MFLA News Roundup
MFLA in the news.
See who has been reporting on the recent work in homelessness prevention done by the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles.
Preventing Homelessness: Mayor Bass And Mayor’s Fund For Los Angeles Announce New Partnership To Serve Los Angeles Foster Youth At Risk Of Homelessness | lacity.gov, July 8. “Building on her efforts to confront the homelessness crisis and prevent Angelenos from falling into homelessness, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass today joined the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, Children’s Law Center of California and The RightWay Foundation to announce a partnership that will help connect young adults leaving foster care in Los Angeles with services including housing navigation, job readiness and job placement, financial education and more.”
Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles Unveils Program to Assist Foster Youth | MyNewsLA.com, July 8. “We Are LA, operated by the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles — a nonprofit organization associated with City Hall — will now connect former foster youth with services related to employment, financial education and other areas.”
Mayor Karen Bass and non-profits work to keep foster youth off the streets | Los Angeles Daily News, July 8. “Flanked by Attorney Princess Ramey, of the Children’s Law Center, Mayor Karen Bass and Conway Collis, pres. and CEO of the Mayor’s Fund, Mercedes Jackson, 25, a L.A. chapter member of the National Foster Youth Institute, speaks about her time being homeless after being aged out of foster care, as Mayor Karen Bass announces with the Mayor’s Fund expanding services to foster care youth who face homelessness at The RightWay Foundation in Los Angeles on Monday, July 8, 2024.”
Expansion of ‘We are LA’ | KTTV-TV (Los Angeles, CA), July 8. “We Are LA connects Angelenos at risk of evictions with resources to help them stay in their homes or find stable housing. The program is part of the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles.”
FOX 11 News at Ten | KTTV-TV (Los Angeles, CA), July 8. “We Are LA connects Angelenos at risk of eviction with resources to help them stay in their homes or find stable housing. The program is part of the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles.”
Eyewitness News 5AM | KABC-LA (ABC), July 8. “We Are LA is the Mayor’s Fund homelessness prevention program and is now expanding to include youth transitioning out of the foster care system. The program partners with the Children’s Law Center and the Right Way Foundation to provide housing opportunities and other resources to youth aging out of the system.”
KCAL News 4p | KCAL-FM (Redlands, CA), July 8. “Karen Bass announced a plan to reduce evictions in the city, announcing an extension to the We Are LA program through the Mayor’s Fund helping young people especially people aging out of foster system with resources to help them retain housing.”
KCAL News 5p on CBS Los Angeles | KCBS-LA (CBS), July 8. “LA Mayor Karen Bass announced a plan to reduce evictions in the city by expanding the We Are LA program through the Mayor’s Fund. It will connect young people, especially people aging out of the foster system, with resources to help them retain housing.”
FOX11 NEWS AT 5PM | KCOP-TV (Los Angeles, CA), July 8. “The program is part of the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles. ‘With today’s announcement, our message to former foster youth in LA is clear, if you are a young person in the system, help is here.’”
KCRW-FM (Santa Monica, CA) | July 8. “Mayor Karen Bass says the city is expanding a program that helps people avoid eviction to also assist young adults leaving foster care. We Are LA, a nonprofit operated by the Mayor’s Fund for LA, will now connect former foster youth with services related to employment and financial education.”
KFI-AM (Los Angeles, CA) | July 8. “Mayor Bass has announced a new effort to keep foster children from becoming homeless. Mayor Bass’s nonprofit, the Mayor’s Fund for LA, has been working to keep people from falling into homelessness. Now she says the program has expanded to include people aging out of the foster care system.”
Eyewitness News 4AM | KABC-LA (ABC), July 8. “LA Mayor Karen Bass will announce the expansion of We Are LA, the Mayor’s Fund’s homeless homelessness prevention program. It will now include kids who are transitioning out of foster care.”
Find out more about We Are Los Angeles: mayorsfundla.org/wearelosangeles