POSITIVE STEPS HIV/AIDS SHELTERS
Program Director: Francisco Cacho
11501 Dolan Street
Downey, CA 90241
562 923 . 7894 for information
fax 923 . 3593
Positive Steps is SCADP’s HIV/AIDS service division, offering two shelter programs for persons living with HIV/AIDS. The Positive Steps women’s program was established in1994 and is funded by grants from the federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to serve a static capacity of 30 high risk women and their children. Transitional housing for men is funded through L.A. County Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA). The men’s shelter program was established in Santa Fe Springs in 1996, and provides a static capacity of six beds in Santa Fe Springs and six beds in Long Beach. Positive Steps transitional housing programs offer low-cost housing for periods of up to one year, case management and social service linkage, as well as assistance with issues of mental and physical health care, substance addiction, self-sufficiency, and permanent housing.
STATISTICS: POSITIVE STEPS WOMEN’S TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
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TOTAL CLIENTS Women Girls Boys Completions Homeless
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|
46
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38 (83%)
|
5 (11%)
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3 (6%)
|
10 (22%)
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18 (39%)
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AGE # SERVED %*
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|
0-4
|
04
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9%
|
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5-9
|
01
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2%
|
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10-14
|
03
|
6%
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|
15-19
|
01
|
2%
|
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20-25
|
07
|
15%
|
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26-34
|
04
|
9%
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|
35-44
|
21
|
46%
|
|
45-54
|
05
|
11%
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ETHNICITY # SERVED %*
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African -American
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19
|
41%
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American Indian
|
00
|
00
|
|
Asian
|
00
|
00
|
|
Caucasian
|
13
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29%
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Latino
|
14
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30%
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Other
|
00
|
00
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* percentages are rounded to the nearest whole
