Lutheran Social Services Hosts Community Open House & Ribbon Cutting

Lutheran Social Services of Southern California (LSSSC), a leading provider of social services programs in six counties throughout Southern California, will host a ribbon cutting and open house on Friday, April 21 at their new San Fernando Valley program office located in the City of Granada Hills, 16605 Devonshire, Suite #B. The event is open to the public from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. with tours of the facility beginning at 2:00 p.m.

Entitled A World of Services Happens in The San Fernando Valley, the open house will feature appetizers from around the world provided by 818 Plates Catering. Additionally, guests will enjoy tours, networking, and prize drawings. The Chamber of Commerce of Granada Hills will be on hand to provide a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 5:00 p.m.

The new Granada Hills location will serve as the official California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) site. CalAIM is a long-term commitment to transform and strengthen Medi-Cal by offering Californians a more equitable, coordinated, and person-centered approach to maximizing their health and life trajectory. This initiative will serve low-income and homeless communities in the greater Los Angeles region.

Program staff will also utilize two new mobile wellness vehicles to serve as mobile offices, providing participants with professional and confidential services outside of a “brick and mortar” office setting. Other services include the expansion of programs to low-income immigrant families with language barriers and limited access to services.

“With this new facility and our new mobile offices, we will be ramping up our in-person services even more following the end of the COVID-19 crisis. During that time, we provided a lot of mobile services to the community that will continue from this amazing new location,” says Imelda Bealer, LSSSC’s CalAim Program Manager.

To RSVP to the open house event or learn more about Lutheran Social Services Southern California visit www.lsssc.org or call (714) 685-1800 ext. 1213.

About Lutheran Social Services of Southern California

For 78 years, Lutheran Social Services of Southern California (LSSSC) has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to helping the most vulnerable families and individuals in Southern California. LSSSC is a social ministry organization with the Lutheran Services of America, one of the largest health and human service networks in America. Partners and funders include the San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health, and US Departments of Education, Housing and Urban Development, and Health and Human Services. The history of LSSSC dates back to 1944 when a handful of congregants from Lutheran churches in San Diego began providing services and resources to veterans returning home. This group joined with like-minded congregants in Los Angeles and formed Lutheran Social Services in 1946. Today, LSSSC employs almost 200 caring and dedicated staff that deliver more than 30 programs across six counties. Ignited by faith, we live out God’s love by embracing, equipping, and empowering vulnerable people in Southern California.

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