EVERYONE IN

Photo Courtesy of Everyone In - United Way Of Greater LA

Photo Courtesy of Everyone In - United Way Of Greater LA

Photo Courtesy of Everyone In - United Way Of Greater LA

Photo Courtesy of Everyone In - United Way Of Greater LA

ARE YOU IN?

EVERYONE IN is a campaign focused on ending homelessness across Los Angeles County by providing critical services to those who need it most and helping transition people experiencing long-term homelessness with short-term and permanent housing solutions.

Homelessness is the result of economic, social, and personal conditions shared by many of us in L.A. People experiencing homelessness represent a cross-section of our community: single mothers and families, people struggling with physical disabilities, mental illness, and addiction, the unemployed and underpaid, veterans and college graduates, victims of abuse and victims of bad luck.

Homelessness has many faces and takes many forms. Ultimately, homelessness is a human-created problem with uniquely humandriven solutions. With committed resources and political and community desire, Los Angeles can end homelessness.

To achieve this goal, United Way needs EVERYONE IN. Their promise to you is that we will never shy away from the problems, they will work to address the vexing issues of homelessness in a real and authentic way, and they will forge powerful partnerships to ensure that all voices are heard.

They expect our elected leaders and neighbors to work with them and help find solutions that are permanent, not band-aids or quick fixes. Together they will move our homeless neighbors off the streets, and into homes—for good. We all need EVERYONE IN to end homelessness in Los Angeles.

This campaign is powered by United Way of Greater Los Angeles and has been created with a diverse coalition of nonprofit organizations, businesses, and labor and community leaders.

Their goal is simple: deliver on the promise that was made when 1.5 million voters who passed Measure H and Proposition HHH in 2016 and 2017 and ensure that each dollar is spent wisely and goes to the goal of providing services and creating supportive housing throughout Los Angeles.

The campaign has already experienced great success! Since July 1, 2017, EVERYONE IN has:

• Coordinated 347 partners to help people move back home and create stable lives.

• Interviewed 4,038 people by outreach teams that connect individuals to housing and supportive services.

• Prevented 5,870 people have from becoming homeless.

• Approved 1,460 units of supportive housing.

Because of the efforts of EVERYONE IN, strong political leadership, coordinated social services and people like you, real changes are happening! According to county and city officials, for the first time in four years the number of homeless individuals in Los Angeles Country in 2018 has decreased by 3% from the previous year. Homeless veterans in the country dropped by 18%, chronically homeless people dropped 16%, and the number of youth housing placements increased by 20%! But there is still much that needs to be done.

So, what can you do? Talk to your neighbors, pressure lawmakers to keep their promises to build housing, and help people move off the streets!

Homelessness is not an isolated problem in L.A., which is why we need supportive housing in every neighborhood. A good place to start is by tracking supportive housing in your district and see what your elected officials are doing. At the heart of it, we need EVERYONE IN in order to improve homelessness in our city. Are you in?

www.everyonein.org