Homelessness  Resources      Federal  Government  Definition  of  “Homeless”    Federal  Government  Definition  of  “At  Risk  of  Homelessness”    Substance  Abuse  and  Mental  Health  Services  Administration    Section  8  Voucher  Funding  [affordable  housing]    Runaway  and  Homeless  Youth  Act    U.S.  Department  of  Housing  and  Urban  Development     -­‐specific  map  of  state  assistance  for  homelessness     -­‐section  devoted  to  Los  Angeles  in  particular       ***Win  a  grant!!!***      Mckinney-­‐Vento  Homelessness  Assistance  Act  (Federal  Gov.,  1987)    Homeless  Emergency  Assistance  and  Rapid  Transition  to  Housing  (HEARTH  Act)  (Federal  Gov.,  2009  –  amendment  to  Mckinney-­‐Vento  Act)    Helping  Families  Save  Their  Homes  Act  (Federal  Gov.,  2009)    Information  on  U.S.  Department  of  Veterans  Affairs  Homelessness  Programs    Helpful  Chart  of  Federal  Homelessness  Budget      California    California  State  Budget,  2015  -­‐  2016    California  Work  Opportunity  and  Responsibility  to  Kids  (CalWORKS)  act    Housing  California:  A  helpful  site  about  recent  legislation  on  homelessness    Recent  state  legislation  regarding  homelessness    L.A.  declares  “State  of  Emergency”  on  Homelessness,  LA  Times,  Sept.  22,  2015    13,000  Fall  Into  Homelessness  Every  Month  in  L.A.  County,  LA  Times,  Aug.  25,  2015    

CSH  Report  on  Ending  Chronic  Homelessness  in  California,  2011      Think  tanks  and  Lobbyists:    Housing  California    National  Alliance  to  End  Homelessness    Community  Solutions:  Zero  2016    Home  for  Good  Los  Angeles    California  Homeless  Youth  Project    Corporation  for  Supportive  Housing    Proposed  Solutions:  Ending  Veteran  Homelessness  in  Tucson,  Arizona    Common  Ground:  New  York    “How  to  End  Homelessness,”  New  York  Times,  October  19,  2015    Los  Angeles-­‐Specific  Solutions  and  Institutions    U.S.  Department  of  Veterans  Affairs,  Los  Angeles:  Opening  a  Homeless  Housing  Project  in  West  LA    Los  Angeles  Housing  and  Community  Investment  Department:  Affordable  Housing  Trust  Fund    Home  for  Good  Los  Angeles    Skid  Row  Housing  Trust    Los  Angeles  Mission    LAMP  Community    Los  Angeles  Regional  Food  Bank    The  Midnight  Mission    Union  Rescue  Mission    Weingart  Center  

 Shelter  Partnership    Downtown  Women’s  Center    PATH:  Making  it  Home    Los  Angeles  Homeless  Services  Authority    Housing  Authority  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles:  Homeless  Initiatives    Homeless  Health  Care:  The  John  Wesley  Community  Health  Institute    Behavioral  Health  Services:  Addiction  and  Abuse      Entrepreneurial  Innovations    L.A.  Kitchen    Homeboy  Industries