FEDERAL-FUNDING INCREASE SOUGHT FOR VALLEY HOMELESS.Byline: Terri Hardy Daily News Staff Writer Nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. agencies serving the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Valley's homeless population urged the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Homeless Services Authority on Monday to push harder for more federal shelter funds for the Valley. The authority is a joint city/county agency that administers funding for homeless shelters Homeless shelters are temporary residences for homeless people. Usually located in urban neighborhoods, they are similar to emergency shelters. The primary difference is that homeless shelters are usually open to anyone, without regard to the reason for need. and services. Too often, the Valley has not gotten its fair share of grant funding, homeless advocates said at a public hearing before staff members of the agency. "Agencies in the Valley haven't been very organized, or able to get that message out, while providers in Central Los Angeles are well established and know how to get what they need," said John Horn, chairman of the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Homeless Coalition. Last year, Valley agencies received 7 percent of a $71 million grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development - even though the area has 14 percent of the county's poor, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority figures show. But Marlene Singer, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority's program manager, said homelessness is more of a problem in other parts of the city. "The San Fernando Valley doesn't have a large amount of poverty," she said after the hearing. "Every area is under-funded - you should hear South Central complain." |
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