Dear Friend,
For 25 years, individuals, families, and communities affected by mental illness have relied on Step Up on Second. 2012 has been quite a year, thanks to the unwavering support and ...
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Dear family member of a loved one with mental illness,
When I founded Step Up on Second over 25 years ago, my goal was to provide a safe place for individuals diagnosed with severe and ...
Today, Kobe Bryant held a press conference at My Friend’s Place in Hollywood to announce the support of the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation for My Friend's Place and Step Up on Vine. ...
It was announced today that Step Up on Second will receive a one year grant of $185,000 to provide supportive services through the Home For Good Funders Collaborative. This unique funding ...
Excepted from an article by Tina Rosenberg in the June 20, 2012 Opinion Pages in the New York Times:
When a government needs to invest in an expensive capital project — a new sewer system, ...
Your help is needed to stop the Community Care Facilities Ordinance. This L.A. City ordinance would eliminate shared housing for thousands of low-income households. The intent of the ordinance is
Last week, the County of Los Angeles released a cost-savings finding on Project 50, an ambitious campaign to move some of the region’s most vulnerable, long-term chronically homeless individuals ...
Part of Step Up's CGI Commitment to Action "Sustainably Ending Homelessness in Hollywood" is to report on progress to date. As I started to write the CGI Progress Report today, my first and ...
Step Up on Second attended the 2012 HousingFirst Partners Conference this week in New Orleans, along with many Los Angeles public/private/nonprofit practitioners. An interesting discussion ...
Through another successful collaboration between Step Up on Second and Aileen Getty, the 10-unit property, located at 1146 Tamarind Avenue, was purchased in October of 2011.
The 10 home units ...
Continuing in the nautical theme, if Step Up on Second is the great ship navigating the sea of change, then what is the powerful wind to billow our sails and speed our progress?
At custom trade
sea change: noun
1. A striking change, often for the better.
2. Any major transformation or alteration.
We are seeing a sea change in terms of ethics related to the way we address ...
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