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State of California’s Plans to Integrate a Wide-Range of Homelessness Data Sources Should Include Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Records of Persons Who Died Homeless. Click to read: https://homelessstrategy.com/state-of-californias-plans-to/

In 2020, 22 of the 44 California Continuums of Care (CoCs) conducted an unsheltered and sheltered homeless count in January and publicly reported and/or shared their results with Urban Initiatives to be included in this report.

The Increasing Need for Trauma-informed Care Shelters. Merely Creating Conventional Shelters will Minimally Reduce the Number of Homeless Persons Who Are Languishing on the Streets. Read more: https://homelessstrategy.com/the-increasing-need-for-traum/

Black women are unequivocally overrepresented among women dying while homeless in the County and City of Los Angeles. Homelessness is a traumatizing and re-traumatizing experience for too many Black women who die while living on the streets. For many, their death culminated a life full of trauma from the cradle to the grave. Read more: https://files.constantcontact.com//22e9f3bf-4719-499e-a937

Homelessness Continues to Significantly Increase in Southern California According to 2020 Homeless Counts 10% more persons were counted in 2020 when compared to 2019 which followed a previous 10% increase when the 2019 count is compared to 2018. Read more:https://homelessstrategy.com/homelessness-continues-to-sig/

It is time for California’s 44 Continuums of Care (CoCs) and State of California to mutually advance data collection, distribution, and technology to help solve homelessness. While we await the creation of a state-wide Homeless Data Integration System there are decisions that 44 CoCs and State can make together now to obtain local, regional and state-wide desired data. Read more: https://homelessstrategy.com/it-is-time-for-californias-44/

Closures of Adult Residential Care and Residential Care for the Elderly Facilities and the Unknown Impact on Homelessness in California: Problem will Likely be Exacerbated by COVID-19 --More than 6,000 of these care facilities have closed throughout California ... since 2015 and the maximum number of individuals that could be cared for was more than 100,000-- Read more: https://homelessstrategy.com/closures-of-adult-residential/

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