1. POLICY COUNCIL MEETING
Thursday, May 11, 2017
9:00 – 11:00 am

2. Item #1 Public Comment

3. Item # 2 Comments and Announcements From Policy Council Members

4. Item #3 Consent Agenda
March Policy Council Minutes

5. Item # 4 Housing Placement Report

6. Item # 5 Report from Lori Luhnow Chief of Police Santa Barbara Police Department

7. Item #6 C3H Administration, Chuck Flacks, Executive Director

8. Item #6a Proposed Budget and Home For Good Plan

9. Handout Highlights Projected Annual Budget: $484,749
Projected Revenues: $394,692
Projected Gap: $90,047
Each region receiving surplus value for its investment
10% increases projected in Santa Maria, Lompoc, Buellton, Goleta and Carpinteria and County Housing Authority
Stable funding from Santa Barbara City and County
Loss of funding from Housing Authority of City of Santa Barbara
Stable funding projected from hospitals (possible increases)

10. Possible Solution: Home for Good Santa Barbara
Clear Data
Sufficient
Resources
Efficient
Communication
Political Will

11. Home for Good Strategies
Oversight & Accountability
Coordinated Entry
Funders Collaborative
Business Roundtable

12. Beginning Players C3H & United Ways County Continuum of Care
SB Funders Roundtable
Chambers of Commerce

13. C3H, United Ways and Chambers of Commerce to Launch Local Effort
Next Steps:
Stakeholder needs assessments – what is the full picture of gaps in housing, services and funding?
Awareness events – Possible walk to end homelessness
Funders Roundtable – presentation in summer
Establish business roundtable – regular meetings to talk strategy and tactics
Goal: Raise $1 million in 12 months – possible? Funds to be granted to local stakeholders

14. To Be Decided How will this impact C3H? Close funding gap
Make coordinated outreach sustainable
Role in collecting, managing, and reporting on data
New leadership structure?
Can we generate significant local revenue?
LA example was a bond measure and sales tax
Will Policy Council bless this proposal to move forward?

15. Item #6b Staffing Changes at C3H

16. Item #7 Regional Updates Jeff Shaffer, C3H Director, Luke Barrett, C3H Regional Coordinator, Andrea Sneed, C3H 10 Now Santa Maria Team Leader

17. Item #7a North County Report

18. CenCal Health & C3H
In Coordination with Sylvia Barnard – Good Samaritan Shelter (Full Spectrum of Homelessness)
Focus – Whole Person Care Outcomes
Health Care Providers & Homeless Service Providers
Specific Outcomes & 6 Month Plan
Next Meeting – Wednesday, May 24 – Trinity Church in Lompoc

19. Lompoc Lompoc Town Hall on Homelessess Tuesday, May 23
In coordination with Mayor Bob Lingl
Purpose – data presentation & solutions to local homelessness
Housing, Shelter, Treatment, Outreach Partners
Public Comment / Q & A
Community engagement

20. Santa Maria: 10 Now Dignity Health grant
10 new clients added to 10 current clients
New Clients – High utilizers & high vulnerability
10 TBRA Vouchers from the County Housing Authority
Behavioral Wellness / Transitions Mental Health
10 Chronic & Vulnerable people housed by 12/2018

21. How Policy Council Members Can Help
Help us find partners for flexible local dollars in North County
Assistance for basic needs for COT Clients on the streets
Assistance for basic needs for COT clients recently housed
Funds are overseen by COTs– only used for clients who are taking empowerment steps

22. Item #7b South County Report

23. Carpinteria Ongoing outreach and case management services
Homeless lunch, laundry, and mail
Goals: tiny homes, shower access, safe needle disposal
Public impact of homelessness is a concern, peer policing and stipend work is a possible solution

24. Santa Barbara
Reunification program in partnership with Downtown Santa Barbara
Research projects with Cottage Health
Nutrition project in partnership with CSUCI Nursing
Goals: improved tracking of reunifications and transparency in reporting

25. Goleta
Coordinated Outreach Team now includes Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital
2 contracted shelter beds at the Salvation Army Hospitality House are going to budget review
Success story: “Mark”
Goal: build capacity of the Coordinated Outreach Team

26. Isla Vista Flexible local fund for stipend work: ongoing pilot project
Philosophy of homelessness event in partnership with UCSB
Housing retention success in partnership with Behavioral Wellness and the County Housing Authority
Goal: increase mental health treatment service options

27. How Policy Council Members Can Help
Support contracted shelter beds for Goleta
Support increased funding and interagency cooperation for data sharing and outcome reporting: measurable public accountability
Encourage expansion of the Sheriff’s Office Community Resource Deputy program. SBPD restorative police is a model.