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Homeless Initiative Executive Director Cheri Todoroff walks through a homeless encampment.
One on One with Homeless Initiative Director Cheri Todoroff 600 541 Homeless Initiative

One on One with Homeless Initiative Director Cheri Todoroff

The first episode of Los Angeles County’s new show One on One delves into the issue of homelessness and talks with Cheri Todoroff, director of the Homeless Initiative. From encampment resolutions to new housing, she breaks down what’s driving the…

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Stacie Finds a Home 600 541 Homeless Initiative

Stacie Finds a Home

Stacie has found a home after 23 years of homelessness and LAHSA couldn’t be happier to be a part of her journey. Share this story if you felt inspired

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Inside Safe in Chatsworth Houses 50 People 600 541 Homeless Initiative

Inside Safe in Chatsworth Houses 50 People

The City and County of Los Angeles worked hand-in-hand on an Inside Safe operation in Chatsworth, bringing more than 50 unhoused residents indoors, and resolving an encampment located alongside a flood control channel and transit station. Inside Safe is a…

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More Outreach Teams on Metro Transit System 600 541 Homeless Initiative

More Outreach Teams on Metro Transit System

Metro is doubling the number of outreach teams in its transit systems who help connect people experiencing homelessness to services, support and housing, significantly expanding a program that started five years ago. KCBS/KCAL joined one of those teams consisting of…

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Homekey: The Woodlands Welcomes Families 600 541 Homeless Initiative

Homekey: The Woodlands Welcomes Families

Hope the Mission and Los Angeles County partnered to transform a former motel into interim housing for families. The Woodlands Family Shelter is part of Homekey 2.0, a program of the California State Housing Community Development Department that aims to…

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L.A. Care and Health Net Invest $114M to Fight Homelessness 588 508 Homeless Initiative

L.A. Care and Health Net Invest $114M to Fight Homelessness

L.A. Care Health Plan and Health Net are investing $114 million over multiple years to help address the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles County. Earlier this year, the county Board of Supervisors officially declared a state of emergency to expedite resources to support the…

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Historic LA Alliance Settlement 600 541 Homeless Initiative

Historic LA Alliance Settlement

Los Angeles County reached a groundbreaking settlement with LA Alliance to resolve long-running litigation with a pledge to commit up to an estimated $850.5 million in additional funding to increase beds, services, outreach, and interim housing for the most vulnerable…

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Making a Fresh Start with Housing First 600 541 Homeless Initiative

Making a Fresh Start with Housing First

Spectrum News 1 reports on how housing changed Boyce Osife’s life after years or homelessness, addiction and incarceration. He benefited from the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) Housing for Health’ Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool (FHSP), administered by…

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Federal Funding Tackles Visible Concentrated Homelessness 600 541 Homeless Initiative

Federal Funding Tackles Visible Concentrated Homelessness

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) granted the LA Continuum of Care (LA CoC) $60 million ($20 million over three years) – the maximum amount under this grant – to address unsheltered homelessness throughout the LA region.…

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LA County Declares State of Emergency on Homelessness 600 541 Homeless Initiative

LA County Declares State of Emergency on Homelessness

 The Board of Supervisors proclaimed a Local Emergency for Homelessness in the County of Los Angeles. The motion’s authors, Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Kathryn Barger, said that “proclaiming a local emergency to address this critical crisis will provide the…

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