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Drop-In Center
The Drop-In Center, is a Youth Center located in South Los Angeles and Claremont that has served underserved, unhoused, and at-risk youth and young adults ages 18–24 since opening in August 2023.
Designed as a safe, non-judgmental space built on harm reduction principles, the center offers immediate relief through basic needs like meals, water, clothing, and hygiene kits, alongside life skills workshops covering budgeting, anger management, trauma-informed yoga, and substance abuse and dating violence prevention. Youth who engage further receive personalized case management, including Individualized Service Plans (ISPs) that connect them to housing, employment training, mentoring, and healthcare partners.
The center also runs a youth leadership program, training young adults with lived experience in homelessness or substance abuse to become peer facilitators who lead prevention workshops for their community.
What We Offer
Safe drop-in space: A non-judgmental, harm-reduction-centered environment where young people can access support and build community.
Basic-needs assistance: Meals, water, clothing, hygiene kits, and other immediate necessities.
Life-skills workshops: Education and skill-building in budgeting, anger management, trauma-informed yoga, substance-use prevention, and dating-violence prevention.
Personalized case management: Individualized Service Plans (ISPs) that identify each participant’s needs, goals, and next steps.
Housing navigation and referrals: Connections to housing resources and partners.
Employment and workforce support: Referrals to employment training and career-development opportunities.
Mentoring services: Connections to mentors and supportive adults.
Healthcare navigation: Referrals and connections to healthcare partners.
Youth leadership development: Training for young adults with lived experience in homelessness or substance use to become peer facilitators.
Peer-led prevention education: Youth leaders facilitate prevention workshops for other young people in their community.
Who We Serve
At risk or homeless youth (any youth 14 - 24 years old)