Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Subject
SUBJECT: QUARTERLY REPORT: HOMELESS OUTREACH MANAGEMENT & ENGAGEMENT (HOME)
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the HOME Quarterly Report.
Issue
ISSUE
Los Angeles is experiencing a homelessness crisis, and many unhoused individuals seek shelter on Metro's rail and busway system. Since 2017, Metro has been funding local social service agencies to deploy multidisciplinary teams who engage and deliver resources and services to unhoused riders. In addition, Metro has partnered with local homeless shelters to provide beds for the outreach teams to utilize. This is a report on the status and outcomes of Metro's homeless engagements throughout October, November, and December of 2024.
Background
BACKGROUND
Metro continues to fund multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) who perform outreach to people experiencing homelessness on Metro's rail and bus systems. Metro began contracting eight MDTs through the LA County Department of Health Services (DHS) in 2017, expanding contracted outreach services to the current operating total of 24 MDTs. The initial eight teams were employed by the community agency People Assisting the Homeless (PATH); Metro now has five additional community agencies who deploy MDTs: Christ Centered Ministries (CCM), HOPICS, LA Family Housing, Union Station Homeless Services, and Helpline Youth Counseling.
In addition to MDT outreach, Metro currently funds a total of 45 interim housing beds through LA County DHS. These beds, located in Central Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley, are reserved for MDTs to directly refer the people they serve. Metro MDTs also have access to 25 beds through partnerships with the LA County Chief Executive Office Homeless Initiative (LA CEO-HI) and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Agency (LAHSA). Most recently, the LA CEO-HI agreed to fund ten additional beds in Long Beach.
Metro has made notable pr...
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