After facing obstacles like drug addiction, being homeless or being in prison for over 30 years, a group of students gathered for a new chapter in their lives. On Thursday, they gathered for a graduation ceremony at East Los Angeles…
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LAHSA shared the latest information about its life-saving mission to rehouse neighbors experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County. LAHSA Acting Co-Executive Directors Molly Rysman and Kristina Dixon, along with LAHSA’s Kim Barnette, presented the rehousing system’s 2021 performance data and…
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The Homeless Initiative released its 23rd Quarterly Report, which found that Los Angeles County has placed 81,027 people in permanent housing and 109,183 people in interim housing since Measure H, became available to spend, or from July 2017 through March…
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved funding for 12 new affordable housing developments that will bring 888 units to special needs and low-income residents countywide. Since 1998, the Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA) has been responsible for…
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Twenty-seven people recently became the fifth cohort to graduate from Careers for a Cause (C4C), an eight-week “earn and learn” program where participants are provided with paid training experience that will help them compete for jobs in the homeless services…
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Los Angeles Times reporter Emily Alpert Reyes reports on what she describes as “a rare effort by L.A. County to marry predictive modeling — a tool used to forecast events by tracking patterns in current and historical data — with…
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Excerpted from the Los Angeles Times: When her phone rang in February, Mashawn Cross was skeptical of the gentle voice offering help at the end of the line. “You said you do what? And you’re with who?” the 52-year-old recalled saying.…
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The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) released its inaugural annual report on the Veteran Peer Access Network (VPAN), a program that utilizes peer-to-peer engagement and grassroots partnerships to help the nation’s largest Veteran community. In 2021, VPAN…
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An innovative housing project — three building complexes developed with prefabricated components, allowing them to be mass-produced quickly and inexpensively — has opened in El Monte. LifeArk El Monte is a 19-unit permanent supportive housing complex for individuals transitioning out…
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LA County is taking an all-hands-on deck approach to solving homelessness with help from the faith based community. Here’s a church that’s making a difference.
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