Love Your Neighbor Collaborative (LYNC)

Our Mission:

To reduce and prevent homelessness by building a coalition of Religiously Affiliated Organizations (RAOs), academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations to work collaboratively with the City of Riverside to create a stronger, more integrated collective effort resourcing those who are in homeless situations or at risk of losing their home through collaborative projects and capacity building. 

Love Your Neighbor Collaborative (LYNC) is a multi-sector collaborative of nonprofit community-based organizations, faith communities, educational institutions, and local government to target health disparities for the vulnerable population of individuals in homelessness and near homelessness throughout the city of Riverside, California. The program is strategically structured through varied experiences to alleviate systemic barriers and gaps in the delivery of health care and social services. Through this program, masters and undergraduate-level social work students receive field education experiences in the context of congregation-based social work through direct practice with individuals, groups, and families, as well as macro practice through leadership, program administration, and community partnerships.