City to Conduct Survey of Social Service Programs
West Hollywood is conducting a community survey to allow residents to critique its social service programs.
Surveys will be sent to 2,500 residents this month and followed up with interviews and focus groups, said social services manager Daphne Dennis.
“The purpose of the survey is to make sure the city’s budget dollars are going to the most needed services,” said Dennis.
The city allocates $3.5 million of its $45-million budget to 35 nonprofit organizations that provide services such as home-delivered meals, homeless shelters and AIDS counseling.
Between 9,000 and 11,000 people use the social service programs in West Hollywood, which has the highest per capita AIDs infection rate of any city in the nation and a large senior citizen population, said Dennis.
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