Welcome to the Westside Coalition
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The Westside Coalition is an alliance of 79 organizations, public agencies and faith communities committed to working collaboratively on issues of housing, hunger and health through service coordination, public education and advocacy.
The Westside Coalition is a non-profit volunteer organization that currently operates under the fiscal sponsorship of Mount Olive Lutheran Church. The coalition was founded in 1982 to serve the Westside of Los Angeles County and is reportedly the oldest coalition in the county working on behalf of the poor and homeless. Since that time the Westside Coalition (Formerly the Westside Shelter & Hunger Coalition) merged with the Westside Health Coalition. Throughout its history, the Westside Coalition has proven to be an effective tool in providing collaborative, high-quality programs and services for those in need in our community. Although individual agencies have the ability to provide separate services for people in need, the efforts of the Westside Coalition help coordinate all services on the Westside in order to provide a true continuum of service care for the community. Members work together to provide services that include initial intake and service referrals; showers, food and clothing; on-going case management; emergency, transitional and permanent housing; medical care; mental health treatment; HIV medical and social services; job training and placement; and substance abuse treatment. The coalition has been instrumental in advocating for low income and homeless people at the local, state and national levels. |
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The Westside Coalition meets every third Thursday on in person at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church at1343 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica. (Corner of 14th and Ocean Park)
We also offer Zoom to those that cannot be in person. Contact us to be added to our email group (button below) and you will receive notifications and links about the Coalition meetings. All are welcome, you don't need to be a member to visit the monthly Coalition meetings. |
We recently Held Board ElectionsCongratulations to the 7 newly elected members of the Board of the Westside Coalition Board. We welcome these amazing new members to the Board. Those include:
Carmela Vibiano - Director of Resident Services at Community Corp of Santa Monica Delis Alejandro – Pastoral Assoc & Director of Outreach at St. Monica Catholic Community Mary McGuire - Chief Impact Officer at Safe Place for Youth (SPY) Rick Stoff - Co-Founder, Board Member for Volunteer Collective Sarah Wilson – Executive Director of Harvest Home Tim Sweeney - Executive Director of WIN (Westside Infant and Family Network) TJ Hill - Executive Director of the Disability Community Resource Center (DCRC) All Board members are featured under the About tab and then Board. |
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Join Us!Coalition Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month. They are held in-person at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church at 9:00am. Additionally, we offer Zoom to those that cannot make the Coalition Meeting in person. To get those links please sign up for our email group by emailing [email protected]
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