Being Homeless in Long Beach | Special by Christian Outreach in Action | Long Beach Ca. Nonprofit
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- Опубліковано 4 лис 2019
- Being Homeless in Long Beach | Special by Christian Outreach in Action | Long Beach Ca. Nonprofit Organization
Christian Outreach in Action (COA) [www.coalongbeach.org] provides services helping families and individuals to get back on their feet and make progress toward a healthy and sustainable life. Continuing its video series, "The People of COA," COA volunteer Keith shares his knowledge about what it means to be homeless in Long Beach and where COA fits in.
Keith is a former news journalist who joined COA's Men's Program earlier in 2019. He moved to Long Beach in 2015 and is fascinated by social issues and urban planning. With that in mind, Keith keeps a keen eye on minor details he sees while crisscrossing the streets of downtown Long Beach.
He has experience with the homeless population and services available. In this video, Keith offers deep, detailed insight into what it's really like to live on and off the streets and how COA helps address the situation locally.
"People can underestimate the impact that COA is making, which is unfortunate," Keith said after the video production. I've seen, first-hand, people who once lived on the streets, who are now recovered and doing much better today, with the help of COA.
It is a powerful thing to focus on helping the least fortunate persons in our community. And COA helps them to take the initial steps needed in that journey toward self-sufficiency.
COA is a registered nonprofit organization, which is based in a church property in downtown Long Beach; but operationally it is nondenominational, with a belief in faith-based teachings that tell us to provide compassionate assistance to those in need.
We are compelled by the need around us to feed people in need, provide spiritual support, help heal the sick ... and to ultimately teach them the skills necessary to reach and sustain self-sufficiency. To do this, COA depends almost entirely on private donations.
We have been blessed by the support from the community, in terms of donated food, clothing and other items, as well as sponsorships and corporate assistance.
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Special thanks to David Freeman for allowing the use of his wonderful still photos in the video. See this site for more of his work www.whoisnexthomeless.com and more links are included below. Thank you, David!
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About COA
Christian Outreach in Action is a nondenominational, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has been serving the community since 1981. It provides hot meals daily, a food bank twice a week, a clothing giveaway, legal advice services and more to families and individuals in need. See www.coalongbeach.org.
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I live in this neighborhood , this church does what it can for the homeless and others in need. They've helped me during the Covid shutdown with the food bank. God bless the meek and you as well.
And you to my brother. Been to that soup kitchen myself as I was homeless in long beach CA myself been there and still there in st Joseph Michigan.
I was homeless a few times yrs ago b4 me & my husband were saved (we were homeless together) even tho he had a job we couldn't get out break to get an apt (rental history was negative) & we've slept in a box behind his work (warehouse work so we slept behind the warehouses) then we got saved by Jesus & God started moving us forward to incredible blessings & His Grace & favor & n2 fulltime ministry where we worked w/the homeless & feeding them & outreaches & I identify w/this video it struck a cord. God bless u & all involved. I say to the homeless don't give up. God has a plan for your life. If u don't know Jesus just ask Him n2 your heart 💜❤️
Been to that soup kitchen in long beach CA as a homeless person. Great people are at that soup kitchen. I thank them .
We need more christian outreach programs it does my heart good
Homeless people are the kindest people in the world. I've experienced homelessness, not easy..
I was homeless through out the 80's I got sober on 01/04/93......and immediately things got better. I have hope today. Thank U for spreading the love of Jesus and helping folks.
God is so good and very understanding,sober for 10 years couldn't have done it without Jesus Amen.
This is what real love looks like 🥰
I was Homeless in Long Beach a few Years Ago being Victim to a Phoney Eviction Notice that did not come from the Court ! I'm Still Fighting this Case ! I used to go to the C.O.A , thank you for Helping !
