Homeless Count

Most of us have opinions about the crisis of homelessness in our cities.  Next week you’ll have an opportunity to do something about it.

Thousands of volunteers will spread out across the 4,000 square miles of Los Angeles County to conduct the 2024 Homeless Count. Traveling in small groups, volunteers will tally the number of unsheltered individuals, tents, vehicles, and make-shift shelters they see in their assigned census tract.

Government agencies, including the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), use the data collected during the Homeless Count to develop strategies to address homelessness and determine where funding and resources will do the most good.  As L.A. City Council President Paul Krekorian has said, “You can’t fix what you don’t measure.”

The 2024 Count will begin on Tuesday, January 23, in the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys. Volunteers in East and West Los Angeles will count on Wednesday, January 24. Finally, the Count will wrap up Thursday, January 25, in the Antelope Valley, Metro, and South Los Angeles.   

You can volunteer for the Homeless Count for lower North Hollywood at https://www.theycountwillyou.org/lower_north_hollywood and for upper North Hollywood at: https://www.theycountwillyou.org/upper_north_hollywood

Prior to the count please register with the link as soon as you can. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is encouraging everyone to sign up with a two or three-member team. No one goes alone.

Click register to volunteer, search 91601, and find/register for Tiara Street Park.