I went to the location at 345 San Pedro St. Los Angeles CA 90013 seeking a therapist and was assigned by a staff member what I assumed was a therapist because that's exactly what I asked for and what we agreed upon only to be informed a few sessions in that this person who I had been doing therapy with was not a therapist. Even though from the first session it seemed inappropriate and weird I agreed to continue the therapy feeling like I was already involved and maybe I was reading the situation wrong. I eventually stopped going and requested all services be terminated after a few months due to a gut feeling telling me something was not right about this place/therapist. A few months after terminating service I see the person I was doing therapy with in a YouTube recommended video under a different name and clicked to investigate. After YouTube I googled the name of the person associated with the video who was my so called therapist only to learn this person was an international criminal among other things with the evidence all over social media. I had signed consent for this person to access medical records, shared names of family, identification documents and personal info about myself while doing my sessions at the Wellness Center only to find out my trust and privacy were violated in a data breach. I entered the Wellness Center thinking I would be handled by a licensed clinician in a legit facility only to be exposed to an unlicensed person with a shady background whom I was told over the phone that this person is not an official employee so now I'm even more confused. read more

People Concern lied for months telling me I was moving into an apartment and they never filled out or submitted an application. Told that at the County Supervisor Meeting and 2 days later they dropped me on LIES. They refuse to give me my file - no wonder they are being Audited & SUED read more

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I lost my laundry card. To get a new one costs ten dollars which I did not have. None of the ten dollars go towards your laundry at all, that's ten dollars just for the card period. I think that's rather a high cost because at the public laundry mats they charge appx $2 for a card.Anyways I don't walk the greatest because was hit by a car so now I would have to go walking or take a bus with all my dirty laundry to a laundry mat and it's raining out. We have a closet full of clothes here that got donated to us. I asked the caseworkers nicely if she could please go grab me just a few clothes just sweats or whatever jeans. She had many hours in which to do this. She wouldn't even do it. She knows I have nothing clean at all to put on. Do they seem very concerned. Also I am a senior citizen female. read more

TLDR: WARNING: FOR WOMEN, PROCEED WITH CAUTION. I'm a female client at the Lancaster Kensington Campus location, below are my experiences. there is something wrong with the way the women's dorm/shelter is being managed and run. NO women (ZERO in the past 6 months at least) have gotten housed via section 8 vouchers or permanent housing --this includes the elderly, young and healthy, and even a woman who is 9 months pregnant and about to pop... when she got here, she was NOT pregnant. The elderly woman doesn't bathe and this shelter doesn't allow infants so something is off - this is neither a nursing home nor a nursery facility, yet there doesn't seem to be a "sense of urgency" to re-locate certain clients who obviously should not be living here. However at the same time, several men have either gotten housed or at least 3-4 men have moved into the permanent on-site apartment housing known as "The Villas" in the same time frame. For years, Staff are unable to provide multiple permanent housing options to female clients despite having funders and working with the resources of Los Angeles County and the federal government from two different administrations. Update the pregnant woman had her baby, staff bagged up her items and she was exited, I hope she had a place to go. I'll start with the pros: 1) If you have nowhere else to go and no one to take you in, this is a campus setting with fairly newish looking buildings. 2) I truly like and enjoy about 98.99% of staff - most seem like caring people who are just doing their job and are perhaps dealing with their own issues yet doing their best to manage clients (please check out the Indeed reviews for employees working for The People Concern.) 3) There are on-site classes and event and some offer gift cards, are for mental health wellness, and the staff do their best to throw festive celebratory parties. 4) It's fair to say during these times that I really appreciate that The People Concern values diversity and inclusion. The staff is very diverse and does reflect more of the ethnicity of the client population. There was a Juneteeth celebration and I think The People Concern is an organization that protects its trans and immigrant clients based on some of the literature on the walls. 5) For people who have been homeless for a long time, this space can offer a respite or just a chance to get an address established again, sleep during the day without worry about being assaulted or left in the elements, a safe place to park your car as long as you can provide staff with certain documents for your car, get your IDs from various local government offices and get regular access to health care and food again. There is a medical mobile truck that comes by about twice a month which has been really helpful to several people. Here are the cons: 1) As mentioned in the warning, more women are being "exited" from this program or being "kicked out" versus being actually housed. These women who are exited are NOT safely transferred to another facility - their items are tagged and bagged, and they are escorted to the curb. Some of these women end up living at Jack-in-the-Box down the street. 2) I'm not seeing the female staff advocate for each other, and this worries me as a female client. For example - there was a staff member who came back to work from maternity leave and was openly pumping (she had a suction device attached to her breasts under her t-shirt) at the check-in-area of our building in public. The check-in-area is in a high traffic zone were women-clients are "wanded" and searched every time we enter the building, and this area is frequented by women and men. This particular staff member was saying aloud and publicly that she had no private place to pump at work...This seems illegal or like a situation where she was put in an awkward position she didn't want to be in. This person soon vanished, so I assumed she quit or was let go. We also had a female therapist who had an office in the women's dorm depart suddenly and there was no communication about this to clients. Not even a flier that says, "We are in the process of hiring a new therapist, in the meantime if you need mental health resources, please contact XXX staff." 3) It's loud and even staff do not respect the policy of asking clients to only listen to TV and music with earphones in. Clients have been put in the position of "doing staff jobs" by asking people to keep quiet when staff are rounding every 15 minutes and should be doing this. 4) No women in the shelter of the Kensington campus are getting permanently housed and there is no proactive communication about this from staff to clients. As in when we have weekly check-ins with a case manager that person doesn't say, "Here is the date by which I will know more information and you should be getting a voucher by this date." it's like no one knows anything -- for years. read more

