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Streaming Efforts for Supportive Services 150 150 Homeless Initiative

Streaming Efforts for Supportive Services

Los Angeles County is partnering with local cities and housing authorities to ensure homeless people get the services they need when housing is identified.

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County Weekly 09-11-17 150 150 Homeless Initiative

County Weekly 09-11-17

LA Now – Episode #371: LA County is helping young DACA recipients in a time of great uncertainty; LA County fairgoers beat the heat when mother nature turned up the temperature; one more way the library isn’t just for book…

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County Weekly 09-18-17 150 150 Homeless Initiative

County Weekly 09-18-17

1. LA Now – Episode #372 2. PSA – Beach Wheelchairs 3. PSA – County Trails Website 4. The Help Desk: Homeless & the LAC Libraries 5. PSA – Metro BikeShare 6. PSA Prepared2Repond 7. Eat, Move, Live LA #38

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From Homeless to Housed, with a Landlord’s Help 150 150 Homeless Initiative

From Homeless to Housed, with a Landlord’s Help

Sometimes helping the homeless means enlisting the help of landlords as well. Los Angeles County’s Homeless Incentive Program is making it easier for property owners like Ted Saulino to rent out units to people who otherwise would be in shelters…

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Reaching Out, Touching Lives – Now More Than Ever Thanks to Measure H 150 150 Homeless Initiative

Reaching Out, Touching Lives – Now More Than Ever Thanks to Measure H

Measure H funding is boosting outreach to the homeless. Over the next decade, millions of dollars are expected to flow into outreach programs countywide, thanks to the voter-approved sales tax to combat homelessness. This video photo gallery shows some of…

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L.A. Now Episode 373, Airing Week of September 25, 2017 150 150 Homeless Initiative

L.A. Now Episode 373, Airing Week of September 25, 2017

The Housing Incentive Program is putting homeless residents into homes of their own; volunteers fan out to keep LA County beaches clean; Pacific Standard Time kicks off at Grand Park; and, the Board of Supervisors votes to keep a local…

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L.A. County Responds to Hepatitis A Outbreak 150 150 Homeless Initiative

L.A. County Responds to Hepatitis A Outbreak

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, responding to a serious hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego County, is urging vaccinations, especially for at-risk populations including the homeless and active drug users.

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L.A. County Partners with Cities to Fight Homelessness 150 150 Homeless Initiative

L.A. County Partners with Cities to Fight Homelessness

Demonstrating the power of collaboration, L.A. County officials joined with city leaders and policy experts from around the county at the 2nd Cities’ Summit to Combat Homelessness. At the working meeting in Carson, they shared information, strategies and best practices…

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Calling All Landlords to Join the Fight Against Homelessness 150 150 Homeless Initiative

Calling All Landlords to Join the Fight Against Homelessness

L.A. County is enlisting landlords as key allies in helping homeless people get off the streets and back on their feet. A series of events is underway to inform property owners about the Homeless Incentive Program, which provides financial help…

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A New Leash on Life 150 150 Homeless Initiative

A New Leash on Life

Nearly 200 homeless pets now have forever homes, thanks to the big-hearted animal lovers who turned out for the 17th Annual Bow-Wows and Meows Pet Fair.

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