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Volunteers Gather To Conduct City-Wide Homeless Count

Dozens of volunteers teamed up Tuesday night to participate in the city’s annual homeless count to provide an update on the number of homeless people in Santa Clarita.  Volunteers donned bright yellow safety vests Tuesday while driving around their assigned territories in an effort to contact the homeless population living in Santa Clarita. “When I first heard about it I ...

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L.A. County Seeking Volunteers For Santa Clarita 2022 Homeless Count

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is seeking volunteers for the 2022 Santa Clarita Valley homeless count. Officials and volunteers are expected to conduct the annual 2022 homeless count January 25-27, the first since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic that canceled the count in 2021. Nearly 200 volunteers are sought to identify and count the homeless population in the ...

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L.A. County Board Of Supervisors To Seek Exception In Conducting 2021 Homeless Count

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion Tuesday to seek a formal exemption from conducting the 2021 homeless count. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires local homeless authorities to conduct a Point-in-Time (PIT) count of unsheltered people experiencing homelessness in January of every other year in odd-numbered years. In addition to counting unsheltered ...

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Santa Clarita Homeless Population Reportedly Decreases, L.A. County Increases

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Results from the 2020 Los Angeles County Homeless Count indicate that while the total number of people experiencing homelessness has increased in the county, the number of homeless individuals has decreased in Santa Clarita. On Thursday, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) released the community-level data from the 2020 “point-in-time” homeless count, which was conducted in January before the ...

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Los Angeles County Homeless Population Grows Over 12 Percent Pre-Coronavirus Outbreak

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The Los Angeles County homeless population has grown over 12 percent in one year according to the 2020 Homeless Count conducted in January before the coronavirus outbreak, officials said. As a whole, the homeless population in Los Angeles County has grown 12.7 percent since 2019, with an estimated 66,433 people without housing countywide, according to the point-in-time 2020 Homeless Count ...

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Santa Clarita Community Gathers To Participate In 2020 Homeless Count

The Santa Clarita community gathered to participate in the 2020 Los Angeles County Homeless Count on Tuesday evening. A number of unsheltered individuals live within Santa Clarita, and the purpose of this count is to have a better understanding of how many are in need of support, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). “There is not one ...

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City Of Santa Clarita Seeks Volunteers For Yearly L.A. County Homeless Count

The City of Santa Clarita is seeking volunteers for the annual Los Angeles County homeless count, which is set to survey the growth of the homeless population to better provide services in the valley, officials said. According to the results of last year’s count, the City of Santa Clarita’s homeless population increased from 156 in 2018 to 256 in 2019. ...

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2019 LA County Homeless Count Finds 12 Percent Increase In Homelessness

The results of the 2019 Los Angeles County homeless count were released Tuesday, revealing a 12 percent increase in the number of homeless individuals year-over-year, despite being in the second year since the passage of Measure H. Santa Clarita is a part of Service Planning Area 2, which roughly encompasses the area from Castaic to Universal City vertically and from ...

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Volunteers Still Needed For 2019 LA County Homeless Count

Volunteers are still needed in Santa Clarita Tuesday for the annual Los Angeles County Homeless Count, officials said. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Volunteers are needed to assist with a “point-in-time count,” which is an unduplicated count on a single night of people in the community who are experiencing homelessness, according ...

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Volunteers Needed For 2019 Santa Clarita Homeless Count

City of Santa Clarita officials announced Monday they are in need of volunteers to help count the valley’s homeless population this month. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Volunteers are needed to assist with a point-in-time count, which is an unduplicated count on a single night of people in the community who ...

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