Homeaid Los Angeles

Builds: in 2022, hala continued work on the biddy mason charitable foundation project. With the help of greystar, we completed shoring up the roof and re-roofing entire house as well as remodeling the garage, a new front porch as well as landscaping. Planning work continued with family promise of santa clarita valley for a late 2023, early 2024 start date.in december 2021, the lennar foundation invested $450,000 through Homeaid to end homelessness for veterans in Los Angeles. Homeaid Los Angeles in conjunction with the va greater Los Angeles healthcare system (vaglahs) with financial support from the lennar foundation purchased and installed 32 tiny homes and two community rooms to be used as dining halls to serve veterans experiencing homelessness that are accessing the services of vaglahs. In february 2022,volunteers from Homeaid Los Angeles and lennar descended on the brentwood va campus, armed with hardhats, tools, ladders and lunch! By the end of the day, 32 structures from pallet Shelter were constructed, and ready for occupancy by previously unhoused veterans. Homeaid Los Angeles and lennar returned to the brentwood va campus to build two additional shelters and two 800 square foot community rooms that will be used as dining halls. Works-in 2022, hala continued its work in a building industry workforce development and employment program to train at-risk clients in construction trade skills in partnership with the american asian drug and alcohol program (aadap). Students completed a rigorous online course before attending in-person shop classes. Hala secured interviews for the students with local builders and contractors. Hala, was able to enroll and graduate students and place them into construction industry jobs. This program continues to grow and thrive.

Cares: engagement events-hala's annual cares projects include organizing diaper drives and care packages of personal hygiene products and certain life necessities. Hala organizes the production of these packages and distributes them to the local homeless community. Other care events included organizing volunteers to do special days to freshen up our existing Shelter projects. Hala uses these care projects to reach out to nonprofits, corporations, and the wider community to create a web of collaborators in directly assisting people experiencing homelessness.