The Way Home

Good evening and welcome to the Way Home radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles.

Frank Mottek here along with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission.

URM, Union Rescue Mission, is the number one organization serving the thousands of men, women, children, families, and seniors in Los Angeles who've been devastated by homelessness.

as well as nationwide as a keynote speaker.

She serves on the Board of Governors on the American Addiction Recovery Association and has twice spoken at the White House on addiction and recovery.

Lori Dew now draws on her personal recovery journey, advocacy work, and many years in media to help reduce stigma and advance more compassionate, effective approaches to addiction, mental health, and recovery, all subjects we're talking about here on The Way Home radio show and podcast.

Lori Dew, thank you very, very much for taking the call with us here, and please say hello to Mark Hood

Hi, Frank.

Lauren A has given us a couple of things and I find this fascinating, right? The Houston one is the second one she sent in and I, you know, Mayor Gillingham went down to Houston and, But she's given me a couple pointers on other places that deal with homelessness.

By pooling resources in a single collaborative system called The Way Home in Houston.

And we've had Mayor Gillingham on to talk about this because he did go down to Houston to learn more about it.

It reduced homelessness population by over 60%.

Good evening and welcome to The Way Home, radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission.

Frank Mottek here, along with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission, the number one organization serving the thousands of men, women, children, and seniors helping find their way home from the streets of Los Angeles.

On this program, we focus on homeless solutions and also celebrate great URM success stories, URM supporters, philanthropists, business, and civic leaders.

God bless you both for your support of URM.

We want to hear more about that coming up here as we continue.

On the way home, radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission here on 790 KBC.

Good evening and welcome back to The Way Home, radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles.

Frank Mottek here along with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission, in studio with Kathy Ward, Director of Philanthropy at the Union Rescue Mission, and a wonderful couple known for their philanthropy and support for the Union Rescue Mission, Joe Giese and Ed Warren.

... well, the answer is it's not CFTH working alone.

So we are the lead agency of a whole network of nonprofits, uh, and government entities that serve people experiencing homelessness called The Way Home.

Mm-hmm.

So The Way Home is the name for dozens of nonprofit service providers.

Uh, public and private organizations, we're all working together to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-reoccurring.

And we, um, that was actually formed back in 2012, and so that's the entity that, um, receives the funding from, uh, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and that's about $70 million every year.

Um, the 70 million is distributed to about three dozen different organizations, and we can talk in a minute about what some of those are.

Um, but working together, the partners of The Way Home have housed more than 38,000 people, uh, since 2012.

Good evening and welcome to The Way Home, radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles.

Frank Mottek here along with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission, URM, Union Rescue Mission, the number one organization serving the thousands of men, women, children, families, and seniors in Los Angeles who've been devastated by homelessness.

This year, Union Rescue Mission celebrating its 135th anniversary of serving the homeless in L.A. and helping those experiencing homelessness find their way home.

Yeah, great to be here.

Appreciate you, Steve.

And we'll continue in just a moment on the Way Home radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission here on 790 KABC.

Welcome back to the Way Home radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission.

Frank Mottek here along with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission.

And stay tuned tonight at 6.

I'll be back on the air for The Way Home radio show and podcast with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission here in Los Angeles, focusing on homeless solutions.

Special guest tonight coming off the great Over the Edge event held recently.

So tune in tonight at 6 right here on 790KBC.

We're going to match the tax incentives that are there in the most competitive places in the world where the production is moving to, where we're losing jobs to.

And we're going to get rid of the red tape around production, which is driving businesses um and production out of california in particular the entertainment industry out of la it's a very solid plan that i've been working on for months with some of the leading people in the industry and it's what we need we got we can't let those jobs continue to disappear it's going to collapse the la economy if we're not careful we've got to have a change

On the homeless front, in fact, coming up here in just a few moments, the Way Home radio show and podcast that I do with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission, will be airing.

What are your thoughts about homeless solutions, especially as it relates to what's happening here in the Los Angeles area?

Good evening and welcome to the Way Home radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles.

Frank Mottek here along with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission.

Union Rescue Mission is the number one organization serving the thousands of men, women, children, families, and seniors here in Los Angeles who've been devastated by homelessness.

We've got to do more of what Union Rescue Mission is doing, tap into that leadership, give them the resources to build more, take care of more people.

And we're going to have more people having a very productive and livable life.

Rick Caruso, your message is powerful and important, and we're very grateful that you joined us here on The Way Home radio show and podcast, and look forward to many more conversations on this important topic with you.

God bless you and your family for your support of URM and for all you do here in Los Angeles, and thank you very much for joining us here today.

Thank you, Frank.

Good evening and welcome to The Way Home, radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission.

Frank Mottek here along with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission.

Union Rescue Mission is the number one organization serving the thousands of men, women, children, and families, as well as seniors here in Los Angeles who've been devastated by homelessness.

So I thank you for what you're doing.

It is for us to thank you, Richard.

We're going to continue the conversation on the air with Richard Pink, the owner of Pink's Hot Dogs, a Hollywood legend, as we continue here on The Way Home, radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission here on 790 KBC.

Welcome back to The Way Home, radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission.

Frank Mottek here along with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission, on the air with Richard Pink, the owner of Pink's Hot Dogs at the corner of La Brea and Melrose, where homelessness certainly is evident and...