Such a cruel sad country
Thank you for helping
This man is emphatic but he also doesn't sugar coat the grim realities that homeless have to deal with- pain and hassle of carrying stuff esp you are elderly and or disabled is one of many. Makes my heart break and I'm losing my home by Nov 1st but have a relative's finished garage to go to so I feel fortunate.
True love and kindness shown to all here and even the sweet pets. Its so very sad that in the 21st century people are still homeless and hungry. Thank you to this wonderful man and everyone involved here.
Because of high tech, greed and outscoring.
May God bless those that help the homeless!!! Amen
If there were a god, that would not be necessary.
@@xyleblack2545 God never said there would be no homeless
@@wanderingoutlaw2083 God also said, slavery is ok.
I wouldn't give much about what the bible says god supposedly said.
Also, as the christian god is only one of several thousand, I wouldn't give much about it anyway. Not even mentioning that there is no proof for the existence of any of them.
I see Christ in the work you do for the people ❤❤❤
Nice church helping homeless .🙏👼💔
This Man has the HEART of a CHAMPION!!Young People take note....
Each & everyone of us can help those in need & it doesn't always have to cost money.
Go see them, spend time with them & let them know that you're there for them in whatever way you can be.
Above all, give them hope...& yes if you can afford alittle bit to help them, be it food, clothes, blankets, dog food etc. Then great, they appreciate it more than you will know.
Now lets all spread some LOVE to our fellow human beings.
Thank you for your kindness, you're the greatest!
Long Beach local here. Yea I wish all these local homeless families individuals
Much lov. There’s help out there Even in L B . Many so young
Bless you, the work you are doing for those in need, sharing and caring,this is what true Christianity looks like,ONE LOVE
❤️ God bless you all 🙏
Blessings and thanks to you for doing what so many of us yearn to do but are too old and sick ourselves. YOu carry the flag held high. Bless you!
Thanks for sharing god bless everybody that’s is homeless there people that are praying for homeless people 💜🙏🏾🙏🏾
That was powerful, God bless all.
What ur doing is just a blessing to all those in need. My God give you in all you need and much more. Thank you for being there for the lonely and being faithful in Gods love. Prayers for you and the lonely people out there. 🙏
Well done for helping, the home less,.of our society, thankyou,
You’re a good man , Yeah right before I became homeless I thought an RV would be a good idea so I spent all I had so I have a roof over my head and no one tells you you can’t park nowhere can’t sleep nor did RVs are the enemy of everybody I’ve been told they would rather me sleep on the sidewalk and sleep in an RV how stupid is that
Yep sadly I see that here in Montana as well
such a kind man he is- GOD bless u
I'm so touched by this compassion and caring. God bless you
God blessed you for all that you do.."
Because of you & everyone who helped god blessed you all..."
No one wants too born poor or broke.."
We all needs help & loves also cared.."
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This guy gets it.
thank you for helping.
It breaks my heart when I encounter a homeless individual who has lost everything except the smile they give you when you reach out to them, I don't have much myself, but I do offer a full meal, Remember to help those in need because they could possibly be Angels in disguised testing our faith ❣️
I, and a lot of people, go backpacking on the Appalachian trail for fun. We are used to carrying a pack every day going up/down mountain trails. The optimum weight for a backpack to carry everyday, is no more than 25 pounds. The pack would contain shelter & sleeping bag w/pad, jacket, rain gear,5 days food, stove, poop kit, hygiene kit,, phone & charger, water & filter, extra socks. I met a couple Hobo's on the trail. One thing they carried extra was a 10 inch plastic bowl secured to the outside of their pack. In cities, they would line the bowl with a plastic Walmart bag, use the bowl to poop in their tent, and then throw away the bag.
When I was homeless I just shit on the sidewalk .
God bless your 💓 ministry 🙏.
What a kind and understanding man who believes in offering comfort and support.
The shelters and clinics will never end homelessness and people living on the streets.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Millions and billions get thrown into these things and people are still homeless.
There are mental illnesses and emotional disabilities that no clinics, programs or social workers can fix.
