The road from here to home…
…where their heartache met your compassion
There is nothing so basic in the life of a family as home. Sadly, too many of life’s realities conspire to steal this basic need: domestic violence, financial and medical crises, rising costs of housing, or sudden unemployment… In January of 2020, Los Angeles County reported 66,433 homeless individuals. Yet, on any given night, there are fewer than 25,000 beds available in the region’s shelters. A new survey is anticipated in early 2022, and due to the ongoing COVID environment the homeless numbers are expected to be significantly higher. While statistics and numbers can feel sterile, they represent a person—and sometimes a family—without a home and exposed to all the dangers of homelessness. And as frightening as it is for one person to be homeless, it’s especially traumatic for families who are seeking shelter but have no options to remain together. Door of Hope is one of the only homeless providers that can shelter any size family in their own private unit, including single moms, single dads, and two-parent families. Keeping families together is the foundation upon which Door of Hope was built. The problems of homelessness are often described as intractable or overwhelming. But together we saw yet again that with the compassion of our donors and our creative, sustainable approaches, there is a road home.
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