Los Angeles County’s newest Homekey project provides interim housing for nearly 40 families at a time, including a single mother with six children who had lived in their car for months after becoming homeless. Shanika Murry calls The Sierra’s in…
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The Los Angeles Department of Public Health launched its Mobile Vaccine and Testing Team (MVT) to ensure all individuals, especially vulnerable populations like people experiencing homelessness, have access to vaccines, free of charge. Launched in 2021 when COVID-19 vaccines became…
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Patrisse Cullors. Photo by Ryan Pfluger The Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture (Arts and Culture) has announced that artist and abolitionist Patrisse Cullors has been selected for a residency in the area of homelessness as part of…
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A new Community Outreach Court in Skid Row will help people experiencing homelessness resolve legal matters that can block access to housing, jobs and social services. “Today we celebrate the launch of the Community Outreach Court. This comes out of…
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Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program brought 60 people experiencing homelessness off the streets of Signal Hill and Long Beach and into safe interim housing, where they will receive supportive services and other resources to help them transition out of…
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Los Angeles County and its nonprofit partner, Hope the Mission, celebrated the grand opening of The Sierra’s, a new interim housing to serve families experiencing homelessness in Lancaster With Homekey funds awarded by the California Department of Housing and Community…
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Los Angeles County has another Homekey project under construction: The Nest on Exposition. The County and its partner, Wellnest, a provider of mental health and supportive services, secured a grant through the state’s Homekey program that they combined with other…
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Los Angeles County and the faith community are working to build and strengthen their joint efforts to help people experiencing homelessness. The Faith Collaborative to End Homelessness, in partnership with the Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative and Los Angeles Homeless…
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Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program brought 25 people experiencing homelessness off the streets of Santa Monica and into safe interim housing, where they will receive supportive services and other resources to help them transition out of homelessness and…
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In the one year since the Board of Supervisors unanimously declared a state of emergency on homelessness, Los Angeles County reported that nearly 38,000 people came indoors to interim housing while outreach and treatment dramatically increased for those living on…
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