Job Training Needed In Tandem With Housing Programs To Help Curb Homeless Crisis
The findings are part of a new report that looked at the characteristics of the homeless population to try to better understand how to help those in need.
LA Daily News:
LA County’s Homeless Need More Than Housing To Stay Off The Streets, Report Says
The Roundtable released a report that looks at 26 sets of data to better understand the characteristics of the homeless population and their needs, with the goal of finding the best way to help people out of homelessness and prevent them from becoming chronically homeless. Researchers found that alongside housing programs, job-training and employment programs geared to those who recently fell into homelessness or are on the cusp are also needed to help reduce the homeless population. (Chou, 4/25)
In other news from across the state —
The San Diego Union-Tribune:
Flu Update: Season Nearly Over
With flu activity slumping, the county Health and Human Services Agency announced Wednesday that it will make its final weekly influenza update on May 2. The public health department typically stops regular updates in the spring and resumes in the fall when new seasonal flu vaccine doses become widely available to the public. Last week, the county received reports of only 101 new cases, according to this week’s report. There were two new deaths reported, pushing the total for the season to 341. Only 1 percent of hospital emergency department patients showed flu-like symptoms, the lowest ratio seen since mid-November. (Sisson, 4/25)
Los Angeles Times:
The Exide Plant In Vernon Closed 3 Years Ago. The Vast Majority Of Lead-Contaminated Properties Remain Uncleaned
A Times analysis of newly disclosed California Department of Toxic Substances Control data shows which homes, schools, child care centers and parks are hardest hit by lead contamination and how long they have been waiting to be cleaned. It also reveals which properties won't be touched by the state's plan to clean only the worst parcels, which will leave behind a checkerboard-like pattern of safe and contaminated properties stretching more than 1.7 miles from the shuttered plant. (Barboza and Poston, 4/26)