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Los Angeles Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse outlines homeless outreach results, services in San Gabriel
Summary
Contracted outreach provider LA CADA presented 2024 engagement and service data to the San Gabriel City Council, highlighting 223 contacts in the city last year and describing a regional, person-centered approach that links people to housing, treatment and other supports.
Michael Rubio, director of outpatient services at the Los Angeles Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and William Gray, the agency’s director of outreach services, told the San Gabriel City Council on Feb. 4 that the nonprofit’s outreach team made dozens of contacts with people experiencing homelessness in San Gabriel in 2024.
The presentation focused on Licata (the agency’s contracted outreach arm for the San Gabriel Valley), the organization’s “continuum of care” and how the team partners with police and local hospitals to connect people to treatment, interim housing and other supports.
Why it matters: Council members asked for detail about coordination with local hospitals, law enforcement and how outreach teams handle people who refuse services — issues that affect public safety, public health and city resources.
Rubio said LA CADA is licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services and works under approvals from Los Angeles County public agencies to provide substance-use and behavioral-health treatment, jail-based…
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