Are The County’s “Stabilization Centers” Reverse Dumping?
The local media just doesn’t have this correct… Los Angeles County recently announced an historic initiative to prevent homelessness, connected with a $100 million investment.
The media says it is just “reverse dumping.” (Sending homeless people from Skid Row to the suburbs.) I disagree…
The “stabilization centers” or “regional homeless centers” are not new facilities. They are simply new staffing and programs that will be housed in existing Homeless Access Centers. So finding new locations for these “centers” is a moot point.
In terms of “reverse dumping”… There are thousands of homeless people outside of downtown Los Angeles, throughout the suburbs of Los Angeles County. These “centers” will reach out to the people on the streets outside of downtown. They are not “centers” that will serve downtown homeless people.
Frankly, what these “centers” will provide are places for suburban municipalities to send their homeless. If you are in Lakewood, and there are homeless people that need help, you don’t need to send them downtown any more, you can send them to a local “stabilization center”.
These regional centers just make sense…
posted by LA's Homeless Blog at
10:38 AM
6 Comments:
yes, these centers already exist, and if the county will financially support them, we can effectively address the issue of homelessness to address the regional impact, which currently exists. Homelessness has no borders. unfortunately, the current homeless services funding does have borders, that create a fragmented system of care for homeless people. we need a coordinated system of care across city borders, to be countywide. I would also love to see the 88 cities participate, without the opportunity to "opt out" of the accountability factor in this. I applaud this approach. The NIMBYism exists for both sides of the problem and the solutions, drowned out the noise of them and do what is necessary to address homelessness. Its about time
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