How Entertainment Workers Are Finding New Careers in Homeless Services — With a Little Help From Keanu Reeves
variety.comPat Saperstein Deputy Editor The past few years have seen many entertainment workers questioning whether it’s sustainable to stay in the business in L.A.
And despite pushes for more incentives and #StayinLA efforts, there’s no clear turnaround in sight. Take Monica Tracey. The former production manager for NBC and The Asylum recently completed a five-day intensive training program with Los Angeles Unhoused Response Academy, or LAURA — and is already putting her problem-solving experience to work with a street medicine organization.
With over 75,000 unhoused people in Los Angeles County alone, the situation remains dire, and it’s proved very challenging to find enough case managers and housing navigators to help unhoused people move into housing and get crucial medical care.
Enter LAURA (Los Angeles Unhoused Response Academy) — a five-day training program that seeks to connect people changing careers with a fast-track path to becoming a case manager or another position in the homeless services area.
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