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A small donation funds a real meal at a real restaurant. We document every dollar.
Support the work →Privacy-first aid · Antelope Valley
Most homelessness tech starts by identifying people.
We start by helping them.
Guardians of the AV is a free, private way to find help in the Antelope Valley — meals, basics, and a path to benefits — with no account, no ID, and no tracking. We prove aid can be accountable without building a database of vulnerable people.
How we’re held — and who’s behind it
- Fiscal sponsor
Held by Social Good Fund
Donations are received by Social Good Fund, a 501(c)(3) — our fiscal sponsor.
- Honest status
Not tax-deductible yet
Giving becomes tax-deductible through Social Good Fund once our fiscal-sponsor account is in place. We say so plainly until then. Why →
- Clinical Co-Lead
Anadora Turner, LCSW
A Licensed Clinical Social Worker leads every clinical-adjacent decision.
- Who's behind it
Veteran-led
Aaron & Anadora are both U.S. Air Force veterans.
The people who run these systems already say it — on the record
“Fundamentally, the audit depicts a bit of a data desert.”
— State Senator Dave Cortese
On the data gap — a state audit found California can't even measure its own homelessness response.
Six populations. Six funders. Six systems that can't see each other — so people fall through at the exact moment they need catching most. We don't pretend to fix that on our own. Guardians of the AV helps Antelope Valley neighbors get real meals and basics, and helps the people already doing this work move a little faster.
See the receiptsWhere we are — Phase 0, live
Field validation is underway in the Antelope Valley — with outreach workers, shelter operators, and the people living through it.
Building toward the first meal credits — once partner restaurants are signed.
Antelope Valley · LAHSA 2024 point-in-time count · Lancaster/Palmdale pilot
Same gap. Different door.
Mental-health discharge
Gathering
Antelope Valley crisis-bed capacity · figures being gathered
Domestic Violence Support
Gathering
DV calls for service · Antelope Valley figures being gathered
Foster youth
Gathering
children in Antelope Valley foster care · figures being gathered
Housing instability
6,672
experiencing homelessness in the Antelope Valley · LAHSA 2024 point-in-time count, ~83% unsheltered
LAHSA 2024 Greater LA Homeless Count · SPA 1 (Antelope Valley) ↗People leaving jail
Gathering
Antelope Valley reentry · figures being gathered
Veterans
Gathering
unhoused vets in the Antelope Valley · figures being gathered
Six populations, six funders, six systems that don't talk to each other. Guardians of the AV is a coordination layer that helps these pieces work together a little better — starting with homelessness in the Antelope Valley. We don't claim to solve homelessness; we help neighbors get real meals and basics, and help outreach workers move faster.
How the coordination works
A little more coordination, where it's missing.
Six systems touch a person at the moment things break — a jail release, a hospital discharge, a foster placement ending. Today none of them can see the others, so people fall through the cracks between them. We can't make those systems whole, but we can give the people working in them a shared view — and make sure a neighbor gets a real meal and the basics while the handoff happens.
Today — six systems, no shared view
Sheriff
Jail release
Hospital
ER discharge
Psychiatric hold
Crisis hold ends
Foster care
Aging out at 21
Outreach
Losing housing
Military
Military separation
Guardians of the AV — a shared coordination layer
One record per person · a shared view for the agencies that opt in · warm handoffs, tracked.
The result: when someone hits the next transition, a bed, an appointment, or a voucher is already waiting — instead of one more person falling through.
What we're building
A coordination layer, in five parts.
01
Mobile resource map
What's open near you, right now — no app, no account, no ID.
02
Meal credits, not cash
Give someone a meal at a real restaurant — never cash.
03
Portable trust ladder
A record of keeping your word, to show an employer, landlord, or program.
04
County coordination dashboard
A live view of demand, capacity, and gaps — by city and service.
05
Discharge-coordination layer
Who's leaving a jail, hospital, or placement — and whether a bed is actually waiting.
Who you are · how we can work
Six ways to meet us.
I need help
The resource map works without a login. Emergency resources need nothing — no account, no ID, no questions.
I'm in local government
We feed your reporting workflows, we don't replace anyone. See the Antelope Valley pitch + funding logic.
See the operational pitch →I'm a potential partner
Shelter, library, restaurant, recovery program, county service — five minutes tells us if there's a fit.
Talk to us →I'm a journalist
Facts, sources, photos, founder available. Antelope Valley data with citations as it's gathered.
Read the receipts →I'm just curious
Watch the 8-min overview, or follow one composite person — Marcus — through Tier 0 to Tier 4.
Meet Marcus →Phase 0 · The pilot goal
What it takes to support 10 people
Not an abstraction — a number we can hit. This is the Antelope Valley pilot: 10 of the unsupported, fed for a month, with real meals at real local restaurants.
Monthly goal · meals
$7K
$6,900.00 / month
Per person · month
$600.00
~2 meals a day, funded to what's actually used
With the basics
$9K
Meals first, plus clothing, laundry, and grooming
Monthly goal = $6,000.00 direct ($600.00 × 10 people) + a 15% operating buffer = $6,900.00.
$7K a month feeds 10 of the unsupported — every dollar follows a real redemption, and what isn't used returns to the pot.
Who’s leading this
“I'm not going to wait for someone to make a change when I can be the change.”
— Aaron Turner, founder
Aaron Turner
Founder
Operator-builder; from Solano, the Antelope Valley is home now.
Anadora Turner, MSW (USC), LCSW
Clinical Co-Lead
A Licensed Clinical Social Worker who sets the clinical standard for the platform.
Veteran-led. Aaron & Anadora are both U.S. Air Force veterans.
Stand with us
Help us build this.
Phase 0 is underway — Anadora Turner, MSW (USC), and the field-validation team are talking to outreach workers, shelter operators, reentry coordinators, foster-youth advocates, behavioral-health discharge planners, and the people living through all of this every day. The first dollars go to field interviews, alpha hosting, and the first meal credits at partner restaurants in Lancaster and Palmdale.
Not a donor? Partner your org · Volunteer
One-time or monthly. Donations will be tax-deductible through our fiscal sponsor, Social Good Fund (a 501(c)(3)), once our fiscal-sponsor account is in place.