{"id":331001,"date":"2025-10-25T07:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T07:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/331001\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T07:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T07:04:10","slug":"lahsa-responses-to-rand-research-on-homeless-counts-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/331001\/","title":{"rendered":"LAHSA responses to RAND research on homeless counts \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The commentary by RAND scientist Louis Abramson regarding the 2025 Homeless Count (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgvtribune.com\/2025\/10\/22\/growing-inaccuracies-in-official-data-jeopardize-la-homelessness-wins\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.sgvtribune.com\/2025\/10\/22\/growing-inaccuracies-in-official-data-jeopardize-la-homelessness-wins\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1761456553373000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2B9r9KIpgaW5AmuifCL9b_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LAHSA\u2019s Homeless Count Undercounts the Most Vulnerable<\/a>,\u201d Oct. 21) raises points worth discussing, and it\u2019s also vital to contextualize the count\u2019s role.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, conducted by LAHSA as the lead for LA\u2019s Continuum of Care, spans over 3,000 census tracts across LA County, and HUD approves its methodology to ensure nationwide consistency. This consistency is key to tracking change over time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is significant that both the LAHSA and RAND counts confirm the same vital trend: homelessness in LA County is declining.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the Homeless Count is a standardized tool, it isn\u2019t the last word. The single most important source for systems planning is the robust, direct service data collected year-round. Our Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) gathers real-time data on individuals\u2019 specific situations and service needs. This 365-day data allows us to precisely track needs and responsibly adjust service delivery with limited funding. This data is available to funders and can be used to make funding decisions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">LAHSA welcomes critical analysis and the opportunity to compare findings with RAND. We invite their experts to volunteer in future counts\u2014as other groups do\u2014and to respond to our forthcoming RFP to serve as LAHSA\u2019s technical partner for 2027-2029. Collaboration and utilizing all the data we collect are the best paths forward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paul Rubenstein, Deputy Chief of External Relations at the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority<\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: October 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM PDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The commentary by RAND scientist Louis Abramson regarding the 2025 Homeless Count (\u201cLAHSA\u2019s Homeless Count Undercounts the Most&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":331002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,7281,224,5337,1269],"class_list":{"0":"post-331001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-letters-to-the-editor","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-opinion"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115433535177401611","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}