The Sunshine Mission is a non-profit organization that provides free emergency housing, and transitional living facilities and appropriate services to low-income adult single women, at no charge for periods of thirty to ninety days. Admission to Sunshine Mission programs is available to any unaccompanied woman aged eighteen years or older, regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, marital status, handicap, or sexual orientation. Each Sunshine Mission resident must meet the income eligibility requirement of "poverty" or lower. A volunteer Board of Directors governs the agency, and a staff of six provide for the daily needs of the residents. Casa de Rosas, Inc. operates with an annual budget of $260,000. Revenue sources include minimum rents paid programs; and individual contributions.

Casa de Rosas, Inc. also operates the recently rehabilitated, single-room- occupancy (SRO) Casa de Rosas Hotel. Hotel capacity is currently fifty-six individual rooms at low monthly rents. While not actually a transitional housing program, it serves a similar purpose. It allows the transition from shelter living to an independent lifestyle to occur in an already familiar and comfortable environment. At the same time, it provides the newly independent resident with continued access to staff and peer group support. In short, the Casa de Rosas Hotel eases transition-related stress and helps insure that the move to independent living remains stable. Each Casa de Rosas Hotel resident must meet the income eligibility requirement of "very low income" or lower, as determined by HUD* for Los Angeles County.

*US Department of Housing and Urban Development