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This study on homeless encampments in Los Angeles identifies the challenges, the responses, and the policies at the county and city levels.

Changes to our environment can have an enormous impact on health; Abt works with clients & communities at the intersection of health & environment.  

"We don’t have any food. They are going to take my kids! Can you help me?" The desperate plea of a mother came through my voicemail. It was dinner time; I had already left the office for the day. I had been working with this family for months to address several safety risk factors. It was a tough case, and my job as a Prevention Specialist with the Department of Social Services (DSS) was to keep this family safely intact. I felt the weight of this responsibility every day. I knew if I did not intervene, foster care would be imminent for the children. However, the call came during the few hours I slept between jobs. I made less than $30,000 per year at DSS and, to make ends meet, worked a second full-time job at a residential program for youth aging out of foster care.

Abt Global offers its clients around the world deep expertise in monitoring. It’s a key component of our rigorous approach to performance management.

To successfully address homelessness in the U.S., we need to understand the extent of the challenge at local, state levels.