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Proposed 2023 California Legislation Concerning Homelessness Continues to Evolve
Bills Introduced in January Reveal the Kind of Actions That Legislators Want to Become Law During the 2023 Legislative Session to Help Mitigate the Statewide Homelessness Crisis Legislation introduced in…
Read MoreNumber of Persons Counted as Chronically Homeless, as Chronic Substance Users, as Severely Mentally Ill Continues to Increase Significantly for the Entire State of California and Within Each of the Largest Regions
A Homeless Count Comparison of Each Subpopulation for the Entire State, Northern California, Central California, and Southern California is Detailed Below HUD recently released the 2022 homeless count data Click…
Read MoreA Comparison of California 2022 Total Homeless Count Data to 2020 Total Count Data by Region: Northern California; Central California; and Southern California
HUD recently released the 2022 homeless count data Click here to see the regional map A comparison by region reveals the following, which is detailed in Tables 1 – 3…
Read MoreHalf of California’s Continuums of Care Changed Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Software Vendors Between 2016 and 2022
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…
Read MoreCalifornia’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…
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…
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