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SSG Executive Director featured during AAPI Heritage Month

Posted May 28, 2021May 28, 2021

Herbert Hatanaka, Executive Director of SSG, was featured by United Way of LA during their AAPI Heritage Month celebrations. We are grateful for United Way’s support of our programs, especially our services that target the most disadvantaged communities in Los Angeles County.

Our fearless leader, Herb Hatanaka, was featured by @LAUnitedWay for AAPI Heritage Month. We are proud to be a provider of culturally/linguistically appropriate services for LA's diverse communities. Thx to funders like United Way for helping us meet our mission @ssghopics https://t.co/aL3tvMbzEt
— Special Service for Groups, Inc (@SSG_HQ) May 28, 2021

Homeless Outreach Workers and the Coronavirus

Posted April 1, 2020September 29, 2020

While many remain Safe at Home, HOPICS staff work the front lines to protect the spread of COVID-19 among the homeless population in South Los Angeles. Thomas Curwen and Benjamin Oreskes of The Los Angeles Times shine light on how the Coronavirus pandemic puts an already vulnerable population at-risk and what HOPICS outreach workers are doing to help.

One L.A. prosecutor tries to keep addicts out of court and jail

Posted March 20, 2020September 29, 2020

Project 180’s LA Door, “Diversion, Outreach, and Opportunities for Recovery” program aims to help the city’s many homeless drug abusers get clean and stay out of jail.