Abt Associates Inc. was contracted by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in September 2011 to conduct an evaluation of the Hilton Foundation’s Chronic Homelessness Initiative, a strategy designed to reduce and eliminate chronic homelessness within the Los Angeles County region. Since the beginning of the Chronic Homelessness Initiative, the Foundation has distributed more than $27 million in multi-year grants to 17 nonprofit groups working in LA. The grants are focused on regional systems change and capacity-building, targeted programs to house and serve chronically homeless individuals, and dissemination of knowledge on emerging and evidence-based practices to prevent and end chronic homelessness.