Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
According to the latest count, there are nearly 47,000 homeless people living unsheltered in Los Angeles County.
Reducing homelessness is a vexing problem with few easy answers. But the city of Albuquerque may have stumbled onto a promising solution.
They're putting those living on the streets to work through a program called "There's a Better Way."
Kellie Tillerson, director of housing and employment at the non-profit St. Martin's Hospitality Center in New Mexico, joined Take Two to explain how the program works and whether it could be replicated in other cities like LA.