LOS ANGELES CHAPTER
We first served people in need in the Los Angeles area in 2021. Since then, we have worked with healthcare facilities, including training 20 nurses to better assist people in greatest need, including those experiencing homelessness, and have recently expanded our Los Angeles work through this chapter.
Our Homelessness Services:
Our chapter provides multifaceted programming for people experiencing homelessness and low-income families. We welcome people to help on the street through direct outreach, or remotely from their own homes.
By mobilizing on the ground in neighborhood spaces, our dedicated team sets up vital distribution points to deliver essential supplies and face-to-face support. This approach allows us to combine hands-on field action with deep community care to bring help and hope to people in greatest need.
Mentoring & Training:
Our expert trainers help educate community members to mentor children and adults, particularly people in great need, along with providing team-building and community building activities. We regularly train Street Care and Bright Mind members, as well as members of the larger community, to serve and support a variety of populations safely and effectively.
Our work focuses on providing social and emotional support. We also teach people practical skills that help them develop emotional resilience and self-sufficiency.
Team Leader
Rohan Dhiman is a researcher studying autoimmune and inflammatory disease. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, completed a postbaccalaureate program at the University of Pennsylvania, and holds a Master of Science in Medical Sciences from Brown University. His research on dermatomyositis and inflammatory pathways, conducted at the Penn Institute for Immunology, resulted in a first author publication and several contributing author papers, along with national conference presentations. He is currently continuing his research at UC Irvine's Center for Tissue Engineering.
Rohan's commitment to underserved communities began in his own life. Having grown up in a medically underserved area, his passion grew through years of direct service, including volunteering at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Ronald McDonald House, and street medicine outreach in Rhode Island, where he engaged with hundreds of unhoused individuals and helped connect many to medical, legal, and housing services previously out of reach.
As President of Street Care's Southern California chapter, Rohan leads outreach to unhoused individuals across the region, organizing volunteers and building trust-based relationships to deliver care and resources to those in need.