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Health

A grassroots network of hand-washing stations helps L.A.’s homeless fight COVID-19

A professor of communication at USC Annenberg and two PhD students describe how the Los Angeles Community Action Network is bringing people together to help the homeless amid a pandemic.
Showing proof of residence may be one barrier to voting for the unhoused population. (Photo/iStock)
Policy/Law

As few as 1 in 10 homeless people vote in elections — here’s why

The lingering idea that a person must have a residence works against homeless people’s ability to vote, a USC Price survey finds.
Policy/Law

Affordable housing solutions are evasive for homeless veterans in Los Angeles

USC/RAND study tracks obstacles for military veterans searching for housing. Los Angeles is home to 10% of the nation’s unhoused veterans.
University

USC students help homeless get job-ready through volunteer initiative

USC’s Joint Educational Project connects students with volunteer opportunities helping the homeless. It’s part of the university’s commitment to reducing homelessness in L.A. County.
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Homeless students find educational haven at South L.A. charter school

USC Rossier alumna creates a community at the Crete Academy in South Los Angeles.
Children holding up the 'Fight On' sign
Social Impact

Celebrating Casa de Rosas’ new Head Start center, housing for homeless veterans

USC President Carol Folt joins community leaders at the renovated campus, which includes a USC-run preschool and housing for homeless veterans and their families.
USC’s Street Medicine team delivers COVID-19 vaccines to homeless clients
Health

USC’s Street Medicine team delivers COVID-19 vaccines to homeless clients

It’s not easy for people experiencing homelessness to find their way to a vaccination site. That’s why the Street Medicine team is focused on bringing the vaccines to them.
Social Impact

Housing for Homeless Vets—in Transformed Shipping Containers

A USC Rossier graduate student builds a community through her housing nonprofit.
Students designing housing solutions using glue and cardboard
Social Impact

Architecture students design houses for L.A.’s homeless

Trojans apply their skills to social ills, designing prototypes for temporary shelters that could work in the real world.
More than half a million people are homeless in the U.S., and their living conditions and poor health make them more vulnerable to infection.
Health

Coronavirus could hit the homeless population hard, which would hit everyone hard

A professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC describes the risk COVID-19 poses to homeless individuals and encourages public health agencies at all levels to respond.