Assistant Staff Analyst (N382)

Salary Range: $35.23 - $50.83 hourly

SUMMARY

In June 2024, the Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office - Homeless Initiative (CEO-HI), 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 CEO-HI, 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 collaborate to make policy and funding improvements to 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,


* Developing two new policy priorities to help increase housing stability for young people who have been involved with the homelessness, child welfare or mental health systems, including strategies to increase access to homelessness and mental health services, and


* Transforming the culture of County HI and LAHSA to promote integration of young people with lived experience in systems level work, particularly in paid full time employment positions.

This position is one of three positions hired to support the YHSI work and will work in collaboration with the positions at Los Angeles Emissary (LAE) and LAHSA.

The grant period ends April 30,2027, unless extended by HUD. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Below is a list of tasks this position would be responsible for accomplishing over the grant period:  

1.

Cultivate, maintain, and expand relationships with stakeholders, including:


* Young people: Engage with youth leaders through countywide 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 service 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 identified by TAY Providers and Youth about what’s working and what’s not working in the systems.

2.

Coordinate the following activities:


* Facilitate and coordinate monthly CSLT & Liaison meetings in collaboration with YHSI positions at LAHSA and LAE.


* Facilitate a collaborative process to identify at least two policy and funding changes to improve the homeless response system, mental health and...