EFP Resource List
Welcome to the Enhanced Field Placement (EFP) on Homelessness resource list. This list is intended to be used as a starting place for MSW students to learn more about the field of homelessness services, with an emphasis on tools that social workers in the Los Angeles area can use to enhance their practice.
Resources have been updated last in May 2018. Questions or additions to the list can be directed to redline@usc.edu.
National Organizations
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
National Center for Excellence in Homeless Services
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Corporation for Supportive Housing
State-Wide
California Department of Housing & Community Dev.
California Homeless Youth Project
University Initiatives/ Social Work Programs that highlight Homelessness
Homelessness Policy Research Institute (USC Price)
University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice
County-Wide/ Continua of Care
Comparison of City and County Housing Subsidy Programs
City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Housing & Community Investment Department
City Attorney Homeless Engagement and Response Team (Ticket Clinic)
Pasadena
City of Pasadena Department of Housing
Glendale
City of Glendale Homeless Services
Long Beach
City of Long Beach Homeless Services
Policy
Initiatives/ Strategies/ Ballot Measures
Everyone In (United Way)
City of LA Homeless Strategy Report (2016)
Laws
Historical
Jones v. City of LA (Case Law)
People
Mark Ridley-Thomas (County Supervisor, 2nd District)
Sheila Kuehl (County Supervisor, 3rd District)
Marqueece Harris-Dawson (South L.A. District City Council Member)
Coalitions
Hollywood Homeless Youth Partnership
SFSCVHC Homeless Coalition (SPA 2)
A Way Home America (National)
Homeless Service Agencies
For homeless services specific to a location, population, or type of service, the LAHSA Get Help Page hotline, Citizen’s guide, and list of services is highly recommended.
Other Nonprofits/ Groups/ Community Advocates
Anti-Eviction Mapping Project (SF-based, tons of good resources)
United Friends of the Children
Democratic Socialists of America LA: Housing & Homelessness
Publications/ Best Practice Guides/ Research Briefs
2017 Homeless Count Methodology Report
THIS is Housing First for Youth: A Program Model Guide
Hollywood Homeless Youth Partnership Issue Briefs
Antecedents of Chronic Homelessness (Economic Roundtable)
List of Community Research Briefs (LA CAN)
A Case for Transitional Housing for Homeless Youth in California (CA Coalition for Youth)
Ending Youth Homelessness: A Guidebook Series (HUD)
1-Pagers/ Fact Sheets/ Infographics
LAHSA Homeless Count Fact Sheets
“Perfect Life” Youth Interviews
Homeless Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey
Other Services/ General Resources/ Handbooks/ City Guides
The 2017 People’s Guide to Welfare in Los Angeles
2017 Citizen’s Guide to Los Angeles (LAHSA)
Getting Off Right (Safety Manual for Injection Drug Users)
Housing Assistance Benefits Guide Los Angeles (Public Counsel)
Directories
2017 HHCLA Resource & Referral Handbook
The Group List: 2017 LA Outpatient Group Therapy
Summer 2017 Cooling Center Directory
Trainings/ Workshops/ Legal Clinics
Hollywood Homeless Youth Partnership E-Learning Modules
Legal Aid’s Schedule of Legal Clinics
Hotlines
Terminology/ Acronym Guides
Key Terms in Homelessness (Mayor’s Office)
Jobs
LA County Jobs in Homelessness
News Series & Blog Articles
LA Times “Without a Home” Series
The Atlantic: Affordable Housing Would Be Much Fairer If It Were Treated Like Food Stamps
City Observatory: Make housing vouchers an entitlement‒ we can afford it
KCRW: What happens to the Santa Ana River homeless population?
Books
Housing First: Ending Homelessness, Transforming Systems, and Changing Lives
Freedom Now!: Struggles for the Human Right to Housing in Los Angeles and Beyond
Downtown Blues: A Skid Row Reader
Down, Out, and Under Arrest: Policing and Everyday Life in Skid Row
In Defense of Housing: The Politics of Crisis
Films
Lost Angels: Skid Row is My Home
Podcasts/ Other Media
“The Containment Plan” (episode on Skid Row from 99% Invisible Podcast)
“Music, Positive Youth Development, and Homelessness” (Social Work Podcast)
There Goes the Neighborhood (KCRW)
Teaching Tools
The Homeless: 39 Questions for Your Reflection