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New ?Pathway Home? Program for Encampments
Los Angeles County has launched Pathway Home, a major expansion of its efforts to resolve encampments, with a successful operation in unincorporated Lennox that helped 59 people move inside. The Pathway Home encampment resolution program, which includes recreational vehicles or RVs, is just one component of the ongoing, multi-pronged response to the homelessness crisis launched under the emergency declared by the Board of Supervisors in January. The program, which will roll out in other communities of LA County in the months ahead, will partner closely with local jurisdictions.
The first Pathway Home encampment resolution, in unincorporated Lennox, took place from August 9 through August 11 and was conducted in collaboration with the Office of Supervisor Holly Mitchell along with officials serving Lennox and the Cities of Inglewood and Hawthorne. This operation focused on a cluster of longstanding encampments ?including one dubbed ?The Dead End?? beside or beneath the 405 Freeway, near Los Angeles International Airport.
In all, 59 people were supported to come indoors, 50 of whom chose to move into a hotel administered through Pathway Home, while nine others entered other forms of interim housing. Pathway Home also supported housing 26 pets, the removal of seven RVs, and the cleanup and removal of tents, trash and other items from the site. To learn more about Pathway Home, visit?homeless.lacounty.gov/pathway-home/.
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The Department of Public Health has made a huge investment in Harm Reduction services to saves lives on the streets and provide a pathway to housing.
You can watch more stories like this on Channel 92 or 94 on most cable systems, or anytime here. Catch up on LA County Close-Up?here.
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 The School Threat Assesment Response Team (START) is an LA County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) program that focuses on threat prevention and management assistance in schools. In this program, LACDMH staff collaborates with schools and first responders to evaluate and intervene on stated, implied and perceived threats in school settings ? preventing them from escalating into more serious and potentially violent situations. Additionally, when violent events do occur in school settings, START staff are available to provide on-site and post-event mental health support to those who are impacted.
Youth can help save lives by talking to a trusted person?such as parents, caregivers, teachers, and counselors?about concerning behaviors, actions, or threats they have observed or encountered.
You can also contact our?School Threat Assessment Response Team?(START) by?calling?(213) 739-5565?or?emailing?[email protected]. Reports are anonymous and you will receive help from a trained member of the START team.
Learn more about START works by visiting?dmh.lacounty.gov/start/.
For youth specific information, visit?dmh.lacounty.gov/start/start-youth/.
At Your Service
Gun Violence Restraining Orders
To help raise awareness about Gun Violence Restraining Orders, the LA County Department of Public Health has launched a new website with information on Gun Violence Restraining Orders, who can file for them, a list of legal aid organizations that can assists, and data about gun violence restraining order filings in LA County.?
Out and About
Marina Drum Circle
Discover the joy of interactive group drumming! Join LA County Beaches and Harbor on a journey of creating beats and sounds collectively.
Marina Drum Circle is a free event held on summer Sundays at picturesque Burton Chace Park. Make your reservation and get free tickets as capacity is limited. Choose from two 60-minute sessions: 11:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. every Sunday starting August 13, 2023 through October 15, 2023.
All ages are welcome to enjoy a journey of creating beats and sounds collectively. Enjoy lunch from local waterfront restaurants or bring your own food for a picnic at the park.
Photo Finish
Photo: Los Angeles County / Mayra Beltran Vasquez
Reptile fun during a Parks After Dark event at Belvedere Park.
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