LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles is the country’s center of homelessness, where more than 45,000 individuals live in weather-beaten campingtent encampments and rusting RVs. But even in the state that is home to Silicon Valley, innovation has not kept up with the long-running crisis.
Billions of dollars haveactually been invested to get homeless individuals off the streets in the area, however out-of-date computersystem systems with error-filled information are all too frequently notable to offer even fundamental details.
Better Angels United is establishing a series of apps — to be contributed to gettinginvolved groups — that the not-for-profit group hopes might reinvent shelter and services for homeless individuals that consistsof a mobile-friendly model for outreach employees. It is to be followed by systems for shelter operators and a thorough shelter bed database the area now doesnothave.
Here are some of the secret findings by The Associated Press:
More than 1 in 5 of all homeless individuals in the U.S. live in Los Angeles County, or about 75,000 individuals on any offered night. The county is the most populated in the country, home to 10 million individuals, approximately the population of Michigan.
Dozens of federalgovernments and service groups within the county usage a collection of softwareapplication to track homeless individuals and services that results in what may be called a tech traffic jam. Systems can’t interact, info is out-of-date, information is frequently lost.
Again, it’s possible no one actually understands. No system exists that offers a detailed listing of readilyavailable shelter beds in Los Angeles County. Once a shelter bed is situated, there is a 48-hour window for the area to be declared. But homeless case employees