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  2. Union Rescue Mission - Wikipedia

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    The Union Rescue Mission, commonly abbreviated as the URM, is a Christian homeless shelter in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest in the city [1] and the largest private homeless shelter in the United States. [2] The organization behind the URM is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit that was established in 1891.

  3. LAMP Community - Wikipedia

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    t. e. LAMP Community (originally the Los Angeles Men's Place) is a Los Angeles–based nonprofit organization located in Skid Row that seeks to permanently end homelessness, improve health, and build self-sufficiency among men and women living with severe mental illness. [1] [2] Lamp Community also played a prominent role in the movie The Soloist.

  4. Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority - Wikipedia

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    US$845,367,023 (FY 2022-2023) Agency executive. Va Lecia Adams Kellum, Chief Executive. Website. www .lahsa .org. Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is the lead agency responsible for coordinating housing and social services for the homeless in Los Angeles County. [1] LAHSA allocates funds and administers contracts with regional ...

  5. As L.A. County sees an increase in homeless families ... - AOL

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    Across L.A. County, there has been a 45% increase in the number of families in the homeless system compared to last year, officials say. In the first quarter of the previous fiscal year there were ...

  6. Homeless Initiative awarded $51.5 million to assist 105 ... - AOL

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    Kim Barnett of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority takes food to a person living in a tent alongside the 105 Freeway in Downey in 2020. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) California has ...

  7. Photos: 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count is underway - AOL

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    The 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count revealed a 9% year-over-year increase in homelessness in Los Angeles County and a 10% rise in Los Angeles. ... Solar eclipse maps show 2024 totality ...

  8. Homelessness in California - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles spent $619 million on 36,000 homeless people in 2019, approximately $17,194 per person; however, the number of people who are homeless continues to grow. Peter Lynn, head of the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority (LAHSA) who saw homelessness rise 33% during his five years in spite of $780 million in additional funding, resigned ...

  9. Mayor Karen Bass urges L.A.'s wealthy to fund homeless housing

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    A month later, the region's homeless count found more than 46,000 unhoused people in Los Angeles, an 80% increase since 2015. In her first city budget, the mayor allocated $1.3 billion for ...