Safe House

Achievements

April 5, 2003
California Senator Richard Alarcon awards Dr. Steve Shoptaw a Community Achievement Award for Safe House; recognizes Safe House as a model community project

January 15, 2003
Safe House receives notice of Emergency Housing Assistance Program Award for $50,000

January 8, 2003
Second annual residents' needs assessment held at Safe House

January 11, 2002
First annual residents' needs assessment held at Safe House; residents express gratitude for stable housing and support and share suggestions on improving the program

April 27, 2001
Safe House is featured in the Los Angeles magazine Frontiers

April 26, 2001
Safe House project approved for an additional year to continue its housing programs until 2003; additional funding of $147, 452 granted to Safe House

March 1, 2001
Safe House welcomes its first residents in emergency, transitional and permanent housing

May 1, 1997
Rehabilitation of Safe House location begins

February 4, 1997
City of Los Angeles approves $2,663,910 funding for Safe House a demonstration project to provide housing to HIV-positive people who have a mental illness or chemical dependency; project funding to begin in 1997 and end in 2002