County +

City +
Community
November
2016
ISSUE #2

Our Goal
A partnership designed to systematically
engage people living on the streets of Skid Row
and help them regain health and housing
stability.

Our Design
Four multidisciplinary teams provide
engagement to each quadrant (pictured
below) of Skid Row five days a week.

Six-member Engagement teams focus on

getting individuals into interim housing and
on the track for permanent housing.

Each Team Includes

Registered Nurse
Mental Health Professional
LAHSA ERT Member
Substance Abuse Counselor
Americorp Worker
Peer Outreach Case Manager

How its done

C3 UPDATE | Issue 2

Four Months from the

Streets to a Home

Our First Year

Americorps workers
graduated!
Many of them went on to
work for agencies such as
LAHSA, Brilliant Corners and
Lamp. Now we have a new
batch of four committed,
passionate Americorp
workers at C3, PLUS a brand
new C3 Corp of four
dedicated, peer outreach
case managers who have
joined our team. We thank
our graduate crew of 2016
and wish them all the best!
We welcome our new team
members and cant wait to
have them getting more
people housed.

Want to Support C3?

You can donate to us at
https://lampcommunity.or
g/donate (select C3
Initiative).

C3 Outcomes to Date!

People Engaged 1447

The C3 Blue Team engaged
People Assisted 871
with 62 year-old Mr B. when he
was living in in a tent on
Interim Housing
Winston Street in April, 2016.
Placements 397
He had been homeless for 25
Assigned to Permanent
years. By July, he was in his
Housing 302
new permanent, supportive
Moved into Permanent
housing unit. When the team
Housing 68
found him camping out on the
street he looked unwell and
was coughing up blood, so they
called the paramedics and got
him to the hospital. From there
they found he was eligible for
Housing for Health and so they
got him into the Weingart for
interim housing until he could
move in to his permanent
housing unit. During this time,
he was matched to an intensive
case manager at Healthcare for
the Homeless LA. In July 2016,
C3 Outreach Cart Designed by RH Lee of Lee Build
he moved into his new home at and Jesse Marsh
the Grandview Apartments
C3 to Pilot Outreach Carts
near Macarthur Park. Mr B.
This month, our teams will
went from the street to a home
be taking out our new
in 4 months!
custom designed outreach
cart for a spin. The cart can
be wheeled virtually
anywhere and will provide a
welcoming station for
clients. The cart carries
water, has charging
capability for phones,
provides shade, as well as
storage for medical
C3 Staffer Melvin with Mr B and
equipment and other supplies.
his case manager, Candace, in
his new home