Inflow into Chronic Homelessness
Community Progress Toward the Goal
Initiative Area: Understanding Inflow into Chronic Homelessness
Community Status: Indicators of Community Progress Toward the Goal
GOAL
Implement policies and funding commitments to prevent people from becoming homeless and chronically homeless.*
INDICATORS
AlignmentThe community understands the annual inflow into chronic homelessness and factors, and identifies strategies to respond. 
FUNCTIONALITYProviders test new pilot prevention, diversion, and street homelessness programs and strategies. 
SUSTAINABILITYProviders expand existing prevention, diversion, and street homelessness programs and strategies.STATUS THROUGH 2018
Researchers and community partners continue to work to understand the inflow into homelessness and chronic homelessness and driving factors.
Limited Progress Mayor Garcetti launched A Bridge Home, an initiative that will build bridge housing in each of the City’s 15 council districts.LAHSA launched the Los Angeles Homeless Outreach Portal (LA-HOP).The community looked for ways to expand safe parking programs for people living in their vehicles.Rapid Progress The community expanded outreach efforts.The community’s Just In Reach Pay for Success program continued to enroll individuals to include more teams and weekend coverage.ODR was awarded funding to scale its FIST program and implement a mental health diversion program.Suitable ProgressRECOMMENDATIONS
Policymakers, funders, and researchers should come together to share findings and possible solutions to slow or halt the inflow into homelessness and chronic homelessness. This may include reviewing research on outcomes for people involved in other systems of care across the County. As the community launches new programs, ensure that entities tasked with implementation are tracking client outcomes and including proactive learning and the ability to incorporate lessons learned into the models. As the community scales outreach efforts there is a greater need for coordination and communication among SPA-specific and countywide homeless outreach teams and outreach coordinators.
Status: Indicators of the Foundation's Contribution to Community Progress
2018: Limited ImpactDirect EngagementFoundation staff advocates for inflow analysis as part of community research initiatives 2018: Strong ImpactGrant Making PortfolioInflow grant portfolio expands to identify or address inflow population
Opportunities for Los Angeles
Community Opportunity: Policymakers, funders, and researchers should try to understand the factors behind inflow into homelessness and chronic homelessness.
What to Monitor Next Year
- How are researchers examining inflow into homelessness and chronic homelessness? What findings can be used to help the Los Angeles community to create policies and programs?
- How many bridge beds have been created across the County? What have been the lessons learned? What are the client outcomes for people exiting bridge housing?
- How has the community expanded safe parking programs?
- How have community leaders within the homeless service system brought together other leaders with other intersecting systems of care (i.e., workforce, aging, criminal justice)?
