Bridge To Home Shelter moved to a larger location Saturday in efforts to make social distancing easier among their clients, with no confirmed cases of coronavirus in the homeless community as of Tuesday, officials said. “Public health guidelines recommend six feet of social distancing between people. Santa Clarita is offering our Newhall Community Center facility so these guidelines can be ...
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Bridge To Home Prepares For Annual ‘Soup For The Soul’ Fundraiser
“Soup for the Soul – Sera in Italia” is set to be an evening of fresh-from-the-garden soups and delicacies to support Bridge to Home, the primary homeless services provider in the Santa Clarita Valley. The annual event is Bridge to Home’s largest fundraising effort. Proceeds would allow the agency to provide services to families and individuals experiencing homelessness in the ...
Read More »Non-Profit Spotlight Show – Bridge To Home – September 10, 2019
Host: Janice Murray Non-Profit: Bridge To Home Guest: Michael Foley SCV Non-Profit Spotlight Show – Bridge To Home – September 10, 2019 About Bridge To Home Bridge To Home is a lovely organization that helps provide services such as shelter, housing, and even medical clinics to the SCV’s homeless population. Bridge To Home’s goal is to transition all people and ...
Read More »Bridge To Home Santa Clarita Shelter Secures Year-Round Funding
Bridge to Home, the primary homeless services provider in the Santa Clarita Valley, announced Friday the nonprofit has secured funding to be open year-round. The shelter received a Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) contract in the amount of $840,000 which is set to fund 60 beds, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. This ...
Read More »Santa Clarita Homeless Population Grows 60 Percent In 2019 Count
The number of homeless people living in Santa Clarita has grown by 100 in the last year, according to officials. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) reported their findings on 2019 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. According to this count, the homeless population of Santa Clarita is 256 people. This is about a 60 percent increase from last year’s ...
Read More »2019 LA County Homeless Count Finds 12 Percent Increase In Homelessness
The results of the 2019 Los Angeles County homeless count were released Tuesday, revealing a 12 percent increase in the number of homeless individuals year-over-year, despite being in the second year since the passage of Measure H. Santa Clarita is a part of Service Planning Area 2, which roughly encompasses the area from Castaic to Universal City vertically and from ...
Read More »Bridge To Home Seeks Donations After Staying Open Year-Round For First Time In 22 Years
The nonprofit homeless shelter Bridge to Home kept their doors open past the winter months for the first time in 22 years due to a grant, and the organization is seeking donations to continue to support their operations, officials said Wednesday. Bridge to Home’s emergency winter shelter for the homeless in Saugus did not close on April 1 as in ...
Read More »L.A. County Experienced Record Number Of Homeless Deaths In 2018
The 918 homeless deaths recorded across LA County in 2018 represented an all-time high in the county, according to a report published by Kaiser Health News last month. The report found that over the last five years, homeless deaths jumped 76 percent, significantly outpacing the growth of the homeless population over the same period. “When any person dies, whether as ...
Read More »Bridge To Home Thanks Supervisor Barger, City Of Santa Clarita For Funding(VIDEO)
Officials from Bridge To Home held a press conference Thursday to thank Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger for providing funding used to keep the shelter open year-round and also the City of Santa Clarita for its support and donation of the land, according to officials. “People who are working hard to get off the streets do not have to go ...
Read More »Pedestrian Run Over By Drunk Driver Near Bridge To Home
A pedestrian was transported to a local hospital Sunday after being run over by a drunk driver near Bridge to Home in Saugus, officials said. At 3:41 p.m. Sunday, first responders received a call of a possible drunk driving traffic collision involving a pedestrian near Bridge to Home on the 23000 block of Drayton Street, according to Los Angeles County ...
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