Lancaster Doing Its Part To Care For County’s Homeless

While some communities throughout Los Angeles County are saying no, others are saying Yes. Starting November 1st, the Lancaster Community Shelter will be opening up its Winters Shelter Program—a total of 45 shelter beds—for people living on the streets. Here's an article about it.

This program will shelter people from the cold and wet winter weather until March 15th.

The shelter director says that “more and more homeless people are coming to the Antelope Valley in search of a place to live. Some believe they can get some low-rent housing, but that’s not really here any longer.”

The shelter is also giving out motel vouchers to homeless families.

If more of the 88 cities in Los Angeles County would pick up the slack of homeless services, we could reduce the number of people living on our streets. Let’s hope other communities catch on…