Monday, December 21, 2020, 3pm-4pm PST
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or call in 1(669)900-9128 Meeting ID: 849-5898-6722 Passcode: 920410
The following are the slides from a November 13, 2020, presentation by Clementina Verjan of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority to a meeting of the SPA 6 Homeless Coaltion on plans for the next annual LA County Homeless Count to be held in late January 2021. Due to the covid-19 virus there are many changes from the procedures of previous counts. Street count teams will be reduced to two per car instead of the previous 3 or 4. People from the same household will be favored. A phone app in place of paper forms will be used to reduce handling.
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We’re asking the community to spend the day doing your own 5K run/walk, share photos and videos of your day using the hashtag #HomeWalkAtHome, then come together at 5 p.m. for a virtual program featuring live entertainment with the LA Rams cheerleaders, players, Coach McVay, stories from our formerly homeless neighbors, and much more.
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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the City of Los Angeles, and the County of Los Angeles are having community input sessions on the how the State's Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) Grant Program funds can be utilized.
This program, now in its third round of funding, is designed to provide resources to: (1) each Continuum of Care; (2) each of the 55 counties; and (3) the State's 13 largest cities. Locally, the $1 billion allocation includes:
LA CoC: $84.2 million
LA County: $82.3 million
LA City: $143.6 million
Uses of the funding are quite broad. Please see pages 15-16 of the NOFA for more details.
View the HHAP Round 3 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
RSVP for the Tuesday, March 15th Feedback Session from 9:00-10:30 am
RSVP for the Wednesday, March 23rd Feedback Session from 5:30-7:00 pm
There is still time to give input on the future of Measure H strategies. At the direction of the Board of Supervisors, the County Homeless Initiative is reassessing its strategies for addressing and preventing homelessness. It is also inviting public input on the updated strategies.
Updates on the strategy reassessment process may be found at https://homeless.lacounty.gov/community-strategies/ .
Both the city and county of Los Angeles in January 2016 produced extensive plans for long-term dealing with homelessness. This is the county's final plan, issued in February 2016. Click on the link below to view the document, a 130-page PDF.
The link below is to the Comprehensive Homeless Strategy plan completed in January 2016, on Mayor Eric Garcetti's website. The link goes to the Mayor's brief summary page. The link on that page goes to the full 237 page document. The download for that can be slow and not practical for a smartphone.
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Homelessness in South Los Angeles
The primary purpose of this paper is to provide a thorough understanding of homelessness in Los Angeles as it pertains to the Eighth City Council District and South Los Angeles more broadly. On January 13, 2016, the City of Los Angeles released a Comprehensive Homeless Strategy detailing over 60 strategies to combat homelessness. The citywide view is sweeping, expansive, and comprehensive, but falls short when detailing the geographic and demographic particularities of South Los Angeles. While I support implementation of all strategies within the Comprehensive Homeless
