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Quarterly Report 27 612 792 CVillacorte

Quarterly Report 27

This 27th Quarterly Report highlights significant developments underway at the Homeless Initiative, including the implementation actions in response to the Board of Supervisors’ declaration of a State of Emergency on January 10, 2023, the launch of the County’s encampment resolution initiative…

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Pathway Home Program Lives Up To Its Name 600 541 CVillacorte

Pathway Home Program Lives Up To Its Name

Los Angeles County’s encampment resolution program, Pathway Home, has housed its first client: Dawn Toftee, who had been homeless for 19 years. Dawn and her beloved dog, Fatty, moved into their own apartment just eight weeks after Pathway Home brought…

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Innovations in Housing 600 541 CVillacorte

Innovations in Housing

The Los Angeles County Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool (FHSP) is a nationally-recognized supportive housing rent subsidy program that supports thousands of people with exiting homelessness each year. A recent National Public Radio feature highlighted both the challenges and successes of…

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Pioneering Approach to Mental Health 794 716 CVillacorte

Pioneering Approach to Mental Health

Click here or on the image to play the video. The Los Angele County Department of Mental Health’s Homeless Outreach and Mobile Engagement (HOME) program is focused on getting people the help they need by meeting them where they are.…

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A Bootcamp for Caring 600 541 CVillacorte

A Bootcamp for Caring

Hundreds of multidisciplinary outreach workers from various Los Angeles County departments and affiliated providers attended an intensive boot camp on how to help people living on the streets. Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDTs) include a health specialist, mental health specialist, substance use…

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Resources for Veterans 600 541 CVillacorte

Resources for Veterans

A new Veteran Peer Access Network (VPAN) site has opened in Palmdale, providing much-needed resources to one of the largest veteran populations in the region. Led by veterans for veterans, VPAN helps veterans navigate often complicated systems so they can…

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Members of the Department of Mental Health talk with a woman experiencing homelessness.
Historic LA County and LA Alliance Settlement 600 541 CVillacorte

Historic LA County and LA Alliance Settlement

Federal Court Approves Historic LA County and LA Alliance Settlement to Further Strengthen Response to Homelessness Agreement Expands Mental Health/Substance Use Disorder Beds, Wraparound Services, Street-Based Outreach A federal court today approved Los Angeles County’s groundbreaking settlement with the LA…

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Harm Reduction on the Streets 600 541 CVillacorte

Harm Reduction on the Streets

Los Angeles County’s Harm Reduction Teams are specially trained in techniques to help people with substance use disorders. Department of Public Health-Substance Abuse Prevention and Control Director Gary Tsai said harm reduction includes providing needle exchanges, fentanyl testing strips, and…

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Healthcare on Wheels 600 541 CVillacorte

Healthcare on Wheels

Los Angeles County’s mobile clinics and street medicine teams are responding to the emergency that is homelessness. The Department of Health Services-Housing for Health division deploys them countywide, including regular stops at the Metro station near MacArthur Park. Stabilizing a…

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Help at a Hollywood Hotel 600 541 CVillacorte

Help at a Hollywood Hotel

The Mark Twain is the first interim housing site for “Hollywood 2.0,” the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health’s pilot project to provide comprehensive, community-based care and services to people experiencing mental illness and homelessness in the Hollywood community.…

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