How Los Angeles is Using AI to Help People at Risk of Homelessness
Gulistan Dart. Thank you for that. A Los Angeles company is using artificial intelligence to identify who is at risk of homelessness. And then they provide resources to keep them in their homes. The software tracks things like emergency room visits, mental health crisis care, substance abuse disorders, diagnoses, arrests and then public benefit signups. Now, officials approach the person they offer cash and services to, and once approved, they are assigned a caseworker who works with them for 4 to 6 months. And they’re also given $4 to $6,000 to spend on essentials like we’re a program that’s using AI to target resources at people who might otherwise not be able to reach them, so Access to more data and how complex this space is, and just hopefully, UM, we can find more ways to share more data and use that data sharing to support programs that help went and helped them most right well, the start of the program
How Los Angeles is Using AI to Help People at Risk of Homelessness
Los Angeles County is using artificial intelligence to identify who is at risk of homelessness and then offer resources to keep them housed. The software tracks things like emergency room visits, mental health crisis care, substance use disorder diagnoses, arrests and signups for public benefits like food aid. Officials then arrive to offer cash and services. After approval, they are assigned a case worker who works with them for six months. They are then given several thousand dollars to spend on necessities. The program started in 2021 and has helped more than 700 people so far. Dana Vanderford, who leads LA County’s new homelessness prevention unit for Housing for Health, talks about the program in the video above. See more coverage of top California stories here Download our app.
Los Angeles County is using artificial intelligence to identify who is at risk of homelessness and then offer resources to keep them housed.
The software tracks things like emergency room visits, mental health crisis care, substance use disorder diagnoses, arrests and signups for public benefits like food aid.
Officials then arrive to offer cash and services. After approval, they are assigned a case worker who works with them for six months. They are then given several thousand dollars to spend on necessities.
The program started in 2021 and has helped more than 700 people so far.
Dana Vanderford, who leads LA County’s new homelessness prevention unit for Housing for Health, talks about the program in the video above.
See more coverage of California’s top stories here | Download our app..