Midnight Mission

The Midnight Mission is a human services organization in downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row.

[3] A secular non-profit,[4][5] the organization provides food, drug and alcohol recovery services, "safe sleep" programs, educational training, a mobile kitchen, and family housing with an emphasis on developing self-sufficiency.

The term "midnight mission" was common in the 19th and early 20th centuries to designate efforts by domestic missionaries in the United States against so-called "white slavery", a deprecated term for prostitution.

[6][7] The Midnight Mission was founded by businessman and lay minister Tom Liddecoat in 1914.

During the Great Depression, the Midnight Mission was a major residence in Los Angeles for people who lacked permanent housing.