Masters Thesis

Public Management: The challenges of collaborative networks in the 21st century working with Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Homeless Vulnerable Populations in Los Angeles County.

This research paper identifies the challenges for public and private sector managers working in collaboration to provide public service to diverse homeless, vulnerable populations in Los Angeles County. The research will help identify the problems that nonprofits, government entities, public and private sector managers face when dealing with collaborative networks that take on the social issues of individuals and families experiencing homelessness. The research design will be comprised of qualitative and quantitative data utilizing a vulnerable population theoretical framework and common ground model analysis to analyze how the public and private sectors can work together in better serving the diverse homeless, vulnerable populations in Los Angeles County. Also, data from the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authorities (LAHSA) greater Los Angeles annual homeless count and the Los Angeles Continuum of Care Homeless Management Information System (LACoC HMIS) will be utilized to evaluate and assess the effects of the housing and service programs that are being provided to homeless, vulnerable populations. This research will further provide recommendations that can be used by nonprofits, government entities, and non - governmental organizations to become more effective in collaborative networks that cater to diverse racial and ethnic homeless vulnerable populations in Los Angeles County and other managers in communities that participate in cross-sector leadership techniques.

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