Safe and Secure: From Crisis to Stability

Affordable housing and homelessness

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Expand existing project, program, or initiative (expanding and continuing ongoing, successful work)

“I felt overwhelmed with no support,” an unhoused teen shared. “I feel confident knowing 1736 will guide me.” Every year, we serve thousands of at-risk Angelenos who urgently need safe, stable housing, legal, mental health, and other care to thrive. In LA County, 75,312 people face homelessness and systemic barriers, including BIPOC communities (75%), seniors 55+ (25%), and youth (13%). Many are fleeing domestic violence/human trafficking (10%) or reporting disabling conditions (50%). Roughly 33% of residents are immigrants, and Hispanic/Latinos represent the largest unhoused ethnic group (43%). 500,000 low-income renters lack affordable housing (2024 PIT, IRLA, CHPC; 2019 CAST).
Marginalized communities need whole-person care. Yet they often encounter fragmented, biased systems that fail to meet their needs. Equitable, integrated service models are vital now as exclusionary federal policies and looming budget cuts threaten to eliminate safety-net services for vulnerable residents.

We will scale access to culturally responsive, integrated services for more individuals, children, families, and veterans facing homelessness, abuse, and other crises that impact housing stability, with enhanced reach to BIPOC, senior, youth, and immigrant communities. Social identities and complex challenges—like trauma, legal issues, and biased systems—intersect to heighten housing insecurity. Through whole-person care and community collaboration, our unique approach dismantles barriers by addressing community needs and key drivers of homelessness.
At 17 sites in underserved areas, we deliver multiple resources in one place. Residents can easily access crisis support, shelter, affordable housing placement, case management, rental assistance, prevention, legal aid, counseling, job prep, and aftercare. Case managers, attorneys, therapists, and support staff help clients navigate systems—like housing, courts, and healthcare. Many staff are bilingual/bicultural with lived experience. We partner with 100+ social services agencies, clinics, and schools and conduct community outreach to improve services and awareness.
We will scale our equity-driven model to reach more underserved residents and transform how care systems and communities support at-risk Angelenos by expanding:
1) Community partnerships & outreach
2) Recruitment of volunteers/interns with shared backgrounds to support client care
3) Culturally responsive/population-specific training for our team & partners

Safe and Secure is part of our multi-year plan to scale and directly serve an additional 1,000 clients annually by 2028. With LA2050 funds, short-term success means connecting 150 more at-risk Angelenos to culturally responsive, wraparound services, with enhanced reach to BIPOC, senior, youth, and immigrant communities. We will strengthen our integrated care model and community collaboration to serve and empower more residents facing homelessness and other crises that threaten housing stability.
Our data-driven approach builds upon a proven model to help more underserved residents secure safety and stability. We are at an inflection point—investing in our scaling plan will strengthen LA County by helping us advance systems change and transform how social service agencies and community members support at-risk residents. In the long-term, we seek to reshape our safety net systems and communities to ensure all Angelenos have equitable access to care and help the County end homelessness.