MAKE THE MOST OF

YOUR 24

Mission Statement and Initiative Information

Make the Most of Your 24 is a Action Based organization, dedicated to betterment of mankind through selfless initiatives, love, and community involvement. 

The first Initiative is dedicated to the Homeless Population of Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties, by providing hygiene, and food items to individuals living on the streets of Southern California.

As a Veteran we are taught that taking the initiative is imperative if you want to make change in society.

The mission is to display Gratitude through selfless actions ie: Hygiene bags for the homeless, community outreach for inner city youth, and children in the foster system,  childhood cancer patients, and their parents; etc...

Pertinent Information on the reality of the dire existence of the homeless population in Los Angeles County

According to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, in 2019, approximately 50,000 to 60,000 persons may be found homeless on any given night in Los Angeles County, more than 44,000 of them on the streets. Youth, from minors through age 24, make up 8,915 of the county's homeless population (8,072 in 2018).

Although homeless people may be found throughout the county, the largest concentrations are in the central Los Angeles area (27%) and in South Los Angeles (16%). Most are from the Los Angeles area and stay in or near the communities from which they came. About 7% are veterans. African Americans make up 34% of Los Angeles County's homeless population - highly disproportionate to the percentage of African Americans overall in Los Angeles County (about 8 percent).

Other Facts About the 2019 Homeless Population in Los Angeles County:

• 9% are under age 18.

• 31% are female.

• 15% are in family units (often headed by a single mother}.

• 16% are physically disabled.

• 28% are chronically homeless.

• 15% of homeless population have substance abuse disorders.

• 25% of homeless population suffers from serious mental illness.

• 7% of homeless population were victims of domestic/intimate partner violence.

One of the most critical overlooked elements of the homeless population are minors.

The Compton Unified School district utilizes the The McKinney-Vento Homeless Act (Section 725) which defines "homeless children and youth" (school age and younger) as children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including those who are:

• sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason.

• living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, cars, public places, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, camping grounds or similar settings due to the lack of alternative accommodations.

• living in emergency or transitional shelters; abandoned in hospitals; or awaiting foster placement.

• migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described above.

• unaccompanied youth, including any youth not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian, such as runaways; throwaways, and school-age unwed mothers, living in homes for unwed mothers, who have no other housing available.

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR 24 has begun a initiative to combat homelessness, by providing hygiene tote bags which includes essential items such as socks, water, toothbrushes, toothpaste, feminine healthcare items, granola bars, soap, etc