Friday, June 19 marks the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, Liberation Day, and Jubilee Day. On this day in 1865, two years after the formal issue of the Emancipation Proclamation, the last enslaved people, living […]
Category: System Design
If You Want to Know How COVID-19 is Affecting People Experiencing Homelessness, Ask Us
This blog post is collectively written by people with lived experience of homelessness in Los Angeles: Suzette Shaw (Poetess, Skid Row From A Woman’s Perspective; Mental Health Peer Advocate, MHA; California Black Women’s Health Advocate), Antoinette Ortega (CEO of A […]
Permanent Housing Increases Show Commitment to Ending Homelessness
Communities across the country are working to permanently end homelessness: analysis from the State of Homelessness: 2020 Edition highlights growing investments in permanent housing. Not only does this policy direction reduce housing instability, but it promotes health and justice. Increasing […]
Use ESG-CV to Help Those Currently Experiencing Homelessness First
To protect people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress appropriated $4 billion for the Emergency Solutions Grant program via the CARES Act (ESG-CV). This is an enormous investment (approximately 17 times the usual annual ESG appropriation) that has the […]
Behavioral Health Disparities in Black and Brown Communities: Making the Connection Between COVID-19 and Racism
By now, it is clear who is getting disproportionately sick and who is disproportionately dying from COVID-19: Black and Brown people. A recent Yale study shows that Black people have the most glaring disparity – they are 3.5 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than White people. Other minority groups are disproportionately impacted as well. For example, […]