requires everyone’s attention and poses a danger to our society and its ability to succeed. In this paper, I'll present ideas about the causes of homelessness, assistance programs for the homeless and organizations in place that have been proposed for the problem, the economic impact on the...
They also largely rely on contracting to more than 200 third-party service providers and not-for-profit organizations to provide homeless services across a range of areas. The variety of funding sources and challenges in coordination of service providers leads to a co...
While slightly over 10% of the US population lives in California, over 25% of the nation’s homeless reside in the Golden State, and nowhere is that statistic more visible than in the City of Los Angeles (Howle, 2018). Quantitative data from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAH...
North Texas cities urge drivers to donate to organizations instead of panhandlers With interest rates rising again coupled with inflation still impacting how much we pay for things, living is just expensive for many people. Jul 27, 2023 HUD provides $22.8 million to help homeless people in...
In Los Angeles, leaders refuse to do the mundane yet vital work that will lead to successful homelessness programs: revamp hiring practices to speed recruitment; provide clear goals and expectations so employees and organizations know their mission; eliminate organizational silos focused on process ...
Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & GovernanceGuerrero EG, Henwood B, Wenzel S: Service integration to reduce homelessness in Los Angeles County: multiple stakeholders' perspective. Adm Soc Work. in press.Guerrero EG, Henwood B, Wenzel S. Service integration to reduce homelessness ...
Multiple points along the pathways to homelessness represent critical junctures for VA and community-based organizations to engage in prevention or intervention efforts on behalf of women veterans. Considering the multiple, interconnected challenges that these women veterans described, solutions to homeless...
Give to Lifting Families and Kids Out of Homelessness and Poverty in Orange County, California: Directed by David Thies. Kat Graham goes to Orange County, California to visit two organizations that support low-income and homeless children and their famil
and its high turnover of employees. This fragmented ecosystem requires coordination across many organizations, with LAHSA, the lead agency in the county’s continuum of care, alone executing more than 1,000 contracts with more than 100 nonprofits each year.37By comparison, ...
In addition to the Biden administration, the dispute attracted input from a range of advocacy and law enforcement organizations, cities, states and members of Congress. The Justice Department said in afilingthat the 9th Circuit was right to find that the Eighth Amendment prohibits a local governmen...