{"id":67197,"date":"2015-10-14T12:04:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T19:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=67197"},"modified":"2015-10-15T19:17:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T02:17:23","slug":"supervisors-approve-15-million-to-re-house-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/10\/14\/supervisors-approve-15-million-to-re-house-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Supervisors approve $15 million to re-house homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES &#8211; The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to spend $15 million on programs to rapidly re-house homeless people and assist families on the brink of living on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Michael Antonovich recommended moving forward now, rather than waiting for the results of a strategic plan on homelessness expected in February.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the harsh winter months approaching, and predictions of a severe El Nino season, there is a sense of urgency and a moral imperative to act now,&#8221; Ridley-Thomas said.<\/p>\n<p>The board unanimously approved funding three separate strategies out of the county&#8217;s $101 million Homeless Prevention Initiative:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$10 million for rapid re-housing of single adults who are not chronically homeless;<\/li>\n<li>$3 million to house homeless families with children; and<\/li>\n<li>$2 million to assist families on the brink of homelessness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dozens of advocates for those living on the streets praised the board&#8217;s move and stressed the critical need.<\/p>\n<p>The number of homeless individuals is estimated to have jumped by more than 12 percent in the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>This month and next, the county is holding summits with public and private stakeholders to develop a comprehensive strategy for addressing homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, money is running low for programs designed to keep families from ending up on the streets, Antonovich and Ridley-Thomas said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These strategies have been proven to prevent and end homelessness and would allow the county to make a more immediate and substantive impact in areas with the highest need,&#8221; Ridley-Thomas said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES &#8211; The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to spend $15 million on programs to rapidly re-house homeless people and assist families on the brink of living on the streets. Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Michael Antonovich recommended moving forward now, rather than waiting for the results of a strategic plan on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}