All Things New, A Dignity-Centered Support Project

Health care access

South LA

Expand existing project, program, or initiative (expanding and continuing ongoing, successful work)

Our under that is that securing housing is a vital first step, but it does not end the cycle of poverty for formerly unhoused individuals and families in South Los Angeles. Once placed in public housing, many residents continue to experience food insecurity, limited access to basic household goods, and barriers to preventive healthcare. These challenges—rooted in systemic failures such as fragmented social services, structural racism, underinvestment in low-income neighborhoods, and the stigmatization of people with lived experience of homelessness—undermine stability, health, and long-term recovery. Families and seniors often report feeling forgotten after receiving housing. The trauma of displacement persists when daily needs go unmet. The All Things New Project was created in response to these conditions. It offers weekly wraparound support, restores dignity, and builds a community-based care model that centers equity, inclusion, and lived expertise.

The All Things New Project is a community-powered initiative that supports over 550 formerly unhoused residents—seniors, families, and children, who now live in eight public apartments sites in Los Angeles City Council District 8. With LA2050 funding, the project will expand its weekly delivery of fresh food and produce, canned and boxed pantry food items, gently used clothing, school supplies, household goods, and hygiene items, all sourced from a network of donors and community partners. The program also provides onsite wellness services in partnership with the LA County Department of Public Health, including vaccine clinics and health screenings. Staff and volunteers, many of whom have lived experience with housing insecurity, engage residents directly, fostering trust and belonging. This holistic model not only addresses urgent material needs but also disrupts the ongoing cycles of poverty, stigma, and neglect by restoring dignity, strengthening community resilience, and reimagining what supportive housing can truly look like in South Los Angeles.

If the All Things New Project expansion is successful, Los Angeles County will be a place where formerly unhoused individuals and families are not just housed—but truly supported, seen, and empowered. Public housing communities will be hubs of dignity and wellness, not neglect. Systems of care will shift to center the voices and lived experiences of residents, resulting in stronger cross-sector partnerships, greater access to quality food and health resources, and a deeper culture of equity. Poverty will no longer be managed through scarcity, but disrupted through connection, community power, and consistent, compassionate support. With the support of LA2050, we can add four additional public apartment complexes impacting a total of 850 people directly and indirectly impacting 1,500 to 1,800 individuals.in South Los Angeles. Our program is unique in the delivery of services bringing useful resources and support that repels the stigma of poverty from post homeless men, women 8 children.