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HOPICS presents new Compton access center, warns HUD grant expires in June; asks city for funding partnership
Summary
HOPICS told the Compton City Council it now operates outreach teams, interim and permanent housing and a new Compton Access Center that has screened 171 individuals since opening; most programming has county or grant funding but the center's one-year HUD grant expires in June and HOPICS asked the city to discuss continued support.
HOPICS, the Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care System, told the Compton City Council on Feb. 24 that it has expanded full homeless services into Compton and is seeking local help to keep a recently opened access center running. "We are now doing the full continuum of services here in Compton," said Ben K., an associate director at HOPICS, during a city presentation.
HOPICS presented fiscal-year figures showing the agency served about 16,000 people across South Los Angeles, Compton, Lynwood and Paramount, actively enrolled roughly 5,000 clients and helped more than 1,300 exit to permanent housing. In Compton specifically, the access center that opened Sept. 15 has screened 171 people and referred 82 into…
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