The Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Community and Reintegration Services is sponsoring a series of events in August 2019 to enroll homeless veterans in the Coordinated Entry System to get them connected to a wide variety of services. The VA events will be held in 6 of LA County's Service Planning Areas: SPAs 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8.

The flyer below givexs the full schedule. Of special interest to us is their event in South Los Angeles, SPA6. That will be on Thursday, August 15, at the Saint Mak United Methodist Church, 8305 S. Gramercy Place, Los Angeles 90047, between the hours of 10 am and 2:30 pm. (Note that the flyer misspelled Gramercy as Garmecy). Phone: 310-478-3711, ext 44858. (Click on the headline to see a larger version of the flyer.)

Free music, Free food. Helen Keller Park, 12521 S. Vermont Avfenue, Los Angeles 90044.

Sponsored by Roof A Youth Foundation: Housing Services for Homeless Youth www.roofayouth.org

Daylong "Community Voices" conference, Friday, July 12, 2019. 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall, 3650 W. Martin Luther King Jr. blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008.

   2nd Floor bridge in front of the Macy's entrance.

   Developed in collaboration with Healthy African American Families II and the UCLA National Clinician Scholars Cohort.

This year's Homeless Connect Day will be on Friday, August 9, 2019, fromk 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. at HOPICS, 5715 S. Broadway, LA 90037. Showers, housing and employment services, medical care, food and more.

LAHSA has asked us to post the Facebook video link below about the 2019 Homeless Count, with their introductory comments:

Every year, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) compiles and analyzes the data that you, our dedicated volunteers, collected about the number of homeless residents in our community. We provide analysis and data to help build better solutions and, hopefully, a better tomorrow for everyone.

We invite you to watch this video about the results of the 2019 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. It discusses homelessness in Los Angeles County, what is being done to end it, and what still must be done.

Click Here To Watch

To learn more about the Count and the data collected, please use the following links:

2019 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count Press Release

2019 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count Presentation