While many remain Safe at Home, HOPICS staff work the front lines to protect the spread of COVID-19 among the homeless population in South Los Angeles. Thomas Curwen and Benjamin Oreskes of The Los Angeles Times shine light on how the Coronavirus pandemic puts an already vulnerable population at-risk and what HOPICS outreach workers are doing to help.
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One L.A. prosecutor tries to keep addicts out of court and jail
Project 180’s LA Door, “Diversion, Outreach, and Opportunities for Recovery” program aims to help the city’s many homeless drug abusers get clean and stay out of jail.
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