#systematic

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) seeking 6,000 volunteers to assist with the 2015 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, which will take place countywide over three nights from January 27 to 29.  Volunteers should register at www.TheyCountWillYou.org, to assist in their community.  Dozens of deployment centers across LA County will host the nation’s largest street count of homeless community members. 

The Homeless Count will cover L.A. County as follows:

• Tuesday, January 27 (8:00PM), San Gabriel Valley and East Los Angeles County
• Wednesday, January 28 (8:00PM), West Los Angeles and South Bay
• Thursday, January 29 (6:00AM), Antelope Valley
• Thursday, January 29 (8:00PM), San Fernando Valley/Santa Clarita Valley, Metro Los Angeles and South Los Angeles

Volunteers will be dispatched from 87 regional deployment centers to targeted census tracts throughout the county, to record the number of homeless people, vehicles used as homes and homeless encampments observed.  Volunteers select their preferred deployment center when they register atwww.TheyCountWillYou.org.

The Count will follow definitions of homelessness established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which include people living in places not meant for human habitation, such as, cars, parks, sidewalks and abandoned buildings. 

Demographic data will include such data as age, gender, ethnicity, individual and family homelessness, duration of homelessness, and veteran status.  The volunteer registration website is:  www.TheyCountWillYou.org.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

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Does society enforce it as the given cultural norm?
Are and/or were there laws regarding it?
Is it supported in business practices and policies?
Is it enforced in employment practices (hiring, firing, conditions for employment, etc)?
Is it in housing policies and practices?
Is it in education policies, practices and application?
It is in local/state/federal law enforcement practices and/or policies?
Is it resplendent throughout advertising and entertainment industries?
Is it possible to rectify employment, housing, law enforcement, etc. grievances through the government–judicial, executive, legislative, etc.?
Does its practice affect people in any aspect of their life: personal, financial, housing, employment, health and medical care, etc.?
Is it specific to a single group or several groups of people?

This is what I mean when I say systemic.