10-MINUTE QUICK HITS DPSS- CalWORKs HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM 2019 - PDF document

11/15/2019 10-MINUTE QUICK HITS DPSS- CalWORKs HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM 2019 Forum on Homelessness October 23, 2019 Riverside, California STATE OF HOMELESSNESS LOCALLY CalWORKs and HSP Homelessness 03/2019‐09/2019 700 591 600 500 400 348 300 254 242 180 174 200 165 155 119 112 85 69 100 64 14 6 2 0 Banning Blythe Cathedral City Coachella Desert Hot Hemet Indio‐Monroe Jurupa La Sierra Lake Elsinore Mecca Moreno Valley Norco Perris Temecula Western Springs Park County Service Center Homeless • (PIT)Unsheltered Families – 5 (PIT) Sheltered Families-77 • HSP- 696 CalWORKs- 1,882 1

11/15/2019 WHAT IS WORKING? • Agency collaboration • Multi-Disciplinary team conferencing • Navigation review • Coordinated Entry System • HSP housing placements WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES? • Limited affordable housing • Stigma associated with welfare • Income • underemployed • Prior evictions • Behavioral Health • Substance use 2

11/15/2019 WHAT CAN THE REGION OFFER YOU? • More transitional/bridge housing • Resource leveraging • Permanent supportive housing for families with greater needs • Shelter beds • Rent control WHAT CAN YOU OFFER THE REGION? SERVICES FOR CALWORKS HSP FAMILIES • $3.1 million - service delivery • Housing location and navigation • Permanent housing • Temporary shelter • Housing subsidies • Utility deposits • Behavioral Health services 3