Planning/Coordinating/Advisory Groups

The program provides coordination and planning assistance, technical assistance, community awareness and information regarding community-based agencies which provide short-term shelter and permanent housing for homeless people in Los Angeles County. The agency's purpose is to develop and improve shelter resources and to create permanent, affordable housing for homeless people in Los Angeles County. The agency does not provide shelter or any others direct services to homeless people. There are no geographic restrictions.

The agency solicits product donations from major manufacturers, distributors and corporations. These goods are stored in the Shelter Resource Bank and are distributed to qualified agencies on the basis of need and availability. Staff also provide coordination and planning assistance by assessing the needs of homeless people, by coordinating social, health, and employment services with the emergency shelter programs, and by serving as an organizing unit to coordinate private funders and agencies in need of financial assistance.

Community awareness and information services include periodic studies and reports which provide current statistics and information about homelessness and housing. The agency has a small library which contains local, regional and national studies, reports and other literature on homelessness and related issues.