Los Angeles County's Homeless Initiative budget for FY 2023-24, emphasizing commitment to lasting change and support.

FY 2023-24 Budget

After extensive community and stakeholder engagement, the Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative shared its $595.5 million draft funding recommendations for fiscal year 2023-24. It is the first set of funding recommendations to reflect the County’s New Framework to End Homelessness, approved by the Board of Supervisors. This approach focuses on:

Increasing permanent housing placements
Improving flow through the rehousing system, moving people from street to housing more effectively
Serving people with complex challenges who face barriers exiting homelessness
Expanding collaborative partnerships with cities and Councils of Governments

The Draft FY 2023-24 Homeless Initiative Funding Recommendations do not encompass all the County’s investments to address and prevent homelessness but represents a significant portion.

Homeless Initiative Executive Director Cheri Todoroff appeared before the Board of Supervisors’ homeless policy deputies on December 8, 2022 with Updated Draft FY 2023-24 Funding Recommendations. The initial version was presented at a Webinar on November 8, 2022.

She provided a detailed briefing about the County’s proposed spending plan for a coordinated system of homeless prevention, outreach, interim housing, permanent housing, and supportive services that receive funding through Measure H, a 1/4-cent sales tax approved by County voters in March 2017, as well as through the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention or HHAP grant program, which requires approval from the State of California.

She also discussed feedback and recommendations the Homeless Initiative received through a series of 18 virtual Community Listening Sessions and nine Stakeholder Planning meetings it conducted in September and October, and explained what actions the County proposes to take to be responsive to those recommendations. During this extensive engagement process, the Homeless Initiative solicited input from County residents as well as County departments and agencies, service providers, Cities and Councils of Governments (COGs), and people with lived expertise.