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How Entertainment Workers Are Finding New Careers in Homeless Services — With a Little Help From Keanu Reeves
LAURA Academy is training entertainment workers and others as case managers for L.A. homeless services organizations, with backing from Keanu Reeves.
The former production manager for NBC and The Asylum recently completed a five-day intensive training program with Los Angeles Unhoused Response Academy, or LAURA — and is already putting her problem-solving experience to work with a street medicine organization. Enter LAURA (Los Angeles Unhoused Response Academy) — a five-day training program that seeks to connect people changing careers with a fast-track path to becoming a case manager or another position in the homeless services area. It’s going to take a lot of effort to solve the homeless crisis in Los Angeles, but programs like LAURA can bridge gaps in the system — and maybe open up new career paths at the same time.
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