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Beyond the Bias: Realities of Homelessness in California
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2024
The homelessness crisis in California and throughout the United States is the direct consequence of inadequate housing policy, and yet, homelessness is consistently misrepresented as the result of poor personal decisions made by individuals in extreme poverty. The myths about … Continue reading
Understanding CalAIM Implementation Across California
UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation
Year: 2024
In January 2022, California’s Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and its local partners began the implementation of California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM). DHCS describes CalAIM as “a long-term commitment to transform Medi-Cal, making the program more equitable, coordinated, … Continue reading
Ending Poverty Summit Summary Report
City of Los Angeles Ending Poverty Summit
Year: 2024
On October 13, 2022, the Los Angeles Community Investment for Families Department (CIFD) convened the 2022 Ending Poverty Summit at the California Endowment Center for Healthy Communities Los Angeles. The Summit expanded upon the first Poverty Summit in 2019, which … Continue reading
The Work behind Work: Combatting Homelessness with Jobs
Economic Roundtable
Year: 2024
The most common reason unhoused individuals give for why they do not have a place of their own to live is unemployment and lack of income. Homelessness, according to those with lived experience, is primarily a problem of income. Building … Continue reading
6th & Berendo Encampment Resolution
The People Concern
Year: 2024
The 6 th and Berendo encampment is located in CD10, in the Koreatown area. The encampment, located next to a church, was blocking driveway access to the church and at times, access to the sidewalk. In April of 2021, SPA … Continue reading
Innovation and Support for Assessing Summative Evaluation Readiness: Lessons Learned
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families
Year: 2023
The Children’s Bureau, within the Administration for Children and Families (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), is funding a multiphase grant program to build the evidence base on what works to prevent homelessness among youth and young adults who … Continue reading
YARH: An Early Picture of Youth and Services – Descriptive Report
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families
Year: 2023
Preventing homelessness among youth and young adults involved in the child welfare system remains an urgent issue for child welfare policymakers and practitioners. To expand the evidence base on interventions designed to prevent homelessness among youth and young adults with … Continue reading
Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Year: 2023
SAMHSA’s 2014 Concept of Trauma was a landmark publication that has influenced service provision beyond the areas of behavioral health and health care. In 2014, SAMHSA also released Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 57, Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services. Trauma … Continue reading
Improving Performance with Intergovernmental Grants – Lessons from the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Program
IBM Center for The Business of Government
Year: 2023
This report illuminates how to improve data sharing and performance management in intergovernmental programs. The authors share findings from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) program that inform an in-depth examination of the federal … Continue reading
Los Angeles County Women’s Needs Assessment
Urban Institute
Year: 2023
On any given night in 2022, there were more than 14,000 women experiencing homelessness as individuals—meaning they were seeking services without partners or children—in the Los Angeles City and County Continuum of Care. Nearly 600 women experiencing homelessness participated in … Continue reading