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Hopics outlines homeless services expansion in Compton, warns of county budget shortfall
Summary
Hopics told Compton City Council it now operates a local access center and multiple interim and permanent housing sites and asked the city to consider funding support for the Compton Access Center after a one-year HUD grant ends in June; Hopics cautioned that Los Angeles County's new HSH department faces a multi-hundred-million-dollar shortfall in July that could force funding cuts.
Hopics, the lead homeless services provider for parts of South Los Angeles, told the Compton City Council on Feb. 24 that it now operates an on-the-ground continuum of services inside the city — from street outreach to access-center triage, interim (shelter) placements and permanent supportive housing — and asked the city to consider municipal support for its one-year HUD-funded Compton Access Center when that grant ends in June.
In a presentation to the council, Ben K., an associate director at Hopics, said the nonprofit served more than 16,000 people across its service area in the most recent fiscal year, actively enrolled roughly 5,000 individuals and supported about 1,300 exits into permanent housing. He said the Compton Access Center, which opened Sept. 15 at 1730 East Compton Boulevard, has screened 171 people and referred 82 into interim housing since opening.
Hopics’ program managers and site leaders described a range of local operations: Antoine Wilson detailed street-based outreach teams and specialty case…
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