I have rented a unit to their client. I was not informed about the mental condition. The agency's rep does not call back. To all landlords be careful of the tenters read more

I'm not really sure if the People Concern is a viable place for housing assistance. I was told that they provide resources for those experiencing homelessness but it only comes in the form of being given phone numbers for different housing programs in Los Angeles, all of which are only taking voicemails which I assume no one checks. It's a stressful time and it's a shame that there's so many people who need help and the process seems to be unmanageable. read more

I am the brother of a resident of the Peoples Concern which there is no concern for the people. We are going on 2 years to get a door fixed and we now have a broken window and they wont even board it up. Residents can literally go in and steal from my brother. I recently drove from Northern California to Los Angeles to pick my brother up on Friday 4/25 and arrived early in the morning. Here we are 4/30 and still nothing has happened with the window and I am now being told next week. (I doubt it) I have gone as far as contacting lawyers as my brothers safety and mental health are at serious risk living here and nobody seems to care. It seems to take an act of congress to get anything done. I have been in contact with multiple staff from Directors to case managers and nothing seems to get done. I am hoping to find a lawyer to expose this place and to find out where the money is really going because it certainly isnt going to help the people. Also dont call 911. They will not come out because of all the fals alarms and nuisance alarms that happen within the peoples concern. I plan on taking my complaint to advocate for my brother as far as I can take it until we are heard and something is done. read more

Had the opportunity to work with an organization that cares not only about the people, but what's happening with the community around them. I got a chance to meet everyone that sits on the board and learn more about what this organization is doing within the community, and they even gave a luncheon learn to my team. Super thankful for them and happy to donate to them to keep this going. read more

They overwork and underpay their workers, if you're looking into a job here don't do it

This is a terrible organization. Do not rent to any of the people from the people concern. This organization will leave you hanging with problematic tenant's and their employees are useless. read more

Bad organizations do not rent to their clients. Once you rent the organization will not help the property owners and the clients have many issues. We have rented to People Concern clients they are nothing but problems. read more

I've been homeless since 2016, There seems to be a genuine systematic problem with The People Concern. It's 2021 , I have another meeting tomorrow in Lancaster to sign papers with Sherita. This is the 3rd time in 2 years I've been matched for Kensington Campus and after signing up they always tell me , I'm good to go , and then they always call up and tell me ( Oh I have to take an upstairs, even after the Dr's.. letter. It's always something. It's really poorly run in Santa Monica too. Terrible complaints I've heard of. So well see tomorrow, what comes up. read more