12 Stars of Hollywood Impact
H4WRD Blog
December 23, 2025

12 Stars of Hollywood Impact

12. 41,000+ Nights of Safety
Across Hollywood, well over than 41,000 safe nights were provided through a network that includes PATH, Anew Dawn, The Mark Twain, Safe Parking LA, and others.

11. 98,000+ Hot Meals Served

Hollywood Food Coalition served 98,000+ hot meals in 2025, operating 365 nights a year.

10. Youth Stability in Action

My Friend’s Place, Hollywood Homeless Youth Partnership, and the LGBT Center - along with partners - supported transition-age youth from crisis to stability, delivering 6,000+ case management sessions and helping 150+ young people into housing.

9. Willow Brook Collective Opened

SELAH and partner organizations opened Willow Brook as a shared site to co-locate and coordinate multiple network partners.

8. Health Care Moves Front and Center

Healthcare partners delivered care beyond clinic walls, including Saban Community Clinic, JWCH Institute, LA County Department of Mental Health, and street medicine teams from UCLA, USC, and Healthcare in Action.

7. More Mental Health Care, More Belonging

Fountain House and Heart Forward LA served dozens of people daily, with community, purpose, and connection as core components of care.  LA County’s Hollywood 2.0 further integrated people with serious mental illness into community-based care alongside wrap-around services. Saban's satellite health clinic along with Coffee Hour and grief support at The Center rounded out the array.

6. Business as Civic Infrastructure

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and The Hollywood Partnership demonstrated the essential role of business as civic leadership — supporting economic vitality, safety, and shared prosperity.

5. Opportunity for the Long Term

A comprehensive opportunity and readiness analysis set the stage for long-term investment, alignment, and growth. Housing, health, mental health, youth, and street medicine providers co-designed a CalAIM-ready care model: 35+ organizations participated, and a healthcare catchment of ~5,300 people, including ~2,100 unhoused individuals, was identified. Health Net and DMH’s endorsement of the Hollywood Hub application signal growing system alignment, paving the way for innovations in 2026.

4. New Capacity Added

Ryna Dery joined Hollywood 4WRD as Associate Director, strengthening coordination, continuity, and follow-through across the coalition.

3. Hollywood Emerges as a Learning Lab

At Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, Hollywood 4WRD hosted a Learning Series deep dive on Measure ULA — the good, the hard, and what’s next.

2. It All Adds Up to Results

The RAND LA LEADS analysis documented a 49% reduction in visible unsheltered homelessness, positioning Hollywood as a national proof point for coordinated, place-based action.

1. The Hollywood Model Comes Into Focus
A replicable approach grounded in collaboration and trust, showing that when a neighborhood works together with deliberate coordination, data, civic leadership, and dignity at the core, our impact is so much greater.