LA's Homeless Blog: Well Deserved Credit For Homeless Exec

Monday, July 11, 2005

Well Deserved Credit For Homeless Exec

The CEO of downtown L.A.’s Midnight Mission, Larry Adamson, is featured today in the Los Angeles Times. (You need a LATimes.com password to read the article online: click here for LAT article. ) This colleague of mine in the fight to end homelessness has established a good example on how a new generation of nonprofit executives are using standard business practices to operate charities.

The Midnight Mission recently opened up a $17 million downtown homeless center amid much praise, and a few critics. (One critic includes the Christian Science Monitor: click here for CSM article. ) But the problem of homelessness is so overwhelming in downtown Los Angeles, that the need for a large center like Midnight Mission is desperately needed.

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Cyber Cafe Community Resource Specialist said...: Thanks for this inspiring article.
I am working with homeless clients in Malden Ma and have recently started blogging.
Who else is blogging about homeless?; 12:01 PM

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: Name: Joel John Roberts; Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

Joel John Roberts is the CEO of PATH Partners, a nonprofit organization which helps communities integrate services with housing. PATH Partners includes six housing and service agencies: PATH, Achieve Glendale, Gramercy Housing Group, PATH Ventures, PATH Dallas, and PATH Partners Associates. As a leader in housing and homelessness, Roberts’ is modernizing support services to emphasize strategic outreach, housing, and cross-sector partnerships. In 2004, the Hollywood Museum awarded Roberts the Legacy Award recognizing his leadership in social responsibility and humanitarian achievement. In 2007, Roberts was recognized by UCLA as a community “trendsetter.” Recently, Affordable Housing Magazine highlighted Roberts’ leadership in the development of the PATHMall, winner of the prestigious 2007 American Institute of Architects award. Having served as the Chairperson for the LAHSA Advisory Board, Roberts currently serves on the Emergency Food and Shelter Program board, the Bring L.A. Home Blue Ribbon Panel, and the Long Beach Human Relations Commission. Roberts is the author of numerous opinion pieces on homelessness, as well as a book, “How To Increase Homelessness.”

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