Wellness center opens on L.A.’s skid row, will provide mental health care services
LA TimesWellness program participant Jerry Bardo at the opening of the Ron Beasley Wellness Center in L.A.’s skid row on Friday. On Friday morning something new blossomed there: the Ron Beasley Wellness Center, a drop-in center that will provide free mental health services for homeless people and low-income residents. “Nowhere in the United States is the need for mental health services, crisis support or addiction support greater than here in skid row,” said City Councilman Kevin de León, whose district includes skid row, at the ribbon-cutting Friday morning. Bardo was staying at a men’s shelter in skid row when he was referred to the People Concern, where he began receiving mental health care treatment. Daniella Urbina, housing and homelessness deputy with Supervisor Hilda Solis, whose district includes skid row, said there are 4,662 homeless people in the area, many of them suffering from addiction and mental health illness.
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