The mission of SHARE! the Self-Help and Recovery Exchange, is to help people in
Los Angeles pursue personal growth and change.
SHARE! empowers people to change their own lives and
provides them a loving, safe, non-judgmental place where they can find
community, information and support.
SHARE! provides many services including:
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Self-help Support Group Clearinghouse for Los Angeles County.
Countywide referrals to 10,000 self-help meetings representing 500 different programs.
Our information is updated monthly as self-help groups tend to move around
or be moved around and come and go. Our Self-Help Specialists can find a meeting
in your neighborhood that is right for you. SHARE!’s 24-hour voicemail lets you
push button for contact information for hundreds of self-help groups.
Call (310) 305-8878 or toll free 1-877-SHARE-49.
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SHARE! Self-Help Centers.
SHARE! operates self-help centers that provide meeting space for self-help
support groups of all kinds ranging from anger management, depression,
self-esteem, communications and relationships, incest survivors, alcoholics,
drug addicts, smoking, reaching goals, etc.
Meetings pay a percentage of their donations so that there is no rent
pressure and it is easy to start a new meeting. Each meeting room is furnished
like a living room, with the exception of our writing room, which has a conference
table and chairs. We provide space for sober dances, self-help marathon
meetings and conferences.
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SHARE! Mar Vista
has been providing meeting space in Mar Vista for sixteen years.
SHARE! Mar Vista currently has six meeting rooms where approximately
90 self-help support groups meet each week. We also have leads on
meeting space in other parts of the county.
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SHARE! Downtown
Is now open, and is in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. SHARE! Downtown has have meetings of all kinds morning, noon, and evenings.
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Collaborative Housing
is a public-private partnership to provide affordable,
permanent, supportive housing to disabled people. Disabled residents share a bedroom
in a house with a roommate of their choice. The owner furnishes the house, pays for all
the utilities, does not collect a Security Deposit and joins an owners’ association
that regularly inspects the houses to ensure quality. The sponsoring government or other
organization provides referrals to the house, responds to any tenant problems in a
timely manner, visits regularly to help with residents’ needs and insures that the
house is properly run. Residents attend weekly self-help support groups,
help with neighborhood projects and provide support for other residents.
Community groups provide mentors for gardening and cooking and help with
problems that pop up.
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Volunteer-to-Job Program
that gives anyone a meaningful job at SHARE! no matter
how limited their skills or debilitating their symptoms.
SHARE! trains and encourages our Volunteer-to-Jobs participants until they
develop the skills and confidence to obtain an unsubsidized job either
at SHARE! or in the community.
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Technical assistance
for new and ongoing meetings.
We can help with formation, meeting content, format, publicity, problems, etc.
Open literature policy. SHARE! accepts any and all materials for distribution at our center.
Just send them or drop them off.
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Volunteer opportunities
for ordinary people or for those doing court-ordered community service.
We accept all volunteers even those with limited skills or felony convictions.
SHARE! is supported by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and
private donations. SHARE! is currently seeking new directors to sit on its Board.
Interested community-minded people should contact Ruth Hollman at (310) 305-8878.
SHARE! is a project of the Emotional Health Association, a California non-profit 501(c) 3 corporation.
