Homeless Health Care Los Angeles

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This is the reality of Skid Row. Check out the article below.

Letters from Skid Row People ask why the Homeless Health Care Los Angeles Jeeps have no doors. We say, "To hop out fast when someone's overdosing." Here in Skid Row, everyone has a wound, and every second counts when people are dying. Every day we drive through Skid Row, oxygen tanks jingling in the trunk beside syringes...

This is the reality of Skid Row. Check out the article at the link in our bio.

I know, homelessness is complicated. Where do we start? Housing? Mental health? Harm reduction? Poverty? Incarceration? Crime? Everybody wants to reduce homelessness, and to do so, we should understand what’s working on a global level and then test and learn in our own cities.

Complex problems don’t require simple answers, they require honest ones.
Around the world, creative approaches grounded in trust, healthcare, and community support are producing real results.

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Radical Thinking Is Solving Homelessness I know, homelessness is complicated. Where do we start? Housing? Mental health? Harm Reduction? Poverty? Incarceration? Crime? Everybody wants to reduce homelessness, and to do so, we should understand what’s working on a global level and then test and learn in our own cities. While it’s super f...

People want homelessness solved. Homeless people want homelessness solved. In a society that values quick, easy wins, we’ve come up with concepts and metrics that are pure lunacy. Incarcerating poor people is despicable. Moving folks from my neighborhood to your neighborhood is dumb. Claiming someone got housed when they leave after a couple days is political. Housing alone is not a panacea, and it is certainly not a metric.

We need to reframe the conversation of homelessness altogether. It’s not a housing problem, it’s a support system failure…
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Housing Doesn’t Solve Homelessness People want homelessness solved. Homeless people want homelessness solved. In a society that values quick, easy wins, we’ve come up with concepts and metrics that are pure lunacy. Incarcerating poor people is despicable. Moving folks from my neighborhood to your neighborhood is dumb. Claiming some...

Homelessness requires more than just housing. Shoutout to our very own Aurora Morales for sharing her story and doing life-saving work every single day.

Prevention efforts grow as Latino and Black communities face high rates of overdose deaths Drug overdose deaths continue to decline in Los Angeles County and across the country, thanks to stronger investments in prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery. However, despite this progress, the

Empathy, not stigma, is saving lives in LA. Overdose deaths are down as harm reduction and community care lead the way.

Empathy, Not Stigma Has Helped Lower Addiction, Overdose Deaths in LA As overdose rates in Los Angeles have declined thanks to investments in prevention and treatment, they remain persistent in low-income communities of color.

We’re partnering with this rad group, , doing life-saving work in our community. Check them out, stay connected, and don’t forget to support the work we do at the link in our bio.

This is service in action. Our HHCLA on the ground with our partners helping make MacArthur Park shine.

Volunteers, Mayor Bass clean up MacArthur Park It was the third annual "Love My Community" cleanup, and this year, the mayor's "Shine LA" program brought additional support.