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AGN. NO.

MOTION BY SUPERVISORS KATHRYN BARGER AND June 23, 2020
MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS

Disrupting the Cycle of Chronic Homelessness – DMH Homeless Outreach
and Mobile Engagement (HOME) Team Pilot

On September 10, 2019, your Board approved the directives set forth in the
"Disrupting the Cycle of Chronic Homelessness in Los Angeles County" Motion.
The Motion directed County departments to re-examine the County's immediate
ability, through treatment interventions, to disrupt the inhumane cycle of chronic
homelessness, incarceration and hospitalization of individuals suffering from serious
mental illness.

As part of this effort, the Department of Mental Health (DMH) proposes a pilot
project to engage and provide treatment interventions to people experiencing
homelessness and living with mental illness through its eight (8) Homeless
Outreach and Mobile Engagement (HOME) teams. Strategically placed throughout
the County, the HOME teams are comprised of a multidisciplinary treatment team
that includes Mental Health Psychiatrists, Mental Health Counselors, Psychiatric
Nurses, Psychiatric Social Workers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Medical Case
Workers, and Peers. All staff are field-based and provide intensive outreach and
engagement as well as access to various resources including treatment and
housing.

Currently, the HOME teams engage and, when necessary, conduct reasonable
investigations of identified homeless individuals within the community who are
gravely disabled. As part of their investigation efforts, the HOME teams conduct
voluntary evaluations, provide voluntary crisis intervention services and, when
necessary, place individuals who are in imminent danger or considered gravely
disabled on a 72-hour hold for involuntary evaluation and treatment.
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SOLIS ___________________________

RIDLEY-THOMAS ___________________________

KUEHL ___________________________

HAHN ___________________________

BARGER ___________________________