Welcome to the Westside Coalition

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The Westside Coalition is an alliance of nearly 80  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.

Coalition Monthly Meetings

The Westside Coalition meets every third ​Thursday at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church
located 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.

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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Upcoming Meetings

September Coalition Meeting- September 19th- 9am
LAHSA will be conducting a
Community Listening Session
NOTE: This will only be on-line; we will NOT be
​in-person this month.
To Register:  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArfuCgqD4jH9wkiJBkV0av8tZNaQUBokbW#/registration

Again, To Register for the Listening Session Click Here:  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArfuCgqD4jH9wkiJBkV0av8tZNaQUBokbW#/registration

Join Us!

Become a member of​ the
​Westside Coalition?

​Or renew your membership?
Even individuals and families can become members!
​
To learn more about the benefits of being a coalition
​member and to download the documents 
​click here. ​​

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