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We are Valley Housing Partners. Since 2009, we have helped 16 homeless families get back on their feet. Our goal is to help at least 100 families.

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Causes of Homelessness

a running list

While the causes of homelessness are many, the following are a number of them for us to keep in mind as we support families who are without a house.

  • Lack of welfare assistance
  • Decline in public assistance
  • Divorce
  • Domestic violence
  • Drug abuse
  • Alcohol abuse
  • Illness
  • Job loss
  • Lack of affordable housing
  • Lack of child support
  • Low wages
  • “Mental Illness
  • Lack of services for mental illness”
  • Hurricanes
  • Physical Disabilities
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Poverty
  • Severe Depression
  • Untimely death of guardians
  • Lack of money management skills
  • Lack of family ties
  • Lack of social skills
  • Lack of supportive system
  • Inadequate problem solving skills
  • Lack of knowledge or available resources
  • Lack of education
  • Lack of job skills
  • Lack of good communication skills
  • Lack of self-esteem
  • Lack of disability insurance
  • Financial illiteracy
  • Gambling
  • Incarceration
  • No place to go for emancipated youths from foster care
  • Wars
  • Lack of Safety Net
  • Childhood abuse
  • Human Trafficking
  • Sexual abuse
  • Lack of good role models
  • Dysfunctional families
  • Lack of unemployment insurance
  • Earthquakes
  • Floods
  • Parental Death
  • Lack of social agencies
  • Lack of community support
  • Failure of government to protect the citizens
  • Climate change
  • Drought
  • Unhealthy habits
  • Illness
  • Substance abuse
  • Lack of Substance Abuse rehabilitation services
  • Racism
  • Racial Inequality

How The VHP Model Works

about our way

1. Recommendation

A social agency or church will recommend to us a family in need

2. Housing

VHP provides the family with financial support for housing

3. Support

A social agency or church provides the family with case management and services

4. Fundraising

Our success helps us raise funds to support the next family

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Our Model and One Purpose

VHP

The VHP model is simple. For each $6,000 we raise, we seek out a family to help, through a church or social service agency

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Support Us

Join these organizations in giving the gift of housing to a family in need. Every gift counts!

Shepherd of the Valley Presbyterian Church (Hacienda Heights)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Hacienda Heights)
ABBA Love International Ministries (Covina)
Christ’s Church of the Valley (San Dimas)
Purpose Church (Pomona)
San Gabriel Presbytery
San Gabriel Valley Consortium on Homelessness
Volunteers of America
Sunbelt Business Brokers of Pasadena

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