FROM: - Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
3962400-114300MEDIA CONTACT:Tom Waldman (213) 225-8491(213) 247-5726 (cell) twaldman@00MEDIA CONTACT:Tom Waldman (213) 225-8491(213) 247-5726 (cell) twaldman@Hours Extended at LAHSA-Funded Crisis Housing Facilities in Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA (July 20, 2016) – The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) has announced that nine crisis housing facilities previously open 14 hours per day are now open 24 hours per day. The total of 820 beds accounts for 93 percent of the crisis housing beds funded by the City of Los Angeles through LAHSA. “The increase in operating hours will better enable LAHSA and its funded agencies to provide critically-needed services to the population that access these facilities,” said Peter Lynn, LAHSA Executive Director. “This change is an important component of the City’s Comprehensive Homeless Strategies to better address homelessness across Los Angeles.”The City of Los Angeles provided $1.5 million to convert the facilities from 14 hours to 24 hours. When these facilities operated on the shorter schedule, the people they served had to vacate the premises – along with their possessions between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. These residents would often return in the late afternoon to get in line for a bed, which was not guaranteed. With the expanded hours, the people accessing a particular crisis housing center can remain there 90 consecutive days, in some cases longer. These sites are open throughout the day for clients to work with case managers in determining needed services. “We expect that the additional stability and greater access to services will help people move more quickly into permanent housing,” said Lynn. Names and locations of the shelters now operating 24 hours per day:P2H and C4L Hour Crisis Housing 3804, S. Broadway Place, Los AngelesWeingart Crisis Housing 566 S. San Pedro St, Los AngelesLamp Community Crisis Housing for Individuals 526 San Pedro St., Los Angeles Path to Home Crisis Housing Program 7843 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood Languille Emergency Center 1531 James M. Wood Blvd., Los Angeles TCLC Housing Crisis Program 5721 S. Western Ave., Los AngelesPATH Los Angeles Crisis Housing Program 340 N. Madison Ave., Los AngelesTransition House 14 Hour Crisis Housing 543 S. Crocker St., Los AngelesCovenant House Crisis Shelter 1325 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles About the Los Angeles Homeless Services AuthorityThe Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is a joint powers authority of the City and County of Los Angeles, created in 1993 to address the problems of homelessness in Los Angeles County. LAHSA is the lead agency in the HUD-funded Los Angeles Continuum of Care, and coordinates and manages more than $132 million annually in federal, state, county and city funds for programs providing shelter, housing and services to homeless persons. For more information visit .# # # ................
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