Homeless Count Takes Place This Week
by Ryan Vaillancourt
Downtown LA News
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Keeping track of citizens with permanent residences seems hard enough for government demographic sleuths, so how does an agency count society's most transient members? Enlist an army of volunteers.
At least, that's the plan for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which this week will utilize close to 3,000 volunteers to carry out a countywide homeless census.
As the joint city and county agency that administers federal funds for area homeless service providers, LAHSA is mandated to conduct such counts. This year's effort, the third since 2005, is more expansive than past attempts, with more volunteers - many recruited online - counting several hundred additional census tracts, said Leslie Wise, the organization's director of policy and planning.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, those volunteers will be put into small teams and deployed throughout the county - from Skid Row to the Antelope Valley to the South Bay - with one task: count every homeless individual and family they lay eyes on.
Read the full article here.
Downtown LA News
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Keeping track of citizens with permanent residences seems hard enough for government demographic sleuths, so how does an agency count society's most transient members? Enlist an army of volunteers.
At least, that's the plan for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which this week will utilize close to 3,000 volunteers to carry out a countywide homeless census.
As the joint city and county agency that administers federal funds for area homeless service providers, LAHSA is mandated to conduct such counts. This year's effort, the third since 2005, is more expansive than past attempts, with more volunteers - many recruited online - counting several hundred additional census tracts, said Leslie Wise, the organization's director of policy and planning.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, those volunteers will be put into small teams and deployed throughout the county - from Skid Row to the Antelope Valley to the South Bay - with one task: count every homeless individual and family they lay eyes on.
Read the full article here.
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