Los Angeles City and County Reach Homeless Data-Sharing Agreement: City to Get All City Data and Proportional Representation; Regional Membership to Vote Monday Afternoon, Court Hearing Tuesday to Settle Four Roles
LOS ANGELES, California — The city and county of Los Angeles have reached an agreement on sharing homelessness data, which is set to go before the general membership of the Los Angeles Continuum of Care on Monday afternoon for a vote on whether to award the county the two remaining administrative roles — oversight of the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) and the Coordinated Entry System (CES).
The Los Angeles Continuum of Care is a collaborative body made up of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, cities, the county, service providers and other entities, responsible for coordinating regional homelessness programs and federal funding; Long Beach, Glendale and Pasadena are excluded because they have their own continuums. Earlier this month, the general membership awarded the county two other major administrative roles — serving as collaborative applicant and lead for the annual point-in-time homeless count, meaning the county would submit a single application for the region to receive federal funding for homelessness programs.
The city had sought the HMIS and CES roles, arguing that Los Angeles needs more say over who gets placed in its homelessness programs and housing initiatives. City Council members recently directed top officials to explore legal options if necessary and to explore plans to stand up their own continuum of care. Last week, however, the city announced it had come to an agreement with the county on data sharing; the agreement now only needs approval by the Continuum of Care general membership to move forward, and a final determination about the four roles will be resolved during a court hearing on Tuesday.
Under the proposed agreement, the city would have access to all data related to persons experiencing homelessness within the city, and proportional representation on any body, working group or decision-making process on reporting that contains city data. The county agreed to fund and provide regular training to city staff and city-funded service providers on HMIS, as well as technical assistance, and to fund and maintain modifications to HMIS based on reasonable requests by the city. On Coordinated Entry System and matching, the county will contract with the city to manage the process for all city-funded resources — an agreement that there would be local preference for city persons experiencing homelessness for city housing.
Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado, who chairs the council's Homelessness and Health Committee, thanked departments for negotiating with the county at Friday's City Council meeting. She said the city had conceded that the county should be the collaborative applicant and conduct the point-in-time count, but "what was at issue between us and the county was the matching program and the data that undergrids our huge homelessness governance system." She called the proposed agreement "an increase from what we've had before," saying it gives the city access to current HMIS data plus the raw data underneath it, so the city can create its own reports and dashboards and adjust strategies in real time: "That's something we've never had."
Councilman Tim McOsker raised concerns about enforceability of the agreement and the provision on proportional representation, saying the county should not be rewarded for parts of the county that drive homelessness into the city of Los Angeles without providing alternatives. The four administrative roles are currently led by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, but due to ongoing litigation between the federal government, LAHSA and the Continuum of Care, the responsibilities needed to be awarded to another organization. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials had suspended LAHSA from accessing millions of federal dollars, citing allegations of fraud and misuse of taxpayer funding; LAHSA sued HUD to overturn the suspension, and the case is ongoing.
Related: Follow-Up: L.A. Continuum of Care Votes to Award County the HMIS and Coordinated Entry Roles
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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