Ventura County plan being modified to reduce chronic homelessness, By Mike Harris, December 3, 2012, Ventura County Star: “Halfway through a 10-year plan to end homelessness in Ventura County, the number of families on the streets has decreased, but chronic homelessness has not, officials said Monday. As a result, the county Homeless and Housing Coalition’s 2007 plan is being retooled in part to get local chronic homelessness levels down during the next five years, officials said at a presentation at the county Office of Education in Camarillo. One of the primary new strategies will be to shift from providing temporary shelter to providing permanent housing…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty