life skills workshops and resident gatherings. Other services include counseling, advocacy and support for family reunification. The ultimate goal is that at the end of her stay at Farley House, a woman is well-prepared for maintaining employment, financial stability, and permanent housing.
Languille Emergency Shelter
Target Population: Languille Emergency Shelter provides a temporary home for 30 women who are taking the first crucial step out of homelessness toward a life of dignity and self-sufficiency. The women who come through the doors of Languille have lived on the streets or in their cars, fled domestic violence, suffered a job loss, experienced health problems or other life circumstances that led them to homelessness.
Services Available: This is a 12-week program designed to empower women to obtain the resources needed to become self-sufficient. Services include temporary housing, case management/resources & referrals, job development and employment services, placement into transitional or permanent housing.
Target Population: Single mothers 18+ with children or without.
Services Available: They provide single studio unit with share kitchen and bathroom for $500. Must go in person to apply. Office hours: Monday-Friday 9:00am-4:00pm.
Target Population: Single moms 18+ with children who are currently homeless. Shelter is also a soberliving facility.
Services Available: Housing, meals, showers, clothing, transportation and linkage to mental health and medical services. They offer training in personal and life skills, parenting skills, financial management, and personal presentation. A GED class is also offered on-site.
St. Anne’s Housing Programs
155 N. Occidental Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90026 (213) 381-2931
http://stannes.org contact@stannes.org
Target Population: Teen and young adult women who are pregnant or parenting and their children
-Residential Treatment Program: Women who are referred directly by the Los Angeles County’s foster care or probation systems are eligible.
-Bogen Family Transitional Housing Program: Young women must be emancipating out of the juvenile courts. They must be referred by one of various social service agencies throughout Los Angeles County.
Services Available: Job training, child care, education and vocational resources, employment placement, medical and mental health services, family literacy assistance, life skills training, and fiscal responsibility counseling.
PATH Gramercy Housing Group 1824 Fourth Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90019 (323) 737-7351 www.epath.org info@pathgramercy.org
Target Population: Homeless single parents under age 24 with children under five years of age. The majority of the parents in their program are former foster youth. Services Available: Gramercy Shelter provides affordable housing and support services, including counseling, case management, job training, education referrals, and on-going enrichment opportunities. Residents are required to pay rent, participate in parenting classes, utilize counseling, and attend a tenant association. A full-time social worker, outreach coordinator, and a residential manager are all on site for support. Childcare is also provided on site.
Women’s Care Cottage North Hollywood
Target Population: Homeless young women ages 1821, including pregnant women or women with one child (up to 1 year old), coming out of emergency shelters, foster care, and probation are eligible.
Services Available: They provide housing (from 18 months to three years), case management, counseling, job training, legal referrals, life skills coaching, and much more. The goal of the program is to help these young women start a new life and develop necessary
Los Angeles, CA 90010 (213) 389-1500
Youth - VOALA
skills in order to accomplish their goals with pride and dignity. Their local facility is located in North Hollywood.
Homeless Youth Services
Los Angeles
Target Population: Homeless youth including LGBTQ, sexually exploited/sex trafficked, runaways and kids that have aged out of foster care and/or were previously incarcerated.
Services Available: Housing can be short-term or longterm, depending on the needs of the youth. Needed services include counseling, advocacy, mental health services, education services, job development, and life skills, all with the vision of getting them back on their feet and ultimately becoming self-sufficient.
Addiction Treatment Centers/Sober Living Environments
Tarzana Treatment Center 18646 Oxnard Street Tarzana, CA 91356 (888) 777-8565
www.tarzanatc.org/services/youth-services/
Target Population: Young adults, from ages 18-25, with chemical dependency and emotional challenges are eligible. Participants must have Medi-Cal and GR, SSI or SDI. They also offer a sliding pay scale.
Services Provided: Their residential programs include detoxification services for both alcohol and drugs and a residential alcohol and drug treatment program. For admission, the center conducts an assessment through a medical detox unit to assess the need for medical detoxification. Psychological assessments are available if needed. Programs last from three days to one year.
John E. White House of Hope (Hope of the Valley) 10202 Bartee Avenue Pacoima, CA 91331 (818) 392-0020
http://www.hopeofthevalley.org/
Target Population: Men 18 + years who desire to stop using substances. To qualify, client must not be on SSI or disability income and be willing to follow a structured program.
Services Available: This is a faith-based 9-month residential drug and alcohol recovery program that provides a sober living environment and case management. Residents must remain drug free and will be tested weekly. The program will provide food,
Freehab (The Teen Project) 8140 Sunland Boulevard Sun Valley, CA 913252 (800) 685-7460
www.teenproject.com contact@teenproject.com
Target Population: Young women, 18-26 years old, who are recovering from addiction. Residents receiving Medi-Cal and GR, SSI, or SDI are eligible.
Services Available: Residential treatment for transitional age women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and suffering from drug addiction.
Lake View Terrace – Services for Youth and Families (Phoenix House California) (818) 350-5282
https://phoenixhouseca.org/
Target Population: Youth who suffer from substance use.
Services Available: Adolescent Outpatient Substance Use Disorder. Services include evaluation and assessment; case management; individual and group counseling; academic education; recreation; family counseling; and aftercare referrals.
shelter, clothing, case management, spiritual guidance, transportation, life-skills training and other resources.
Project Independence
(Bridges Community Treatment Services, Inc.)
11927 Elliot Avenue El Monte, CA 91732 (626) 350-5304
https://www.bridgesrehab.org/
Target Population: Males 18 years and over whom are willing to live in a sober living environment. Program is income based.
Services Available: Participants can stay up to 18 months and receive housing, case management services, linkage to social services, and life skills workshops. Program participants will be drug screened.
Foster and Qualifying Probation Youth Only
Department of Children and Family Services Independent Living Program (ILP) (213) 763-3893 www.ilponline.org
CHATSWORTH OFFICE
20151 Nordhoff Street Chatsworth, CA 91311
ILP Coordinator (818) 717-4010
ILP.Chatsworth@dcfs.lacounty.gov
VAN NUYS OFFICE
7555 Van Nuys Boulevard #400 Van Nuys, CA 91402
ILP Coordinador (818) 904-8355
ILP.VanNuys@dcfs.lacounty.gov
Freedom House - Dream Center Transitions 2301 Bellevue Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90026 (213) 273-7174 www.dreamcenter.org fosteryouth@dreamcenter.org
Target Population: Emancipated foster youth or youth formerly/currently on probation (ages 18-24), and single moms with one or two children under the age of 5 Services Available: This is a faith-based program. Residents may participate in the program for 1-2 years. They provide housing, life coaches, job readiness training, life skills training, financial management training, educational counseling, and professional
Target Population: Current and former foster youth between the ages of 16-24.
Services Available: They assist with housing, life skills training, employment, and education in order to help youth become self-sufficient. To verify eligibility, you should always consult with an ILP Transition Coordinator.
Several housing programs:
- Transitional Housing Placement Plus
- Foster Care (18-20)
- Transitional Housing Program Plus (18+)
- Independent Living Program Housing (18-21)
- Mental Health Transitional Housing Program (18-21)
- Pregnant and Parenting Housing Programs
Transitional Independent Living Program (Hathaway-Sycamores)
12450 Van Nuys Boulevard, Suite 100/201 Pacoima, CA 91331 (626) 395-7100 x7911 (Program Coordinator) (818) 896-8366 www.hathaway-sycamores.org
Target Population: Youth ages 18-26 with a history of foster or probation placement after age 16, who are at risk of being homeless. Youth must be Medi-Cal eligible, have a mental health diagnosis and be able to live independently.
Services Available: They provide furnished apartments for lower subsidized rent and support services, including individual case management,
counseling. They also offer programs for GED & high school completion and for community college credit.
Rancho San Antonio 21000 Plummer Street Chatsworth, CA 91311 (818) 882-6400 http://ranchosanantonio.org/
Target Population: 18-month program for male foster youth or former probation youth ages 18-23 whose immigration status permits legal employment Services Available: They provide fully furnished apartments. Youth are expected to work full or part-time in the local community and are encouraged to enroll in a vocational training program or community college
psychiatric consultation, medical support, skills training, and education/career advisement. Also, they provide short-term emergency housing and Hotel Voucher Program.
We Lift LA 18227 Parthenia Street Northridge, CA 91325 (818) 708-1662 (818) 708-1661Fax http://weliftla.org/how-we-help/
Target Population: Young women, ages 18-25, who are aging out of the foster care system.
Services Available: They provide housing support; life skills coaching/training; and income support/job readiness training.
Jumpstart
(Hillview Mental Health Center)
12450 Van Nuys Boulevard, Suite 200 Pacoima, CA 91331 (818) 896-1161 www.hillviewmhc.org info@hillviewmhc.org
Target Population: Participants must be emancipating foster youth or probation youth leaving the juvenile justice system between ages of 18-21. Participants must be referred from DCFS or the Probation Department and must have a mental health diagnosis.
Services Available: Youth receive psychiatric care, basic life skills training, employment counseling, education assistance, and guidance in obtaining appropriate county social services (medication evaluation and treatment, psycho-educational groups, individual counseling, group therapy, and family therapy)
Target Population: Emancipating youth, ages 18-24, who are either working or in school. Services Available: They provide independent living skills, job/career development, emotional, and academic support. The Permanent Supportive Housing Program
Youth Moving On (Hillsides)
456 East Orange Grove Boulevard, Suite 140 Pasadena, CA 91104 (626) 765-6010 www.youthmovingon.org
Target Population: Former foster youth or probation youth from ages 18-24.
Services Available: Two types of housing programs:
1) Transitional housing program: the youth create a twoyear plan to reach permanency. They receive individual therapy, case management, independent life skills, and participate in community building activities.
2) Permanent housing program: youth live in their own apartment for an additional two years. Youth participating in either program have access to scholarships, on-site tutoring, workforce development, financial literacy training.
Pathways Program
(United Friends of the Children) 1055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1955 Los Angeles, CA 9001 (213) 580-1850 https://www.unitedfriends.org/contact/
Target Population: Former foster youth, ages 18-24, from Los Angeles County who are at imminent risk of homelessness.
Services Available: Their Pathways Housing program is an 18-36-month long program for emancipated foster youth at-risk of homelessness. They offer housing, independent living skills training, education and career
provides youth with case management, transportation assistance, educational assistance, job placement, life skills training, mental and psychiatric health services, substance abuse counseling and treatment, and medical and dental assistance.
St. Anne’s Housing Programs
155 N. Occidental Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90026 (213) 381-2931
http://stannes.org/transitional-housing-program/
Target Population: Mother’s ages 18-24 who are aging out of foster care and their children.
Services Available: Each young woman lives in a onebedroom apartment on the campus and participates in comprehensive services. The program emphasizes increasing self-sufficiency through work and education so young women can obtain permanent housing and support their children.
guidance, counseling services, and apartment/housing resources and referrals throughout Los Angeles for youth exiting the program.
Job Training Programs with Housing
California Conservation Corps (800) 952-5627
www.ccc.ca.gov
Target Population: Young adults, ages 18-25 (not currently on probation or parole); no income requirement.
Services Available: Paid 1-3 years employment, training working outdoors in tree planting, trail maintenance, construction, carpentry, emergency response, firefighting and related fields. Youth may concurrently earn GED or high school diploma, attend college course, and learn computer skills. Youth living in the San Fernando Valley may live at home and work locally. Room and board is currently provided in Norwalk, Pomona, Camarillo and other California locations.
Job Corps (800) 733- 5627
https://www.jobcorps.gov/
Target Population: Free residential and job training for low-income youth, ages 16-24, not currently on probation or parole.
Services Available: Job Corps provides hands-on vocational and educational training for high school level (GED or diploma) and post-high school level youth. Program includes optional room and board, medical and dental care, clothing, and daily living allowance. It is free for qualifying students.
