STEP UP
AND SAVE LIVES
Step Up delivers compassionate support to people experiencing serious mental health conditions and chronic homelessness to help them recover, stabilize, and integrate into the community.
Locations
Step Up works to support individuals experiencing serious mental health conditions and chronic homelessness in these communities:
What We Do
Step Up uses the Housing First model to connect individuals experiencing chronic homelessness to housing. Housing First is a proven approach in which all individuals experiencing homelessness are believed to be housing-ready.
Step Up creates opportunities for social connectedness through member-driven support groups, movie nights, cooking, community dinners, and gardening. In addition, there are classes offered such as art, yoga, computer basics, and money management.
Step Up’s vocational mission is that everyone who wants to work should work. Services include: Pre-vocational training, resume building, community job seeking and placement, in-the-field job coaching, work experience, focused training, and peer support training.
Our Impact
2020–2021
at our housing developments in Santa Monica, LA, Hollywood, Orange County, Florida, and more
throughout Southern California; Atlanta, Georgia; Sanford, Florida; and Nashville, Tennessee
by service organizations, corporate groups, and individual volunteers who help support our mission
Our Vision
Our vision is that permanent supportive housing will be available to those who need it — whether due to mental health conditions or other barriers — thereby helping them recover, stabilize, and integrate into the community.
Step Up’s Core Values
Hope • Wellness • Voice & Choice • Respect • Collaborative Relationships
