About Cardinal Manning Center

On any given night in Los Angeles . . .

  • More than 91,000 people are homeless, almost 20% of these families with children, the highest homeless population for any major metropolitan area in the country.
  • Another 16% to 20% of homeless adults are employed in low paying jobs.
  • 42% are chronically homeless individuals having one or more serious handicaps such as mental illness, substance abuse, or a physical disability.
  • 18% of L.A. County residents and 25% of L.A. County’s children live below the poverty line.
  • 73% of low-income renters pay more than 50% of their earnings in rent.

For more than 50 years now. the Cardinal Manning Center has been a constant, reliable presence for homeless people in the Skid Row Area of Downtown Los Angeles. The Center’s primary goals are to enable homeless men and women with children to:

  • stabilize their life circumstances
  • regain their self-sufficiency, and
  • find permanent housing & employment

The Center accomplishes these goals by providing it’s clients with:

  • case-management
  • employment counseling
  • group discussion sessions
  • budgeting & financial counseling
  • individual therapy
  • e-mail & voice mail boxes
  • transportation expenses to work and
  • client advocacy and referral services for accessing permanent housing & other crucial social services.