Los Angeles
- General Monetary Relief
- SWOPLA Emergency Fund
- Sex Workers Outreach Project LA Emergency Fund
- General Relief Enrollment
- SWOPLA Emergency Fund
- Trans/Queer Relief
- Unique Women’s Coalition & Trans Wellness Center – Emergency Assistance for low income or homeless black trans identified community members living in LA. (Up to $50)
- theuwc.org or call 929-CHE-LA1
- This Is What Trans Looks Like
- Unique Women’s Coalition & Trans Wellness Center – Emergency Assistance for low income or homeless black trans identified community members living in LA. (Up to $50)
- Adult film performers
- Entertainment/Artist funding
- Women’s Center For Creative Work
- Artist’s Resource Guide
- Mental Health
- Pineapple Support
- Calm App
- Free Guided meditations with transcripts in English and Spanish
- Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Crisis Line
- 800-273-8255 – this hotline provides English- and Spanish- speaking crisis counselors free of charge
- 877-727-4747 – this hotline provides Korean-speaking crisis counselors free of charge
- Crisis Chat provides secure and confidential online support for those who are unable to use the phone or who prefer to connect to a counselor via webchat
- 7 Cups: Free and anonymous online support
- https://www.7cups.com/ support only available in English
- You can also join support groups by identity groups or pay for services from an online therapist for $150/month
- Shine has created a free toolkit to manage coronavirus anxiety
- Crisis Text Line
- Free Crisis Counseling for undocumented persons. Text HOME to 741741
- Healthcare
- St. Johns is still open, and known for providing services that are accessible and friendly to trans people, sex workers, people of color, monolingual Spanish-speakers, and people without income or insurance.
- https://wellchild.org/
- St. Johns has a Transgender Health Program, and their staff at the locations where they operate the Transgender Health Program are especially trans and sex worker affirming.
- https://www.wellchild.org/transgender-health-program/
- St. Johns is still open, and known for providing services that are accessible and friendly to trans people, sex workers, people of color, monolingual Spanish-speakers, and people without income or insurance.
- Housing
- Tenants Rights Assistance
- Downtown Women’s Center at 442 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles
- NOT an overnight shelter but meals and mail services are provided from 9-10am; showers and bathrooms are available and their women’s health clinic is open on Tuesdays and Fridays
- Emergency Shelter
- LAHSA’s Winter Shelter Program
- Individuals who are experiencing homelessness and are over the age of 18 years old are eligible for LAHSA’s Winter Shelter Program, which has been extended through the summer due to COVID-19.
- Maximum of 2 bag limit
- Pickups and Drop-offs
- Shelter Hotline:1(800) 548-6047 (Available 24-hours, 7 days a week)
- Shelter pickups and drop-offs to shelters in the Antelope Valley, San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Valley, Metro Los Angeles, West LA, South LA, and South Bay
- LAHSA’s Interim Housing List (https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=2196-lahsa-shelter-list.pdf
- LAHSA’s Winter Shelter Program
- Food resources
- Brown Bag for Everyone
- Downtown LA/ South Central/ Koreatown. Meal kits including rice, beans, chicken. Focused mostly on unhoused people of Asian descent, but open to anyone. Contact smokingkorean@gmail.com to arrange pickup/ delivery.
- EBT cards can be used for online purchases starting April 28th at Amazon and Walmart
- https://www.cdss.ca.gov/ebt-online
- To apply for CalFresh go to GetCalFresh.org or call 1-877-847-3663 (FOOD) to be connected to their local county social service office (Undocumented people cannot apply for CalFresh but children of undocumented immigrants can apply if they are citizens or legal permanent residents.)
- Food Banks
- Mutual Aid
- GroundGame LA is providing grocery and supply deliveries, and are preparing to expand this to other community support services like running errands, dog walking, childcare, caregiving, first line medical training and response, and mental health support for those impacted by the pandemic
- To apply to receive aid (through grocery and supply deliveries) please fill out this google form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGfypKKirsvUQCX5eVix86nIrTaf5atsnhn8bWxpCRn_lM9Q/viewform
- GroundGame LA is providing grocery and supply deliveries, and are preparing to expand this to other community support services like running errands, dog walking, childcare, caregiving, first line medical training and response, and mental health support for those impacted by the pandemic
- Brown Bag for Everyone
- Harm Reduction
- Center for Harm Reduction – 512 East 4th St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
- Phone # (213) 617-8408 Hours: Mon- Fri 8:30am – 10:30am & 12pm to 2pm; Sat & Sun 8:30am – 12pm
- Provides services for the LGBTQ community, undocumented community, and provides services in English and Spanish
- syringe exchange is open 7 days/week from 8am-4pm and provides overdose prevention/naloxone and safer injection supplies.
- LA Virtual Al-Anon Meetings
- Multi-Lingual AA Meetings
- Online NA Meetings
- Center for Harm Reduction – 512 East 4th St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
- Incarcerated
- Brilliant Corners can provide housing services (flexible housing subsidies) and case management for recently incarcerated folks that have been released (trans/queer and sex worker-friendly resource)
- Their Los Angeles general helpline is (213) 232-0134 from Monday thru Friday 8:30-5 pm and they provide services in Spanish
- Brilliant Corners can provide housing services (flexible housing subsidies) and case management for recently incarcerated folks that have been released (trans/queer and sex worker-friendly resource)
- General Info
- Soldiers of Pole (stripper info)
- CARACEN (Central American Resource Center of Los Angeles) – largely serves the undocumented community
- Their offices are currently closed but their website provides information about infection prevention, food centers, legal advice, and resources for parents and youth in both English and Spanish in light of school closures
- For more information please call 213-385-7800 ext. 136
- Skid Row ReFresh Spot
- a public facility open to anyone in the community with no discrimination for entry. The ReFresh Spot is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and includes a 24/7 Safe Passage Program, which is designed to create added safety for guests and visitors near and around the Skid Row area. The site offers a place for people to have their basic needs met with dignity. The Refresh Spot’s program is composed of three components:
- Hygiene Services
- Supportive Services
- Community Engagement/Resource Navigation
- a public facility open to anyone in the community with no discrimination for entry. The ReFresh Spot is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and includes a 24/7 Safe Passage Program, which is designed to create added safety for guests and visitors near and around the Skid Row area. The site offers a place for people to have their basic needs met with dignity. The Refresh Spot’s program is composed of three components:
- Childcare
- Text line to match caregivers to children with local,vetted childcare providers with small programs of 3 children or less
- Text 425-200-5127
- Latinx Elders
- Reliable info in Spanish about COVID-19
Reliable info in Spanish about COVID-19
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