LA County awards $1.3 million for technology solutions to combat homelessness

Los Angeles County has announced the award winners for its Technology Innovation Challenge, aimed at creating partnerships with the technology sector to improve the delivery of homelessness services.

The four selected initiatives focus on streamlining services and access to data to improve outcomes.

The winners will share US$1.375 million in grant funding to develop solutions to help the County and its partners in tackling homelessness. Each company will receive between US$200,000 and US$500,000.

Recent figures show that despite ongoing investment in support, the homelessness crisis in LA is worsening. The 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, published in June by the Los Angeles...