Grants

to support the California Policy Lab (CPL) in helping Los Angeles County target resources for foster TAY experiencing or at highest risk of homelessness by building predictive models, designing a prevention strategy, and evaluating program effectiveness.

to support the Center for Strategic Partnerships in enhancing the ability of child welfare involved youth to access quality permanent housing by building a collaboration between the homelessness services system and the LA County child welfare system.

to enhance organizational capacity toward expanded reentry housing and supportive services that prevent homelessness among formerly incarcerated individuals in Los Angeles County.

to design and conduct a statewide program evaluation of Project Roomkey, a County-implemented program to provide non-congregate shelter for people experiencing homelessness in response to COVID-19.

to create and launch a communications campaign to increase understanding of and access to the COVID-19 vaccine for people experiencing homelessness, focusing on sub-populations with the highest COVID-19 mortality rates.

for capacity building to strengthen its intermediary role within L.A. County’s efforts to end homelessness; and to help launch a countywide prevention pilot program for single adults at highest risk of experiencing homelessness.

to support efforts to ensure that Los Angeles County achieves its regional housing goals at the scale needed to reduce inflow rates into homelessness.

to investigate alternative models of accountability governance for ending homelessness in Los Angeles County.

To support Special Service for Groups' homeless services division (known as HOPICS) in strategic capacity building in South Los Angeles and pilot innovations aimed at engaging landlords and religious institutions in the community in efforts to prevent and end homelessness.

To strengthen and expand The People Concern's nursing and case management capabilities at its interim housing facilities for high service utilizers experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles.