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Our Mission
PROBLEM:
Los Angeles is suffering from a homeless epidemic. Government, big companies and larger organizations have been unable to stop the growing number of homeless or even serve the existing homeless we have in our city. Even here at SOFESA we have recently been unsuccessful at the efforts we have put forth. After serving our homeless brothers and sisters for 20 years, we had to shut down our Emergency Outreach Program in order to come up with a better model of care for our families in need. What we did before was no longer working.
SOLUTION:
SOFESA believes that in order to solve the BIG problem of homelessnesss, we need to think SMALL. Our founder and director, Jess Echeverry, knows firsthand what it means to be homeless. Not only homeless, but under age, pregnant and homeless. So what worked? How did she make it out?
RELATIONSHIPS.
One person at a time joined together with another person or family who is willing to walk the journey from homelessness to healed. It may sound radical or impossible, but in the example of Jesus Christ, that is just what we are about to set out to do. Realizing that the Church has responded to people in need for thousands of years, we feel that going back to that model of care is what will initiate a movement that will help solve the epidemic.
COVID changed many things for everyone. For SOFESA, we were able to gain many new insights and take a look at things more intimately. SOFESA wants to empower the average community member to help end homelessness, establish a "middle ground" where the housed and unhoused can be in community with one another and ultimately create housing for homeless families and children.
We will be rolling these efforts out shortly in two phases, so sign up to be a part of the solution!
RELATIONSHIPS.
One person at a time joined together with another person or family who is willing to walk the journey from homelessness to healed. It may sound radical or impossible, but in the example of Jesus Christ, that is just what we are about to set out to do. Realizing that the Church has responded to people in need for thousands of years, we feel that going back to that model of care is what will initiate a movement that will help solve the epidemic.
COVID changed many things for everyone. For SOFESA, we were able to gain many new insights and take a look at things more intimately. SOFESA wants to empower the average community member to help end homelessness, establish a "middle ground" where the housed and unhoused can be in community with one another and ultimately create housing for homeless families and children.
We will be rolling these efforts out shortly in two phases, so sign up to be a part of the solution!
Join Us!
Are you what they call an "Early Adopter"? Are you feeling called to walk the journey and have a relationship with one of our families? We encourage you to contact us for more information on how you can be a part of the solution!
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