People In Progress

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For 35 years, People In Progress (P.I.P.) has provided intervention and support to individuals and families in crisis with services addressing substance abuse, economic deprivation, hunger and homelessness. We are creating self-reliance- building addiction-free lives.

Each year, P.I.P. provides services to more 25,000 individuals. It is our aim to help those we serve transition back into the community as productive citizens. 100 percent of our participants are living well below poverty level.  Our services are designed to provide disadvantaged individuals with access — whether directly or through referral — to the resources they need to reach self-sufficiency. 

As a leader in delivery of alcohol/drug treatment services we provide critically needed services to the chronically homeless population suffering from alcohol and drug dependency, coupled with other mental and physical disabilities. 

People in progress collaborates with local service providers to ensure our clients receive comprehensive services and to improve coordination of services.  We have developed a network of organizations that provide medical, housing, dental, mental health, legal, employment, vocational, youth art, youth tutoring, recovery, immigration and other services.

People In Progress today provides services to the County of Los Angeles under seven different contracts that are all funded from diversified funding sources. People In Progress also services three contracts with the City of Los Angeles, one contract with the Veterans Administration, and currently People In Progress is a sub-contractor to the Prison Parole Network of programs for the State of California.

November 11, 2009 Veterans Day Parade                    

People In Progress is proud to participate in the San Fernando Valley’s 6^th annual Veteran’s Day Parade with Grand Marshall, Michael G. Mullen, United States Navy, and Chairman of The Joints Chiefs of Staff on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 11:11 A.M. The parade will begin at the corner of San Fernando Mission Boulevard and Laurel Canyon Boulevard. 25 veterans from People In Progress’ Veterans program and Alumni will march along side the People In Progress Van and all of the residents of People In Progress’ Men’s Residential Facility will provide traffic control and parade clean-up. People In Progress will celebrate at the 3^rd Annual Veteran’s Dinner sponsored by Councilmember Tony Cardenas. People In Progress’ very own Executive Director, Dennis O’Sullivan is a proud veteran and is on the Veteran’s Day Parade Committee.

    November 22, 2009  Thanksgiving Festival

Noon till 3:00 p.m. @ That House on Beacon (Between 8^th St. & James Wood) Join us for food, fun, entertainment Services and so much more…….

People In Progress will feed over 2000 homeless and low income people from our service area, at the 11^th Annual Thanksgiving Festival. “New Elements Community Treatment” outreach teams will drive into the Skid Row area to bring people to the festival where they will be served a complete, hot traditional Thanksgiving meal. Information about or emergency shelter, veterans program, and alcohol and drug treatment programs will be distributed and we will facilitate immediate transportation to services.

People In Progress’ multi-service center provides outpatient services in Central City Los Angeles providing individualized case management for drug and alcohol addiction and is a provider of court mandated parenting, domestic violence, anger management and batterers education classes.

We strive to educate participants about community resources and help them learn how to access resources to increase wages, and gain access to other economic resources. participants are encouraged to use available computers and are given access to telephones for city resources including 311 and 211. 

Through a well developed network of organizations we are able to provide referals for medical, housing, dental, mental health, legal and employment services. 

Assessing the needs of the chronic homeless community, the New Elements Community Treatment program is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to work with the chronic homeless population who suffer from co-occurring disorders.The program is able to identify individuals and the needs of those individuals who have mental health disorders and substance abuse coupled with his or her chronic homeless status.