Safe Landing
Exodus Recovery Safe Landing is an interim housing site with triage beds and 24/7 clinical care to meet the immediate health care and housing needs among people experiencing homelessness in South Los Angeles. Homelessness, visible through the many street encampments that have cropped up over the last decade, continues remains one of the state's biggest social challenges.
Safe Landing: An Interim Housing & Triage Facility for Unhoused People
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaking at a press conference to highlight Safe Landings, a behavioral health and transitional housing facility under construction at Normandie Avenue and West Imperial Highway in Los Angeles on Monday, January 31, 2022. Gov. Gavin Newsom rolled out the latest model in transitional housing for the homeless in West Athens Monday morning, Jan. 31: dormitory-style buildings billed as “Safe Landings” that offer immediate, temporary housing for those who could have issues in getting into other facilities quickly.
Exodus Recovery Safe Landing is a 5-building campus built on County-owned property near the corner of Normandie Avenue and Imperial Highway in the West Athens neighborhood. It is a first-of-its-kind, walk-in facility that provides individuals with medical and mental health care, a clean and safe sleeping environment, three nutritious meals per day and daily activities. The center also provides help with budgeting, applying for public benefits and securing permanent housing.
Mission Statement
Mission: Exodus Recovery exists to support the programmatic goals and integrative model of Exodus Recovery, Inc. through the stated mission of “bringing the tools for the best possible quality of life to our clients.” Our comprehensive program model strives to create an environment which brings self-sufficiency and recovery to all participants and promotes services maximizing our clients’ dignity and self-determination.
Exodus Recovery | Safe Landing
Safe Landing is a 172-bed shelter and short-term bridge housing project located in the West Athens neighborhood of South Los Angeles. Safe Landing is a first-of-its-kind, a comprehensive, clinically-enhanced interim housing site that will help individuals who are experiencing homelessness gain access to immediate and essential clinical services, and transition to appropriate, service-enriched permanent housing.
Safe Landing is a 5-building campus built on County-owned property near the corner of Normandie Avenue and Imperial Highway in the West Athens neighborhood. It is a first-of-its-kind, walk-in facility that provides individuals with medical and mental health care, a clean and safe sleeping environment, three nutritious meals per day and daily activities. The center also provides help with budgeting, applying for public benefits and securing permanent housing.
Outreach teams, emergency responders and law enforcement officers also will bring people to the center as an alternative to jail. Exodus Recovery, which provides mental health and substance use treatment for thousands in LA County, will partner with LA Christian Health Centers to operate the 36-bed triage facility and on-site clinic offering comprehensive health care and mental health services. The site also includes 136 interim housing beds and will accept men, women, couples and their pets. The site was designed by KFA Architecture.
The services are made possible through funding from the federal American Rescue Plan, the Department of Mental Health and Measure H, LA County’s tax-based program to generate funds to support homeless services and short-term housing. Safe Landing is the latest in a series of innovative, trauma-informed programs and housing solutions in an ongoing effort to break the cycle of homelessness in Los Angeles County. Housing for Health is a program that collaborates with County and community partners to provide housing and supportive services to tens of thousands of homeless and formerly homeless people in LA County, particularly those with complex health and behavioral health conditions.