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OUR SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE SERVING OVER 1,000 WOMEN EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, HOMELESSNESS, SEX TRAFFICKING, DOMESTIC AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE. WE PROVIDED VICTIMS ASSISTANCE AND CRISIS COUNSELING FOR WOMEN IN OUR STREET OUTREACH AND VICTIMS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. WE REPRESENTED UNREPRESENTED RESIDENTS IN SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES WHO DID NOT HAVE LOVED ONES TO AID THEM IN MAKING MEDICAL DECISIONS WHILE THEY ARE IN RESIDENTIAL CARE. WE PROVIDED SPECIALIZED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO BLACK WOMEN, MEN AND FAMILIES DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC. FOR OUR PROJECT SISTAHS HELP END EXPLOITATION, WE PROVIDED STREET OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO APPROXIMATELY 1,000 WOMEN INVOLVED IN SEX TRAFFICKING. WE PROVIDED WELLNESS PACKAGES, CLOTHING, AND EMERGENCY HOUSING TO WOMEN FLEEING SEX TRAFFICKING. FOR OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS, WE PROVIDED COUNSELING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. FOR OUR ELDER AND DISABLED RESIDENTS IN SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES WHO LACKED CAPACITY TO MAKE THEIR OWN MEDICAL DECISIONS AND DID NOT HAVE A PUBLIC GUARDIAN OR CONSERVATOR AND HAD NO LOVED ONES TO AID THEM IN MAKING MEDICAL DECISIONS, WE REPRESENTED THEM IN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM MEETINGS TO ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF. WE RECEIVED $75,000 REIMAGINE GRANT FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR PROJECT SISTAHS HELP END EXPLOITATION.