As COVID-19 spread throughout Los Angeles, stay at home orders were issued to reduce the spread of the virus, but how were the unhoused supposed to follow these orders? It became clear that the homeless crisis could become an even bigger health catastrophe. “

At the start of the pandemic, we realized we couldn’t treat persons experiencing homelessness through telemedicine, but we could actually just walk out to them, identify their needs and treat them where they were at,” says Jennifer Chen, nurse practitioner and director of clinical operations at Harbor Community Health Centers.

Learn more in CCF's 2019-2020 Annual Report: https://www.calfund.org/2020annualreport/health-housing/