News & Updates – Page 21 – Homeless Initiative

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November 1, 2020
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Supervisor Hahn Approves 4 Motel Conversions

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn approved plans to purchase four motels in her district and convert them to supportive housing units for formerly homeless residents. The projects are part of the state’s Project Homekey effort to protect the state’s…

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June 12, 2020
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2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count Results

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority released the results of the 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, which showed 66,436 people in Los Angeles County experiencing homelessness, Friday. This represents a 12.7% rise from last year’s point-in-time count. The city…

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May 27, 2020
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Paula’s Story: From the Street to Outreach and Hope

Every day, hundreds of outreach workers are on the streets of Los Angeles County connecting with the most vulnerable people living on those streets. Meet Paula, whose climb from the streets to outreach inspires hope as a member of the…

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May 4, 2020
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Homeless Outreach in the Antelope Valley

A multidisciplinary team performs outreach to the homeless population in the Antelope Valley.

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April 28, 2020
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Public Defenders Volunteer in Skid Row

Workers at the Alternative Public Defender’s office prepared kits to be shared with the Skid Row community through Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles on East 4th Street in Downtown Los Angeles.

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April 27, 2020
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Bringing Healthcare Where It’s Needed Most

Members from the USC Keck Street Medicine Team and the Union Station Homeless Services take to the streets to provide health care for people experiencing homelessness.

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April 22, 2020
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Homeless Handwashing Kits Donated with Love

Get Together Foundation is currently working with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) and other agencies to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the homeless population throughout Los Angeles County. They assembled handwashing kits that contain soap, water, and…

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March 10, 2020
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Alternatives to Incarceration

Today the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on a motion to establish a new office to advance the County’s call for a “care first, jails last” system that would provide care and treatment instead of jail whenever possible. The vote…

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March 9, 2020
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Raising Hopes on Hope Street

A 100-bed temporary housing complex has opened on the site of a former parking lot in South L.A. The City of L.A. provided the modular tent structure on land owned by the County. The site will house families for up…

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March 9, 2020
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Project Roomkey Moves an Encampment

Under the supervision of LA Family Housing, 46 high-risk people who had been living at a freeway underpass were placed in the safe environment of a local hotel.