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- EIN 95-6054617
- (213) 627-9000
- 566 S. San Pedro St. Los Angeles CA 90013 USA
- weingart.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Homeless & Housing, Homeless Shelters, Human Services, Mental Health, Personal Social Services, Substance Abuse Dependency, Prevention & Treatment
Mission: Our Mission is to deliver high quality human services and provide leadership and innovative solutions to help break the cycle of homelessness and end poverty. Founded in 1983 and located in downtown Los Angeles? Skid Row, WCA offers transitional housing, and helps individuals address the daily personal challenges they face by giving them the basic skills necessary to stabilize their lives, secure income and find permanent housing. WCA partners with public and private agencies to provide on-site services in: Housing; Substance Abuse Recovery; Education; Medical/Mental Health treatment; Case Management; Workforce Development; Supportive Housing; and Family Services.
Programs: Residential services: the weingart center association (wca), a private non-profit, 501(c)(3) california corporation, has over twenty years of experience providing quality short term and transitional residential programs linked to a broad spectrum of support services to help homeless men and women break the cycle of homelessness. The weingart center association maintains 16 principal residential service programs, which provide over 172,000 bed/nights annually to meet the individualized needs of homeless men and women. Program designs incorporate residential services, recreational activities, specialized referrals and other support services calculated to assist the clients stabilize their lives, secure income and reintegrate into the community.
non-residential supportive services: wca provides services to participants who do not reside in the agency-operated facility. These programs include supportive and case management services at the access center, project fatherhood, americorps' hope for the homeless and substance abuse recovery.
meals: the weingart center cafe serves approximately 234,593 nutritious, balanced meals to residents of the center, outpatient clients of on-site health and medical programs, residents of the skid row area and others. The cafe operates 365 days per year from 6:45 a. M. To 7:00 p. M.