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The Way Home

On any given night, 47,000 men, women, and children live on the streets of Los Angeles – sleeping in tents, cars, on sidewalks, and in emergency shelters. The enormity of the homeless crisis led SoCal Connected to ask the difficult questions: How do we create more affordable housing? Are we willing to pay for critical services such as mental health counseling, medical care, job training, and alcohol/drug rehab programs? With limited resources available, how do we decide who gets helped first? And how do we prevent more people from ending up on the streets every day? And the most critical question, can we really end homelessness in Los Angeles and show everyone “The Way Home.” This one-hour special will air Tues. Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. PT. In addition, the public will have an opportunity to participate in a Facebook Live discussion on Fri. Feb. 24 from 1:30-3p.m. PT by going to KCET's Facebook page. We will be accepting questions during the panel discussion and starting February 17 on KCET's Facebook Live schedule page.  

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Orange County Sheriff's Deputies walk along Santa Ana Riverbed homeless camp
Orange County Sheriff's Deputies begin stepped up patrols of homeless camp along Santa Ana River
 For the past two years Los Angeles has reported the largest number of chronically homeless people in the country, with 95 percent living outdoors, in tents, cars, and encampments.
""We didn't need a homeless count to know... Los Angeles is undergoing a housing and homelessness crisis," Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said.
A homeless man named Shaggy cozies up with his dog, 2Toes, on a park bench in Santa Monica. | photo Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Many homeless pet owners will forgo services themselves to care for their animals.
Kennedy and Jaden at LAYN offices
LGBTQ homeless youth are among the most vulnerable, fighting early traumas, bullying, and coping with finding their identity.
LA Mission Homless Easter Service
The issues raised in our programs are often tackled by nonprofits, find ways to partner up with the organizations striving to make change.
Wanda - The Way Home
There are over 10,000 people 55 years and older living on the streets of L.A. County.
Orange County Sheriff's deputies surround homeless advocate Mohammed Aly.
An advocate for the homeless wants to call attention to the plight of children living along the Santa Ana River.
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L.A. County Supervisors to review ways to help mentally ill homeless
LAFD Station 9
Station 9 is one of the nation’s busiest stations. But a blaze isn’t breaking out on every corner of the station’s 0.75-square mile territory, in fact, hardly at all. Station 9 serves Skid Row, a 54-block area of L.A. that somehow got left behind.
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Many cities are moving fast to get their homeless populations off the streets and into housing by creating efficient models that Los Angeles could consider
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The rise of homelessness today is a multi-symptom epidemic rooted in housing, economics, and politics.
Measure H | artwork by Henry Cram
Should we raise the L.A. County sales tax to pay for services for the homeless?
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