You can't put a person who had a severed spinal cord into a walking program because it won't work. Telling him to think positive and try harder won't work. His legs don't work and he needs a wheel chair. They have legs yes, but they don't work.
The homeless people have emotional and mental disabilities and developmental delays. They have multiple serious issues.
Anxiety, fears, rejection, hopelessness,
Shattered souls, history of trauma, destroyed psyches. Yes they talk and they have a brain that is malfunctioning. You can't see the damage, can't take a picture of it but it's there. All the programs and therapies, belly gazing and talking won't fix their brains, neither will condemnation, threats, booting them back out and such things. They are permanently disabled or at least most of them.
In some cases clinics, programs can benefit some of the people.
Using renevated old abandoned buildings for permanent tiny rooms for the homeless might be an option but tends to take millions upon millions to operate. Tiny homes take minimal cost long term and it dies get people off the street and into shelter. That is the goal. Its far cheaper. The money spent has long term benefits. You are building tiny homes instead of paying for programs.The money benefits the homeless instead of going towards administration costs and all the other programs that never solve the homelessness. Doesn't work.
Tiny homes works.
Any programs need to be offered completely at their own discretion. Most people want to do well and want to try without the fear of failing and being kicked out or condemned. They need the security and hope. Leave it up to them when they are ready and at their own pace. Those who can will put forth the effort when they have had some recovery time to rest and build strength.
This typically takes much longer than people think and many are permanently disabled.
People need to stop expecting them to rewire their brain, soul and psyche. It's set in stone, the disabilities and brokeness and traumas. Just look at the homeless population.They are not getting better; They can't.
Other homeless people are addicts.
Condemning them won't change that.
Unfortunately drug dealers continue to push their drugs and young teenagers think its cool to try the drugs that seem to be making the party so much fun and they don't believe they could ever become addicted. A stupid mistake ruins their life as they travel down a road that progressively destroys them.
Others take drugs to mask the pain of
Abuse, traumas and despair.
The wrong way to deal with it all for sure but it still they do it with life long consequences.
The other thing is people who have had injuries and illnesses and were prescribed pain medication and become addicted.
Its all terribly destructive and horrific.
Denying them a tiny home won't change anything. Condemning them won't fix it.
Many with the mental illnesses turn to the drug addictions too and therefore many if not most have both problems.
Another factor is physical disabilities and or chronic illnesses.
Whatever the case may be leaving them on the streets is bad for them and society.
Stop the drugs. Stop the drug trafficking and all the corruption.
Thank you Keith, wow nice to see you!!.
When I was homeless I didn't carry alot I just carry the little I needed in a backpack it's easier that way to move around and also when you look for work your only bringing a back to the interview cause most companies don't want to hire homeless so you have to look NOT homeless
What if all churches did this? What if WE ALL did something. Can you imagine??...
Mega Churches could end it anytime they want. They do nothing to help the poor. Bless the few that do.
I have been trying to spread the word about, a channel called invisible people, you probably already know it , breaks my heart 💔 so many stories all 😔, if only a charity could be set up for all these people, I mean like one big one where millions are pumped into it, and by an organisation that don’t profit from it, and I don’t mean the church ⛪️, I know they do so much, but the charity would help other organisations, like food banks, churches and such, it can be done ✅, there is a channel called mr beast, I don’t know how he does it but he raises millions, does challenges, saw one episode where him and his friends went in to a super market, bought nearly everything there and donated it to different food banks.
@@jacquelinestewart3820 Check out BI Phakathi, very raw and unfiltered Love in action.
Will do thanks 🙏.
What if the massive atheist organisations did something to help? Yeah didn’t think so, they are too busy trying to dump on christians. Cynical bunch of self righteous twats.
❤❤❤ thankyou for the understanding i use to carry so many bags and my body would be so tired......i finally recovered though with my first pregnacy my whole life change i left everything behind and now i got a place it was hard but i did it for my babygirl i didnt give up
Heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing. I lived in Long Beach many years ago.
