Hilton Foundation Awards $875,000 to Address Homelessness in Los Angeles and Fund Research to Improve Lives of Foster Care Youth

Weingart Center Association (WCA), based in Los Angeles, will use the funds to support the development of a state-of-the-art Los Angeles Downtown Community Health Center that will serve the poor, both housed and homeless residents, and workers in downtown Los Angeles as part of the Skid Row Homeless Healthcare Initiative. Once completed, the Community Health Center will offer a unique array of medical and other services, in partnership with the JWCH Institute and the County of Los Angeles, which will help meet the needs of even more vulnerable populations. Dedicated to serving the homeless in downtown Los Angeles for over two decades, the WCA offers transitional housing and numerous other resources which create fundamental pathways out of homelessness and poverty for men and women.