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Vision
We can end homelessness in Los Angeles County in 10 years.
Leadership
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and the Los Angeles
Coalition to End Hunger & Homelessness have formed a unique
partnership to sponsor a Bring
LA Home! The Partnership to End Homelessness.
In a large urban county such as Los Angeles, this tremendous undertaking
will require concentrated and coordinated planning efforts within the Continuum
of Care, with various governmental service and funding entities,
community-based organizations, homeless and formerly homeless individuals,
business representatives, elected officials, and other interested parties.
On a national level, the National Alliance to
End Homelessness has developed a working framework to end
homelessness. The "National Plan to End Homelessness in 10
Years", a document created by the National Alliance, was adopted by
President Bush and HUD Secretary Mel Martinez as a national blueprint.
Many local jurisdictions, including the cities of Indianapolis,
Philadelphia, and New York City have issued their own plans, and many more
have begun a strategic planning process.
LAHSA has engaged a consulting team, comprised of the Economic
Roundtable and the Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty at
the Weingart Center (both independent, nonprofit organizations) to
facilitate the strategic planning effort. These two well-respected
organizations proposed a unique approach that will develop consensus and
active support among advocates, political leadership, direct service
providers, business leaders, homeless persons, government administrators,
and faith-based and other community organizations.
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Process
The planning process is designed to be highly inclusive, and is
carefully structured to develop consensus and active support. The final
Strategic Plan is anticipated to be a comprehensive body of
recommendations to end homelessness in Los Angeles County, that will be
embraced and enacted by political and community leadership.
Noted components of the Strategic Planning process include:
- Creation of a Steering Committee
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comprised of over fifty distinguished leaders from business, government,
faith-based, labor, direct service delivery, advocacy, and civic
organizations. The Steering Committee will commission the Plan, review
and approve work products and issue the final report.
- Building an Information Base.
The Economic Roundtable will conduct new research
and provide information about the composition of the County’s homeless
population, the geographic distribution of that population, and
self-sufficiency outcomes of homeless working people. In addition, the
Institute will compile and issue information on outcomes, service
delivery strategies, and initiatives begun in other jurisdictions.
- Obtaining Input
from Stakeholders.
The
Project Team will facilitate many community meetings with interested
stakeholders to obtain valuable input. Stakeholders are considered to
include organizations serving different segments of the homeless
population, advocates, community and business organizations, homeless
individuals, and public sector organizations. The objectives of these
meetings will be to receive information and suggestions, review the
draft plan, and explore resource availability and needs, service
delivery strategies, and innovative approaches to integrate and
coordinate services.
- Issuing Documents
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The Project Team will produce several written reports that will provide
subject matter for the meetings, and elicit feedback and action. These
include 1) a profile of the County’s homeless population, with a
quantification of the activity and outcomes required to eliminate both
short-term and chronic homelessness; 2) findings from homeless
individuals, service providers and public sector organizations; 3) a Draft Plan, including an
analysis of the resources and coordination required to end homelessness,
a data collection strategy, budget, performance goals, and
accountability, and 4) the Final Strategic Plan report.
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