C OUNTY W ELFARE D IRECTORS A SSOCIATION WEBINAR C AL WORKS H OUSING S UPPORT P ROGRAM California Dept. of Housing and Community Development Presentation August 6, 2014

2 CA P OLICY A CADEMY T O R EDUCE C HRONIC H OMELESSNESS 2013 SAMHSA-S PONSORED Statewide Interests Housing & Service Providers Federal Agencies Localities Persons w/Lived Experie nce State Agencies Legislative Staff Continua of Care

C ALIFORNIA P OINT - IN -T IME D ATA 3

S TRATEGIC O PPORTUNITIES Goal 1 Goal 2Goal 3

S TRATEGIC O PPORTUNITIES Goal 4Goal 5

6 F EDERAL I NVESTMENT IN R APID R E -H OUSING

F EDERAL S UPPORTIVE S ERVICES F OR V ETERAN F AMILIES For more information $32 million 39 Grantees 14 Continuum of Care

8 O NGOING F EDERAL F UNDING

9 G OAL 4: R ETOOLING C RISIS R ESPONSE State ESG CalWorks Invest in Rapid Re-Housing Build Continua and RR capacity

U SING THE L ESSONS OF HPRP A ND OTHER I NITIATIVES Ending homeless requires robust, community-wide system of rapid re-housing Connect with local Continuum of Care Lessons Learned Small amounts of assistance effective Works for people with many barriers Targeting prevention is extremely challenging Success relies on community-wide performance and outcome measurement progress Build on existing capacity and program infrastructure ESG, SSVF, CoC providers Use HMIS for data and performance

L OCAL I NFORMATION Continuum of Care and ESG Contacts Homeless Data Exchange (HDX) public reports Shelter and transitional demographics, length of stay, prior living situation Homeless Reports and Housing Inventories PIT Counts

C ONTACT I NFORMATION Cindy Cavanaugh Assistant Deputy Director, Homeless and Housing Policy State Department of Housing and Community Development