Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
Year: 2018
In 2017, Black people accounted for 40% of the population experiencing homelessness in LA County, despite representing only 9% of the general population. In response to rising concerns about this ongoing and troubling trend, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority … Continue reading
Focus Strategies
Year: 2014
The Committee to End Homelessness King County (CEHKC) has engaged Focus Strategies to assess and make recommendations for refinement of the coordinated entry and assessment process (CEA) for families experiencing homelessness in King County, Washington. This analysis includes a summary … Continue reading
Harder+Company
Year: 2015
First 5 LA contracted with Harder+Company Community Research (Harder+Company) in July 2014 to conduct a nine-month formative evaluation of the Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) for Homeless Families Initiative. The evaluation included programmatic efforts that had been implemented through late 2014. … Continue reading
Abt Associates
Year: 2017
In 2014, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) Housing For Health Division, in partnership with other governmental partners and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, launched a rental subsidy program for its most vulnerable patients called the Flexible … Continue reading
Abt Associates
Year: 2017
For many years, chronic homelessness has been a significant issue in Los Angeles County where, on any given night, there are nearly 46,874 people who experience homelessness, including 14,058 chronically homeless persons. While many community organizations, governmental agencies, and foundations … Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Year: 2016
In 2001, the U.S. Congress required that HUD fund communities to implement information systems to track the use of homelessness services, with the understanding that ending homelessness requires knowledge about the size of the problem and the way in which … Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Year: 2016
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) releases the Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (AHAR) in two parts. Part 1 provides Point-in-Time (PIT) estimates, offering a snapshot of homelessness—both sheltered and unsheltered— on a single night. The one-night … Continue reading
Urban Institute
Year: 2018
The goal of this project was to create an instrument that measures organizational capacity to develop and operate high-quality supportive housing. It grew out of work by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and other Los Angeles foundations, nonprofits, and governments … Continue reading
Abt Associates
Year: 2019
Homeless service providers across Los Angeles implement the majority of programs that compose the homeless service system, including conducting street outreach, administering client assessments, managing access centers, operating shelter and housing programs, and providing supportive services. With the infusion of … Continue reading
The Child Care Resource Center
Year: 2019
In April 2019, the Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) hired HMA Community Strategies (HMACS) to lead a research project to better understand the role of child care in supporting and lifting families out of homelessness, and the ways in which … Continue reading