In the last year, there has been a 45% increase in the number of families in L.A. County's homeless system.
On a Friday morning, just before 9 a.m., men, women and children packed the lobby of the Family Solution Center in South Los Angeles. A mother with her two young boys said they had been sleeping in her car for months. She had arrived hoping to secure a spot in a shelter. Another, who sat with three of her children, ages 2, 6 and 8, lived in a shelter and was hoping for help with a deposit on an apartment.
which runs the center. “And it's very disheartening. Obviously, for them mainly. But for us too, because we're here to meet their needs.” Across L.A. County, there has been a 45% increase in the number of families in the homeless system compared to last year, officials say. In the first quarter of the previous fiscal year there were 1,257 families in the system. This year, the first quarter saw 1,817 families, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
a nonprofit agency that provides services to homeless families, serves an area that includes South L.A., Compton and Lynwood and has long contended with large numbers of homeless families. 'Even with the high numbers that we've been accustomed to seeing, we are seeing exponentially higher numbers of families,' said Lewis, the director. 'In particular, families that have never experienced homelessness before.
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