Outreach Basics
SPA Geography
Acronyms
Strategies
SPA in Film
200

This protective wear is always a good idea when entering encampments or traversing difficult terrain.

Boots

200

This major highway winds through SPA 5.

THE 405

200

PEH is a term often used to reference clients served through homeless outreach.

Person/People Experiencing Homelessness

200

This strategy promotes having honest and creative discussions to resolve someone's homelessness through safe reunification, light-touch one-time financial assistance, or other means within their personal network.

Problem Solving

200

Emma Stone and Ryan Gossling are featured in this iconic film poster overlooking the San Fernando Valley, but many scenes were shot in SPA 5 (Santa Monica and West LA).

 La La Land

400

You should always have plenty of this on hand, especially when temperatures are high.

Water

400

A world-famous landmark featuring an amusement park, aquarium, and the end of Route 66.

Santa Monica Pier & Beach

400

LA-HAT is the new assessment tool replacing the Vi-SPDAT

Los Angeles Homeless Assessment Tool

400

A conversation style that promotes autonomy and self-motivating factors to achieve outcomes.

Motivational Interviewing

400

Purchased in 1989 by an entertainment juggernaut, this Culver City film studio has produced some iconic films like Spider-Man and Jumanji

Sony Pictures Studio

600

This required HMIS data point records where a client stayed the night before an outreach contact or service interaction.

Current Living Situation or CLS

600

You could ride a kayak, canoe, or even a gondola through this iconic waterway in SPA 5

Venice Canals

600

LA-HOP accepts outreach requests from anyone in Los Angeles County, including those experiencing homelessness.

Los Angeles Homeless Outreach Portal

600

This model emphasizes that going indoors is an essential first step in helping people meet their other service needs.

Housing First

600

Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus was featured in this 1994 action flick starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock

Speed

800

This program helps those experiencing unsheltered homelessness escape cold temperatures between November and March each year

Winter Shelter

800

This body of water sits at the border between SPA 5 and SPA 6, and is also where Obama Blvd comes to an end.

Ballona Creek

800

HMIS is the portal used to submit client notes, enroll in outreach programs, submit referrals to Interim Housing, and more!

Homeless Management Information System

800

This strategy entails a collaborative solution to addressing dense encampments by offering interim and permanent housing pathways.

 Encampment Resolution

800

This 2023 hit movie is based on the iconic pink product of an El Segundo-headquartered company, and had some scenes filmed at Venice beach.

Barbie

1000

In addition to the Interim Housing referral on HMIS, this interim housing application can open up a wider range of options to go indoors for people who meet the eligibility criteria.

Universal Interim Housing Application; or CHAMP Interim Housing Application

1000

The name of the southern-most beach in SPA 5 ?

Dockweiler Beach

1000

TOC involves helping an unhoused client leaving a hospital or urgent care setting with discharge planning, connections to primary care, and recurring client visits for wrap around care coordination.

Transition of Care

1000

This is an approach that prioritizes safety and emphasizes understanding “what happened to you” rather than “what’s wrong with you.”

Trauma Informed Care

1000

The iconic final scene of this 1968 classic was filmed on the shores of Point Dume in Malibu, where a man cries in front of the Statue of Liberty in the realization that he has arrived back on Earth in the far future.

Planet of the Apes