Long Beach Launches New Dashboard Featuring Local Homelessness Data
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Long Beach, CA ~ The City of Long Beach has launched a new data dashboard to provide the public with timely and transparent information on homelessness in the city. The dashboard is part of the City's commitment to aiding the most vulnerable members of the Long Beach community.

Mayor Rex Richardson said, "Ending homelessness is a community effort and, in order to achieve collective impact, we must be transparent with data surrounding our homelessness crisis. This new dashboard offers data about homelessness in Long Beach related to people, participation in available services and success indicators."

The dashboard is available at longbeach.gov/homelessnessdashboard and provides a comprehensive look at homelessness in Long Beach since 2018. It includes key demographic data such as race, ethnicity, gender and age of those served overall and more specifically in the housing programs; case management and service data such as program enrollment, number of people assisted, and program success indicators; as well as select data related to the City's emergency response. Additional data fields will be added in the coming weeks. The dashboard is comprised of data collected by the City's Department of Health and Human Services Homeless Services Bureau's Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) from 2018 to present day.

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The dashboard will be used to further inform the City's ongoing efforts to address the homelessness crisis and support its mission to reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness in Long Beach by increasing housing opportunities, enhancing current initiatives and addressing public safety for all members of the community. For more information on these efforts, people may visit longbeach.gov/homelessness or follow @lbhealthdept or @longbeachcity on social media using hashtag #EveryoneHomeLB.

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