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The Salvation Army Bell Shelter opened in January 1988 with help from Judge Harry Pregerson, who recognized a critical need for emergency shelter for homeless people in southeast Los Angeles County. The shelter is located in a converted 40,000 square foot hangar formerly used as an U.S. Army Air Base, several miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, in the city of Bell. It is the only program of its kind in California to fulfill the objectives of the 1987 Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, which encouraged the use of vacant Federal facilities as homeless shelters.
Bell Shelter offers transitional care for up to 350 homeless men and women as well as vocational assistance, substance abuse rehabilitation, case management, counseling, on-site health care & medical referrals, ESL classes, HIV/AIDS education, 12-step substance abuse recovery program, computer training, job training and referrals and life skills classes. The goal of the program is to provide a one-stop solution to the homeless condition by addressing the problems and barriers that keep homeless men and women from achieving self-sufficiency.
In response to an increasing number of homeless, chronically ill adults in Los Angeles, The Salvation Army Bell Shelter, in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and ENKI Health and Research Systems, Inc., recently developed a program to provide on-site assessment and treatment for homeless clients who are mentally ill or dual diagnosed with mental illness and substance abuse. Funding and support also came from the California Department of Mental Health, The California Endowment, the State Department of Housing & Community Development, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Community Development Commission of the County of Los Angeles.
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