LA County and United Way of Greater Los Angeles Team Up to Support LA County Families
Los Angeles County has announced continued funding to keep Family Solutions Centers operating through the end of Fiscal Year 2026–27. The funding will help ensure families across Los Angeles County can continue accessing critical housing, basic needs, benefits navigation, and other supportive services. Valley Oasis operates the Family Solutions Center serving families throughout the Antelope […]
Valley Oasis hosts Self-Love 5K to Promote Healing
LANCASTER — Valley Oasis will hold its inaugural 5-kilometer event, the Self-Love 5K Run and Walk, a day dedicated to promoting healing, wellness and community connection on June 27 at Lancaster Municipal Stadium. Read More →
Valley Oasis SARS Fights to End Sexual Violence in AV
Valley Oasis Sexual Assault Response Services joins communities in recognizing the 2026 Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaign, paying tribute to the courage and resilience of survivors and their families while reaffirming their commitment to support healing and expand access to services in the Antelope Valley. Read More →
Volunteers Count AV’s Homeless
LANCASTER — The 2026 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count took to the streets and neighborhoods of the Antelope Valley on Thursday morning, as thousands of volunteers spread throughout LA County to participate. Read More →
Barger touts study on domestic violence survivors
Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger applauded the recent release of a new study by UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families that hones in on the trauma impacting survivors of domestic violence and the obstacles they encounter in child welfare cases. Titled “Collaborative Reform in Child Welfare for Families Experiencing Domestic Violence in […]
121 homeless people removed from Southern California encampment
County officials removed 121 homeless residents from a Palmdale encampment during several large-scale operations. The effort, led by L.A. County’s Pathway Home program, was conducted with the help of several local agencies and sheriff’s departments and took place on July 22, July 31, and Aug. 19. The encampment was located in a remote desert area […]
Pathway Home in Palmdale
Los Angeles County recently conducted a series of three Pathway Home operations in Palmdale that helped 121 people surviving in makeshift desert encampments and dilapidated RVs move into safe interim housing, where they will receive supportive services and other resources to help them transition out of homelessness and into permanent housing. “I’m proud of the […]
Lief Cares Donates Nutritional Supplements to Domestic Violence Survivors through Valley Oasis Shelter
VALENCIA, CA / ACCESSWIRE / May 17, 2024 / Lief Labs, a premier formulation and product development innovator and manufacturer of dietary supplements, is pleased to announced that the company’s Lief Cares Donation Program donated 400 jars of Lief Cares Protein Powder nutritional supplements to the Valley Oasis Shelter, which provides services to men, women […]
Homeless services offered
LANCASTER — As the COVID pandemic was spreading across the nation, in 2020, the numbers of homeless people counted in the Antelope Valley jumped 44%. Local numbers for the most recent count, conducted, earlier this year, are expected in a few weeks, the chairman of the AV Homeless Coalition said. Read more at Antelope Valley […]
Debunking domestic violence myths
LANCASTER — Registered nurse Bridget Amis, the manager of Antelope Valley Hospital’s Forensic Services Unit, explained the five myths of strangulation as part of a presentation to raise awareness of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The free community event, presented by Valley Oasis, was held, Friday morning, at Desert Vineyard Church. Read more at Antelope Valley […]