Mission and Key Accomplishments
MISSION STATEMENT
“
To support, create and sustain solutions to homelessness in Los Angeles County by providing
leadership, advocacy, planning, and management of program funding.”
ACOF’s Willis Avenue Apartments, Panorama City
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1.
Successfully coordinated and completed the annual
U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s Super Notice
of Funding Availability application for the Los Angeles
Continuum of Care and administered $84 million in
funding
2.
92
percent of LAHSA’s funding went directly to pro-
grams providing services to the homeless
3.
Effectively monitored over 275 programs for fiscal
and programmatic compliance thereby reducing
compliance risk for LAHSA, the City and County of
Los Angeles, and potential financial liability for their
contracted providers
4.
LAHSA-funded programs helped 6,337 households
move into permanent housing and 81 percent of those
served in permanent supportive housing programs
retained housing for a minimum of six months
5.
Conducted the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count,
the nation’s largest count of homeless persons covering
4,000
square miles and engaging 4,000 volunteers
6.
Youth Count recognized as a best practice by the
National Alliance to End Homelessness and U.S. Inter-
agency Council on Homelessness
7.
Assisted more than 2,115 households across the
City of Los Angeles retain or regain housing through
the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing
Program
8.
Launched Transition Age Youth (TAY) Housing Stabi-
lization Project, an innovative, evidenced-based pilot
program focused on determining TAY needs
9.
Increased participation in the Homeless Management
Information System (HMIS) to 31 percent for Perma-
nent Supportive Housing, 69 percent for Transitional
Housing and 56 percent for Emergency Shelters
10.
Eliminated 95 percent of manual reporting for home-
less service providers by utilizing business intelligence
tools in HMIS that generate standard reports
11.
Approximately 2,818 direct outreach service respons-
es and about 2,738 referrals to housing programs and
supportive services were made
12.
Established HMIS User Group Forums, a continuous
improvement discussion series that generated key in-
novations like online trainings, more intuitive tools and
easy-to-follow user guides
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