Policy Insights
California’s Continuums of Care 2022 Homeless Counts Reveal a Total Homeless Count Increase
Total Homeless Count Comparisons Table 1 compares the 2022 total unsheltered and sheltered homeless count to the 2019 and 2020 total homeless counts for each CoC and a collective total homeless count comparison for all the CoCs because most California CoCs did not conduct a 2021 unsheltered count after receiving an exception from the U.S.…
Read MoreCalifornia, Homelessness, Mortality Prevention, and the Other Homeless Count
An unknown number of adults and children including infants die while homeless throughout California each year Future state legislation and homelessness strategies should include more actions that focus on mortality prevention that help fulfill recommendations described in this report Several organizations in many California counties and cities each year produce “the other homeless count,” a…
Read MoreAn Increasing Number of California’s 44 Continuums of Care (CoCs) are Implementing HUD Defined and Funded Joint Transitional Housing and Permanent Housing-Rapid Rehousing Projects
The Joint Component Project was Advanced by HUD As a “Promising Model” in 2017 Transitional Housing Projects Funded by HUD’s Annual CoC Program Competition Decreased by 60% During the Past Five Years While Annual CoC Program Funded Joint Transitional Housing and Permanent Housing-Rapid Rehousing Projects Increased as Detailed for Each CoC in Table 1 15…
Read MoreNearly Two-Thirds or 28 of California’s 44 Continuums of Care (CoCs) Have Publicly Reported Their Total 2022 Homeless Count to Date
Remaining CoCs Will Publicly Report Their Count Results Later This Month or by the End of July In 2022, the 28 CoCs counted 74,788 persons as homeless In 2020, the 28 CoCs counted 71,868 persons as homeless In 2019, the 28 CoCs counted 70,619 persons as homeless NOTE: In 2021, the majority of California’s CoCs…
Read MoreMore than 1,000 Women Died While Homeless on the Streets of Los Angeles County During the Past Five Years
Each Mode of Death was Categorized as an Accident, Homicide, Natural Cause, or Suicide HER (Homeless Engagement Response) Street Outreach and Street Medicine Teams Need to Be Initiated, Increasingly Integrated, and Intentionally Directed Five women will likely die this week while living homeless on the streets of Los Angeles County and brought to the County…
Read MoreThe Need for HER (Homeless Emergency Response) Teams
As the number of females counted as homeless surges in California so must our (HER) homeless emergency response HER Teams must be skilled at integrating a trauma-informed approach into their street outreach and engagement activities; HER Teams understand that the lasting effects of trauma and the fear of being re-traumatized may cause too many females…
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