Thank you.
Crazy that with the billions that all the rich countries have invested, that people are walking the streets (not by choice) and homeless, some living literally sise-by-side in neighbourhoods with multi-million $£ homes and people living in glass bubbles! SHOCKING!
Thank god and god bless yall
God Bless you and your ministry. Hm... what am I doing for the less fortunate?
Blessen for helping 🙏👍🤝⭐🥇
I wait for the enlightened time our economic system which so effortlessly assists the wealthy, might also one day consider those less benefitted by it.
Praise GOD
Great video!
There is homeless then there's hopeless. I meet a man that was homless, he had 3 dogs, his dogs were clean, his shopping cart was organized and clean. The ones that drag trash with them and leave it dirty is the one I have issues with
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What The Homeless Do Need Is Pulley That They Can Carry Camping Equipment On So That The Weight Is On The Ground And Not On The Homeless Persons Back.
Jehovah, will bless you,,,
God Bless you 🙏🙏🙏
I live in Long Beach. How can I help the homeless?
About 30 homeless seems to disappear in Long Beach but when I drove on the 91, I realized that they just moved along the railroad, hidden in site.
those poor people may god protect them
Wow...Hes right.
This is what you Don't know about going homeless. I never recovered from being homeless because I don't trust the dollar.
I don't mind sleeping outside vs fighting for another worthless dollar only to give it away for a moment's comfort.
There's a certain peace you find once you actually learn homelessness that no temporary home can replace. I travel alot & see people who seem successful but their actually stuck in a life they hate. I dont wish it upon people but if you are here in the same situation, learn it & you'll never feel homeless again.
And we have people coming in caravans,who don’t have any U.S documents,don’t speak the language and will problably end up working and getting by, but yet these homeless people cant make it , i dont understand that.I know there are a lot of factors that can help or break a person(s),but still its somewhat hard and interesting how some can make it and others can’t.
Sure glad I discovered Kirby at relitevly young age.
I am looking for my mom , she’s been on streets of Long Beach for 40 yrs , her name is Connie Jean ford (Hohle )
😢😢😢❤
Shaken my heart.
I would like to be a volunteer
Where can i go to be a volunteer?
Some of the most humble kindhearted people are homeless right now i told god and my family that i wanted to stay a month homeless to see how it feels , that would feed my soul to have more compassion to those broken minded souls.
That’s a good way to make yourself a victim 👍
That is not a real experience. They are humble because they are too tired to be angry, fool!
I was homeless for 6 years on and off being homeless for 1 month is like a walk in the park try years and then you will see
How did this catastrophy came 2 b in the richest country in the world?
Let's all pitch in to help out our bros 'n sis!
I have seen myself in one of the videos where we eating at the little brown church and I am not homeless and never been I have my own apartment
Your faith will be accomplished if you are doer of the law not only listener.
Homeless people living on the street in the richest country😳 oh my GOD🤭
I see Jesus walking with them....Sweet Jesus Our Lord Our King. God bless every homeless person. . , protect them and fill them with Your peace Lord , in Jesus Holy Name I pray Amen.
And Lord God bless every heart that helps the homeless Amen ❤❤❤
God and love is the only way to recovery and healing and hope...we all need to get back to the arms of our Heavenly Father, our God. We need Him ...we always did.
American dream
Has become a nightmare.
How can I donate to the church?
Feeding people is sacred.
