Maria Esparza couldn’t believe her eyes when she first saw her new apartment at Avenida, Los Angeles County’s latest Homekey permanent supportive housing project in the Koreatown/Rampart Village area. “What I’ve learned over the time I was in Skid Row…
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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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Los Angeles County hosted its second Pathway Home Service Connect Day for residents who moved from their recreational vehicle (RV) encampments into interim housing following an encampment resolution operation in unincorporated East Gardena bordering West Rancho Dominguez. Led by the…
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Los Angeles County is partnering with the Weingart Center Association to repurpose a Baldwin Park hotel into 107 studio apartments for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, thanks to a new round of Homekey 3.0 grants announced by the…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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