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February 13, 2024

1-Year Progress Report: Emergency Response

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In the one year since the Board of Supervisors unanimously…

February 12, 2024

Pathway Home Hawthorne

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Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program brought 20 people experiencing…

February 7, 2024

Shelter in a Storm

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The County and City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles…

February 6, 2024

LA County Invests in Emergency Response to Homelessness

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Board of Supervisors Approves Homeless Initiative Spending Plan to Provide Urgently…

February 5, 2024

One-Stop-Shop for Services

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Los Angeles County held a “Service Connection Day” for about…

February 1, 2024

Home at Last

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Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program has helped 27 people…

January 25, 2024

Homeless Population Point-in-Time Count

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Thousands of volunteers took part in the 2024 Greater Los…

January 25, 2024

Pathway Home in Walnut Park and Firestone Park

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Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program brought 35 people experiencing…

January 23, 2024

Street Symphony at Skid Row

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With grant funding from the LA County Arts Department, the…

January 22, 2024

Pathway Home in Long Beach

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Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program brought 21 people experiencing…

January 16, 2024

Pathway Home in Compton

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Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program brought 33 people experiencing…

January 5, 2024

Pathway Home in Pomona

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Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program brought 43 people experiencing…

January 5, 2024

Safe Haven for Tropical Storm Hilary Evacuees

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More than 100 people evacuated from encampments along San Gabriel…

December 20, 2023

Homekey 3.0 in Carson, Palmdale, Lancaster

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A former Extended Stay America hotel In Carson that will…

December 20, 2023

A Life-Changing Journey Home

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Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program brought 24 people experiencing…

December 20, 2023

Home and Heart in Hawthorne

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Hawthorne is the latest city to partner with Los Angeles…

December 20, 2023

A Veteran Comes Home

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After years of experiencing homelessness in an encampment dubbed The Dead End, military veteran Robert Gaines moved into his apartment at a VA facility in North Hills, just days before Veterans Day.

December 15, 2023

Predictive Analytics to Prevent Homelessness

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The Homelessness Prevention Unit, a partnership of Los Angele County…

December 1, 2023

CARE Court in LA County

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The Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment program, better known as…

November 28, 2023

A Pathway Home Thanksgiving

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Twenty people who used to survive by living in RVs…

November 28, 2023

Pathway Home Returns to Gardena

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Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program resolved another encampment in…

November 28, 2023

Homekey for Youth and Young Adults

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A new Homekey project has opened in El Monte to…

November 27, 2023

Incentives for Landlords

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Property owners are crucial in the fight to end homelessness…

November 9, 2023

LA’s Newest Homekey 3.0 Projects

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The Nest at Exposition project. Los Angeles County’s latest round…

November 8, 2023

Temporary Cap on Rent Increases

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors set a temporary…

October 26, 2023

Pathway Home Program Lives Up To Its Name

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Los Angeles County’s encampment resolution program, Pathway Home, has housed…

October 26, 2023

Innovations in Housing

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The Los Angeles County Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool (FHSP) is…

October 22, 2023

Veteran Steps Up in Support

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After serving three tours of duty in Iraq with the…

A recently housed family sits on the porch of their new home.

October 21, 2023

Family Gets New Home After House Fire

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Paula, a 55-year-old Native American single mother, and her three…

Yvette gives a thumbs up with her case worker.

October 20, 2023

Making Her Way in the World Again

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After losing her job of 28 years at the VA…

Christopher holds up a motivational sign in his new apartment.

October 20, 2023

Christopher Stays Positive

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Christopher, 48, moved in with his mother and sister in…

Victor holds up his house keys in his new apartment.

October 20, 2023

Victor is at Home and at Peace

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Victor, 55, was on the verge of falling into homelessness.…

Maria smiles at the camera in her new room at Homekey: Avenida.

October 20, 2023

Hope at Homekey: Avenida

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Maria Esparza couldn’t believe her eyes when she first saw…

October 19, 2023

Pioneering Approach to Mental Health

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Click here or on the image to play the video.…

October 17, 2023

Pathway to a New Future

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Los Angeles County hosted its second Pathway Home Service Connect…

October 11, 2023

Homekey 3.0: Baldwin Park Hotel Becomes Housing

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Los Angeles County is partnering with the Weingart Center Association…

October 6, 2023

A Bootcamp for Caring

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Hundreds of multidisciplinary outreach workers from various Los Angeles County…

October 4, 2023

Resources for Veterans

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A new Veteran Peer Access Network (VPAN) site has opened…

Members of the Department of Mental Health talk with a woman experiencing homelessness.

September 30, 2023

Historic LA County and LA Alliance Settlement

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Federal Court Approves Historic LA County and LA Alliance Settlement…

September 28, 2023

Harm Reduction on the Streets

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Los Angeles County’s Harm Reduction Teams are specially trained in…

September 25, 2023

Healthcare on Wheels

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Los Angeles County’s mobile clinics and street medicine teams are…

September 21, 2023

Help at a Hollywood Hotel

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The Mark Twain is the first interim housing site for…

Homeless Initiative Executive Director Cheri Todoroff walks through a homeless encampment.

September 15, 2023

One on One with Homeless Initiative Director Cheri Todoroff

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The first episode of Los Angeles County’s new show One…

September 15, 2023

House of Refuge for Struggling Youth

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Charlie Lebeau is one of thousands of vulnerable youth who…

September 11, 2023

It Takes a Village

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California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom toured the newly opened…

August 30, 2023

Pathway Home participants connect with County services

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Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program helps people transition from…

August 29, 2023

A Mother Overcomes Tragedy

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Berit, 41, spiraled into addiction after the traumatic death of…

August 29, 2023

Pathway Home Resolves East Gardena RV Encampment

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Los Angeles County’s new Pathway Home program to resolve encampments,…

August 21, 2023

Lives Saved Amid Tropical Storm Hilary

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As Tropical Storm Hilary approached Los Angeles County, the Los…

August 16, 2023

New “Pathway Home” Program for Encampments

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Los Angeles County has launched Pathway Home, a major expansion of its efforts to resolve encampments, with a successful operation in unincorporated Lennox that helped 59 people move inside. The Pathway Home encampment resolution program, which includes recreational vehicles or RVs, is just one component of the ongoing, multi-pronged response to the homelessness crisis launched under the emergency declared by the Board of Supervisors in January.

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