Little Tokyo Service Center

Little Tokyo Service Center Making positive change for people and places for more than 40 years LTSC CDC is also working with the community to create a Sustainable Little Tokyo.

LTSC CDC collaborates with other nonprofit, community-based organizations to help them build multifamily affordable housing projects that serve their communities, and increase the capacity of the organizations to engage in broad neighborhood-based community building work including affordable housing. Through these collaborations, LTSC CDC has partnered with over 15 community-based organizations an

d has completed 22 projects with 800 units of affordable housing and approximately 125,000 square feet of community facility space. LTSC CDC has developed more than $200 million in community-serving nonprofit real estate projects. Currently, LTSC CDC sponsors over a dozen different community and social service programs, with over 100 paid staff persons and hundreds of volunteers to provide competent and compassionate services in many languages. Services include individual and family mental health counseling, child abuse prevention, case management, support groups, senior services, childcare, preschool, after-school youth programs, and domestic violence programs.

06/01/2026

Every resident inside Umeya, our latest completed affordable housing apartments in Little Tokyo/Skid Row, will now get to know the story of their home's namesake! 🍘 Following the closure of the factory in 2017, the Hamano family desired a community-serving space to be built on the site of their former Umeya Rice Cake Co. factory:

“Our family business has been a part of the Little Tokyo neighborhood since 1918. Given Umeya’s history and the community who supported us for nearly 100 years, the two are forever inseparable. We are truly excited to see the fruits of LTSC advancing their proud mission towards community revitalization and cultural preservation for generations to come.”
– Rex Hamano (Family Representative and Umeya President)

LTSC's Angelina Preschool is now enrolling students 3-5 years old!👪 Free for families that qualify🎓 Trusted by Echo Park...
05/29/2026

LTSC's Angelina Preschool is now enrolling students 3-5 years old!

👪 Free for families that qualify
🎓 Trusted by Echo Park families for 15 years
🍎 Personalized education for your child!

Visit LTSC.org/Angelina to learn more about enrolling.

This AANHPI Heritage Month, we're looking back at Tohoku University's spring visit with LTSC staff on their annual LA fi...
05/25/2026

This AANHPI Heritage Month, we're looking back at Tohoku University's spring visit with LTSC staff on their annual LA field trip. The students learned about the Little Tokyo neighborhood, our Housing First approach to homelessness, and got to spend time with seniors in Little Tokyo Towers!

One student shared that he learned more about himself in his two weeks in America than he did in two years in university – maybe we created some future Angelenos?

https://www.ltsc.org/lessons-learned-in-little-tokyo/

05/21/2026

Putting roofs over heads is only one part of the Permanent Supportive Housing equation: case management is also key to having a lasting impact on low income and formerly unhoused residents. Case managers like Cynthia with Housing Works provide care with a personal touch at buildings like Santa Monica & Vermont Apartments, working with residents to reach their goals!

☀️ We're looking for motivated and enthusiastic volunteers to support our program and youth participants this summer! Ou...
05/20/2026

☀️ We're looking for motivated and enthusiastic volunteers to support our program and youth participants this summer! Our Mi CASA Summer Camp will run for 5 weeks this summer in-person from July 7th-August 6th on Mondays-Thursdays, at Terasaki Budokan - Little Tokyo Service Center. Click the link below to learn more and apply!

https://www.idealist.org/en/volunteer-opportunity/3c7187042663459bb4feec1707b8c042-mi-casa-volunteer-summer-camp-counselor-little-tokyo-service-center-los-angeles

05/17/2026

We're proud to introduce Dean's Place. 🏠🤍

If you knew Dean, you knew his intelligence, vision, and unwavering commitment to the communities he served. This building is a reflection of everything he stood for.

Developed in partnership with Coalition for Responsible Community Development , Dean's Place brings 57 new supportive housing units to South LA. The all-electric building offers studio apartments for individuals who have experienced homelessness, and provides on-site supportive services to help them reach their goals.

At the grand opening earlier this year, LTSC Co-Executive Director Tak Suzuki said, "It’s fitting that we celebrate the grand opening of Dean’s Place along with CRCD’s 20th anniversary, LTSC’s 45th anniversary, and Dean’s birthday (March 28).”

Together with CRCD, we're proud to carry Dean's legacy forward 💙

05/14/2026

We were so excited about our new project in Little Tokyo we forgot how to speak 😅 Interested in joining our neighborhood's small business community? Visit LTSC.org/FSNCommercialSpace to learn more!

05/11/2026

🎬 Lights, Camera, Action! If you haven’t already, watch ’s announcement video for their return to Little Tokyo in our upcoming mixed-use project, Go For Broke Plaza & First Street North Residences. Interested in joining them at our new retail spaces in Little Tokyo? Visit LTSC.org/FSNCommercialSpace or comment ‘FSN’ to learn more!

NOW OPEN AT THE LINK BELOW 📣 our annual virtual silent auction! We have all things Dodgers (Dugout Club tickets, bobbleh...
05/08/2026

NOW OPEN AT THE LINK BELOW 📣 our annual virtual silent auction! We have all things Dodgers (Dugout Club tickets, bobbleheads, jerseys), Universal Studios tickets, all the Little Tokyo business gift cards one could need, Japanese whiskeys and wines, LA Galaxy tickets and much more!

When you bid in LTSC’s virtual silent auction, you take home incredible items and support our efforts in bilingual social services, affordable housing, and more. It’s win-win! Keep bidding until the auction closes on Sunday May 17, 2026 at 7pm PDT. Thanks for your support, and good luck!

https://pro.gofundme.com/live/auction/ltsc-virtual-silent-auction-2026/b7715bb6-1c58-4410-91f0-cf26c3c866d7?c_src=SM-FB&c_src2=2026-05-08

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231 E 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA
90013

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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