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In response to queries from readers about how help improve things on skid row, here is a partial list of established agencies:
Los Angeles Catholic Worker
Catholic Workers say their mission is to "feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, care for the sick, clothe the naked, visit the prisoner." They run a skid row soup kitchen. lacatholicworker.org
Central City Community Outreach
A ministry of the Church of the Nazarene, Central City provides, among other services, an after-school tutoring program for children on skid row. www.lacentralcity.org
Chrysalis
Chrysalis offers a wide range of job training and employment services. changelives.org
Downtown Women's Center
Women on skid row can drop in here for showers, meals, restrooms and mail services. The agency also provides permanent housing to 47 previously homeless women. dwcweb.org
Fred Jordan Mission
This mission has a particular focus on mothers and children. http://www.fjm.org
Inner City Law Center
Focusing primarily on housing and benefits, the center offers legal services. http://www.innercitylaw.org
JWCH Institute
The JWCH Institute runs programs that provide medical services to indigent patients. http://www.jwchinstitute.org
Los Angeles Mission
Offering everything from meals and shelter to medical treatment and drug treatment, this mission has served L.A.'s homeless and poor since 1936. http://www.losangelesmission.org
Midnight Mission
Even before the Los Angeles Mission arrived on skid row, there was the Midnight Mission. Founded in 1914, it offers everything from temporary shelter and food to longer-term housing and recovery programs. http://www.midnightmission.org
Los Angeles Catholic Worker
Catholic Workers say their mission is to "feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, care for the sick, clothe the naked, visit the prisoner." They run a skid row soup kitchen. lacatholicworker.org
Central City Community Outreach
A ministry of the Church of the Nazarene, Central City provides, among other services, an after-school tutoring program for children on skid row. www.lacentralcity.org
Chrysalis
Chrysalis offers a wide range of job training and employment services. changelives.org
Downtown Women's Center
Women on skid row can drop in here for showers, meals, restrooms and mail services. The agency also provides permanent housing to 47 previously homeless women. dwcweb.org
Fred Jordan Mission
This mission has a particular focus on mothers and children. http://www.fjm.org
Inner City Law Center
Focusing primarily on housing and benefits, the center offers legal services. http://www.innercitylaw.org
JWCH Institute
The JWCH Institute runs programs that provide medical services to indigent patients. http://www.jwchinstitute.org
Los Angeles Mission
Offering everything from meals and shelter to medical treatment and drug treatment, this mission has served L.A.'s homeless and poor since 1936. http://www.losangelesmission.org
Midnight Mission
Even before the Los Angeles Mission arrived on skid row, there was the Midnight Mission. Founded in 1914, it offers everything from temporary shelter and food to longer-term housing and recovery programs. http://www.midnightmission.org
