Compassionate Hearts Outreach (CHO) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization designed to mobilize skilled field care teams to meet the basic needs of underserved (poor, disadvantaged, indigent) populations in the Santa Clarita Valley, San Fernando Valley, and Ventura County. We serve indigent individuals, families, adolescents, children and the elderly who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness due to low or no income, and reach out to migrant farm worker populations. No person shall be discriminated against based on religion, ethnicity, race, color, gender, disability or residency.

Statistics*:
17% are veterans
32% are women
60% are male
80% are single individuals
11% are members of families
2% are unaccompanied minors

The fastest-growing and most vulnerable group of homeless population in LA County is older adults age 62 and over.**

* 2009 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count Report, L.A. Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA)

** Reported in the LA Times, March 20, 2008, from a study conducted by non-profit Shelter Partnership, L.A.