Policy Insights
Nearly All of California’s Continuums of Care Will Use An App for Mobile Devices to Complete Their 2022 Unsheltered Homeless Count
CoCs are using technology to transform homeless count data collection CoCs can shape homeless count data into dynamic local databases over the coming years through the use of other technology tools for data integration and analytics Forty-two (42) of California’s 44 Continuums of Care (CoCs) will conduct a 2022 unsheltered homeless count. Forty (40) of…
Read MoreAlmost Half of California’s Continuums of Care Changed Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Software Vendors Between 2015 and 2021
Changes in HMIS Software Vendors Happened Prior to Significant State Changes in HMIS Program Data Reporting Requirements Continuums of Care and HMIS Software Vendors Need to Keep Pace With Expanding HMIS Requirements to Guide Data-Driven Statewide Policy Decisions There was a significant shift in HMIS software vendors among California’s Continuums of Care (CoCs) during…
Read MoreHUD is Incentivizing Continuums of Care (CoCs) to Conduct an Unsheltered Point-in-Time (PIT) Count in 2022 Through the Recently Released 2021 CoC Program Grant Application
Nearly half of California’s 44 CoCs do not Conduct Unsheltered Counts during even number years 16 of 23 Northern California CoCs; 3 of 8 Central California CoCs; and 2 of 13 Southern California CoCs did not Conduct an Unsheltered PIT Count in 2020 (Click here to see Map of California CoCs by Region) The U.S.…
Read MoreDying Homeless on the Streets of Los Angeles County
The reality of Los Angeles County’s homelessness crisis is a body count Nearly four persons a day died homeless on the Streets of Los Angeles County during 2020 Furthering the Integration of Street Outreach and Street Medicine is Imperative to Save Lives This report is based on publicly accessible data from the County of Los…
Read MoreSecretaries of Veteran Affairs and HUD Announced they are Mobilizing (their) strength to do Everything in (their) power to end Veteran Homelessness and California Should Announce the Same
California’s 44 Continuums of Care Should Echo the Announcement and do Everything in their Power to Finish Ending Veteran Homelessness in their Jurisdictions Local Data Throughout California Reveals the Goal of Ending Veteran Homelessness is Within Reach for Many Continuums of Care (see map below) –This is the first in a series of reports about…
Read MoreAll of California’s 44 Continuums of Care Should Conduct an Unsheltered Point-in-Time (PIT) Count and Survey in January 2022 to Help Understand the Impact of the Pandemic on Homelessness
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Unsheltered Homelessness Needs to be Informed by 2022 State-wide, Regional, and Local Unsheltered PIT Counts. HUD does not require CoCs to Conduct an Unsheltered Count During the Last 10 Days of January in Even-Number Years 16 of 23 Northern California CoCs; 3 of 8 Central California CoCs; and…
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