All fine and good with MORE FREE things provided. Now let's get realistic to Solve the drug problem and/or create a community full of resources outside the city where they can work, play, rehab, and do drugs. Do you really think they want housing with a curfew and no access to drugs, and with strict cleaning restictions? I hear them talking all the time, right from my window, how they are just waiting for their next Welfare or SSI/SSD check to score drugs or to get their Food Stamps money to sell It for the same purpose. Then, going to the Food Banks and clothing locations -they know all the locations. All their monthly assistance is, most of the time, spent on drugs. I hear this all the time. Thinking otherwise, Is living in another world. City Leaders think that building more housing and shelters will solve the problem...IT WON'T. Get rid of the drugs and the Mental illness caused 95% of the time "by those same drugs" and you will solve the problem. NOT HAPPENING!! All this other garbage about building more housing and shelters IS NONESENSE. Just a way to give projects to hungry Contractors and dishing out money to those in the rehab and shelter business. Kids cant play in Parks, Urine odors all over, people defecating in our streets and alleys, trash galore left behind by the homeless that typically dont care, screaming foul language and arguments over drugs or things that dont make sense. Leaders have been offering the same solutions for years and the problem Is still present. Of course the number of homeless Is rising, but it's not because of the lack housing and shelters... it's because of drugs and homeless from other states flock here because of the good weather...try being homeless in North Dakota, Buffalo, or Illinois. You still see many holding signs of going to a California. Our leaders must either 1) live great neighborhoods or 2) work in beautiful, clean buildings where homeless are not allowed or 3) both. Our leaders are seriously not connected with reality. .......One Latino Citizen's Opinion.
How would you solve it?
@@aarongranda7825 Everything you say nowadays Is Racist...so I will be careful. I would create a Mega complex out in the desert somewhere with facilities for them....and after números loitering or disorderly conduct incidents, put them to work there or allow them to do drugs there. There has to be a place where they can be and there must be an incentive to get out of that situation. Children and homeless doing drugs at parks, in kid's play areas should not coexist. Our LEADERS allow this. Visit "Seaside Park" on 14th and Chestnut or "Gumbiner Park" on 7th and MLK Jr Ave. Homeless sleeping IN the kids play area. Urine and vomit everywhere. These should be designated "Homeless Parks" Also 7th and L.B. Blvd in the McD's and Carl's JR Parking lots. This problem can't be fixed because It can be considered Racist and because our leaders dont have the backbone to do what Is right.....only empty suits.
did he say no place to plug in their phones, how do they pay for a cell phone?
😂😂😂😂😂
How do you pay your cell phone bill when you’re homeless??
RIP LiZ GRACIE.
-COUNTRY
Oh Well....Life in COMMIFORNIA 😊
Life in CA is great...for those who choose to live in the right path.
So if the city would have a place where people can shower and do laundry, have employers there to hire people, also open good rehabs instead of throwing people in jail over and over. Decriminalize drugs, stop ruining peoples lives by nonviolent felonies!
its like the movie Blade Runner but for real
It would be nice if they had showers
who wants to experience homlessness.come on man too dangerous.but in my country this are well organized.being homeless is not the worsed thing.in the winter you will have a bed.
I personally know that guy in the thumbnail
This very defficult to live in a western country you must to be a hardworker to support yourself and your family...
Most homelrss dont walk any point walking miles some sitvin same spot in park why waste energy. Some sleep alday at night more dangerous
Someone please admit that plenty of homeless people have job skills and are normal, non drug using, non violent humans. They've been intentionally removed from society by idiots and don't need recovery, they need their names back, and or proof they were even born. They need people in charge to acknowledge that gang stalking is a real thing and that others took them down and won't let them restore their lives. That many of the people out there have aged out of their usefulness in the ho/pimp game and believe it or not there is no retirement program, that many are mobsters who don't want to be killers, or anything else related to their system anymore. There are categorically established blocks to restoration and that somebody bigger then the hell on earth enthusiasts, is going to need to hold their hand all the way through. Also I want to commend people who can maintain their concern and continue to care about insurmountable devastation and I do.
Feeding them doest fix the problem alone. Yesterday my family and i were at Aquarium of the Pacific. There were grown homeless men buying and selling drugs. They were high in their minds as kites. They were yelling at people, peeing off the walkway into the doc area for the boats. They're were homeless people, grown men especially wandering around among families with children. This is not healthy for families to be around who want to go to a supposed safe family oriented place. Yes, there are some hard working people that fall through the cracks and need help. Im all for supporting people who are genuinely in need. However, let's stop pretending like all these homeless people are innocent and just need a good meal. No. They need to be arrested for being on drugs in public, selli/buying drugs, being vagrants, etc. They expose themselves in front of women and children, wander around lile zombies. It's helpful to some degree but this wont fix the problem.
Can we donate clothing to you?
Why don't All the Christian pay for Affordable Housing for the Homeless. That is Christian Love. Not giving Kenneth Copeland or Joel Olesteen money. Tax the churches.
If allowed to tax the churches, The Party would tax them into bankruptcy.
How can I help?
@Warrior your right I didn’t read the description. But what’s worse is that u have no idea what u just did with that negative comment smh I was genuinely going to make a donation. People like you ruin it for so many others
Cristian and catolic help most poor homeless all the time .🙏👼🥰😻👩❤️💋👩
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
Reading the books of the New Testament, we probably asked ourselves more than once: *"Why 2000 years we do not see those miracles that accompanied the Сhurch of Christ in the I century, as described in the New Testament?"* Why do the so-called preachers of Christ have to prove that Jesus really existed and atheists boldly deny the historicity or divine origin of Christ? Maybe because the Сhurch of Christ has not existed for 2000 years?
The Сhurch does not exist in the form in which it is presented in the books of the New Testament, but there are Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and other christian sects claiming to be the place of the Church, but they not have the only thing that distinguishes the divine from the human and is characteristic of just the Сhurch of Christ -the reinforcement of the word with signs, that is, miracles (Mark 16:15-20). Therefore, some researchers doubt the historicity of Christ, and some of them are not opposed to declaring him a an ordinary philosopher, teacher. But even if Jesus were an ordinary philosopher, his disciples would be ordinary followers of Jesus. And they would not dare to write about the miracles that not only Jesus, but also his disciples, could perform. If there were the Church in our time as described by the authors of the New Testament books, where miracles are performed, the sick are healed, where prophesied, and the dead are raised, no one would doubt the historicity of Christ. Then there would be the same controversy throughout the world as in the first century - Jesus the Son of God or the false prophet who seduces the world by miracles. As a result, we can say that the emergence and development of christian sects and atheism was the result of the fact that over the 2000 years the Сhurch of Christ did not exist.
Find *"The Mystery about the Church of Christ"* video on UA-cam, which shows the real causes of Christian sects and atheism. The video reveals a prophecy about the disappearance and reappearance of the Church of Christ before the end of the world. Watching this video will bring joy to all who sincerely seek God and will interest those who are not too lazy to think freely. Click on my name to watch the video (The video is in Russian, but English subtitles are included).
I do that despite havjng a glat my neighbours do that harassment every single day.so why cant you help by giving em pobox number what are obstacles.?
I dont support theresa she was cruel. Id like to use terry nappies again in buckets napisan its got fungicide in it too its goid fot vlothes too.
How come US government no solution to fix the problem high tax...2006 you can watch video .about homeless crisis in many states, unemployment, mental health,,drug addiction ...etc.
Street of San Francisco, LA skidrow...Kensington Pheladelphia....worst than a 3rd world country.
U cant afford to live in Cali, if u aren't wealthy!
Never-ever saw this shit until the mandatory auto insurance law came to be and all the Asians took over CA. wtf Happened?
Are rents twenty grand a month yet?
Strange smell of human waste and dirt is common scene in long wasted beach city.
Yes feed them so they can spend any cash they get on drugs n alcohol...
2021* Hello, Christian Outreach it's Simple the Homeless Problem Around the World is Lower the Rent.???? To Much Greedy Land Lords and Housing Authority is a Joke. Rent to High. Disgusting. Ms.Pretty