Assistant Staff Analyst (N389)

Salary Range: $35.23-$50.83 per hour

SUMMARY

The Los Angeles County Department of Homeless Services and Housing (HSH) consolidates our countywide response to homelessness.

The driving force behind HSH is increasing accountability and transparency, improving care for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, and streamlining collaboration with partners including services providers, the County’s 88 cities, and unincorporated areas to deliver high-quality, life-saving care.

Staff schedules are based on business need and may include the option of a hybrid work schedule where employees work remotely and from the office.

In June 2024, the Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office - Homeless Initiative, now integrated into HSH, was awarded the Youth Homelessness Systems Improvement (YHSI) grant from the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

The YHSI grant established a Cross-System Leadership Table (CSLT) comprised of HSH, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the Departments of Mental Health (DMH) and Children and Family Services (DCFS), the Long Beach Continuum of Care (CoC); and a 14-person youth committee.

The CSLT partners to make policy and funding improvements for/within the homeless services delivery, mental health.

and child welfare systems in Los Angeles County.

To ensure that the work of the CSLT is done in authentic partnership with youth and young adults, we are seeking to fill one full-time position.

The position will support the CSLT in reaching the goals of the YHSI grant, including: Implementing a county-wide youth needs assessment, offering training and education opportunities for youth and system leaders,

hosting an annual LA Youth conference, supporting implementation of the youth expansion activities funded by philanthropy and the Long Beach CoC, Developing two new policy priorities to help increase housing stability for young people who have had involvement with the homelessness, child welfare or mental health systems, including how to increase access to homelessness and mental health services and, help transform the culture of County HSH, LAHSA and Long Beach CoC, including their ability to hire, retain, and promote young people with lived experience in systems level work.

This position is funded through the end of the grant period, April 30, 2027.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
1.

Cultivate, maintain, and expand relationships with stakeholders, including:
+ Young people: Engage with youth leaders through county wide Youth Action Boards to understand the gaps and elevate needs of young people.
+ Transition Aged Youth (TAY) service providers: Build relationships with and engage with TAY providers to ensure the perspectives and expertise of providers are included in the YHSI work.
+ LA county departments (CEO-HI, DCFS, DMH,), LAHSA and Long Beach CoC: Engage in collaborative meetings and engage with system leaders to understand the gaps and elevate the needs i...