HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 12-15-20 Special Meeting Item No. 1 Santa Clara County Community Plan to End Homelessness 2020-25_ Staff PresentationSANTA CLARA COUNTYCOMMUNITY PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESSCC 12-15-20 Special Meeting Item No. 1
PRESENTERSRay Bramson ‐ Chief Operating Officer, Destination: HomeKathryn Kaminski ‐ Acting Deputy Director, County of Santa Clara Office of Supportive Housing2
ABOUT THECONTINUUM OF CARE•Broad group of stakeholders dedicated to ending and preventing homelessness•Ensure a community‐wide implementation of efforts & programmatic and systemic effectivenessCOMMUNITY PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESSGOVERNMENTNONPROFITPHILANTHROPYPRIVATE SECTORCOMMUNITYLIVED EXPERIENCE
PROGRESS TO DATE4
HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO GROWFor every homeless family or individual connected to housing in the county, two to three more are experiencing homelessness for the very first time5
SYSTEMIC FACTORS DRIVING HOMELESSESS6GROWING WEALTH GAP
SYSTEMIC FACTORS DRIVING HOMELESSESS7SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOMES
SYSTEMIC FACTORS DRIVING HOMELESSESS8RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HOMELESSNESSRACIAL DISPARITIES IN HOMELESSNESS
2020‐2025 COMMUNITY PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS9GUIDING VALUESAs we implement the strategies in this plan, we will raise the voices of people with lived experienceand share power with our unhoused and recently‐housed neighbors. We will focus on policies and programs that reduce racial inequity, in an effort to reverse the disproportionately high rates of people of color who are unhoused.THIS PLAN IS BUILT ON:Input from more than 8,000 community membersVoices of lived experienceSubject‐matter expert conveningsEvidence‐based practices & data
The Framework10PLAN BUILT ON 3 CORE STRATEGIES
STRATEGY 1ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES 1.Ensure that people accessing safety net services have the support they need to obtain and maintain housing.2.Ensure that people involved in the criminal justice system do not become homeless.3.Create the conditions to develop enough affordable housing to meet the need in our community.4.Protect residents from evictions, displacement, and housing discrimination.5.Ensure all residents who are able to work have access to living wage employment.6.Expand public and private sector support for ending and preventing homelessness.11
STRATEGY 2EXPAND PROGRAMS1.Increase the capacity of supportive housing programs for people experiencing homelessness.◦7,000 people housed in Permanent Supportive Housing programs ◦10,000 people housed through Rapid Rehousing programs◦3,000 people housed through Housing Problem Solving 2.Provide a broad range of supports to prevent homelessness.◦Expand the Homelessness Prevention System to prevent homelessness for an additional 7,000 households who are at risk by providing targeted financial assistance and supportive services.3.Create a state‐of‐the‐art supportive housing system.◦Center the voices of people who have lived experience of homelessness, especially people of color, in the policy and program design decisions of the supportive housing system.◦Invest in professional development and competitive pay to attract and retain a highly qualified workforce of homeless service provider staff.12
STRATEGY 3IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE1.Double the number of year‐round temporary housing beds and offer a variety of welcoming temporary housing options throughout the county.2.Increase street outreach, hygiene services, and transportation options to match the needs of unsheltered residents.◦Increase access to basic hygiene resources, including bathrooms, showers, and laundry3.Increase mental health and substance use services.◦Increase the number of mobile crisis teams with clinical staff, and expand their hours, to support individuals experiencing severe mental health and substance use crises.4.Engage a cross‐section of community partners to address the needs of unsheltered residents.5.Ensure that community spaces are safe and welcoming for housed and unhoused residents.13
AGGRESSIVE TARGETS14
WORK ALREADY UNDERWAYCreated centralized shelter hotline which has connected over 4,000 households into congregate and non‐congregate shelterDestination: Home and Sacred Heart Community Service have distributed more than $23 million in direct financial assistance to approximately 12,700 families in Santa Clara County via a 70‐agency partnershipDistributed over 100,000 pieces of PPE, and provided mobile shower and sanitation services for individuals living in encampmentsConnected 1,507 homeless households to permanent housingFive temporary housing communities in development to provide interim housing for over 400 homeless households15
Next Steps16SHARE & PROMOTE THE PLANhttps://bit.ly/CommPlan2020ENDORSEMENT TODAYIMPLEMENTATIONREPORT ON PROGRESS
Questions/Comments17