You’ve probably heard the old adage, “Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork.” At the Weingart Center, that’s more than just a feel-good cliché; it’s a mantra.

Recently, one of our THP¹ clients, who was nearing the end of his stay at the Weingart Center, became worried that he might not receive a funder extension. Since reentry programs like THP are not part of the Homeless Continuums of Care (CoCs)², our Access Center³ intake worker, Marco Corona, jumped in to help coordinate our client’s next step.

Marco worked diligently with the LASHA Project Roomkey⁴ team to place our client into a local Project Roomkey site.

Today, our client is enjoying the comfort of his new room, and continues to use the resources provided to him by our great Access Center team.

¹ Transitional Housing Program (THP) is a Weingart Center residential program that provides housing, meals, supportive services and resources, programming, and supervision for serious and long-term offenders.

² Homeless Continuums of Care (CoCs) is a US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program. It provides funding opportunities to nonprofits and State and local governments in order to quickly rehouse those experiencing homelessness.

³ Access Center is a Weingart Center program that assists persons experiencing homelessness by entering them into the Los Angeles County Coordinated Entry System (CES), providing them with information and referral services, case advocacy, and a wide range of social services.

⁴ LASHA Project Roomkey is a coordinated effort to secure hotel and motel rooms in L.A. County as temporary shelters for people experiencing homelessness who are at high-risk for hospitalization if they contract Coronavirus (COVID-19).