Skip to main content
Office of Supportive Housing
Office of Supportive Housing

Solutions to Homelessness

A young woman looks at an older woman laying on a pillow smiling

The County combines diverse approaches and programs in our efforts to address homelessness. 

We have developed permanent and interim solutions built on strong foundations with the support of the community.

person in wheelchair approaching kitchen

Permanent solutions

Includes long-term housing and rapid rehousing to provide immediate shelter and homelessness prevention measures.

Homelessness permanent solutions
Interim Housing at 1185 Pedro Street

Interim solutions

Includes tansitional housing and emergency shelters.

Homelessness interim solutions
Blossom Hill affordable housing

Community plan to end homelessness

The 2020-2025 Community Plan to End Homelessness is our community's roadmap for ending homelessness in our community

Special initiatives to solve homelessness

Supportive housing system map

Supportive housing system map shows pathways from Outreach to Here4you call center.

 

Homelessness prevention

  • Helps individuals and families who are about to lose their housing to remain housed where they are or move to new permanent housing
  • Acts as an access point to the Coordinated Assessment System

Affordable housing development

  • Construction of new affordable housing provides a path to long-term housing stability for individuals and families experiencing homelessness and helps avoid future occurrences of homelessness caused by extreme housing costs. 

Outreach

  • Engages with people experiencing homelessness on the street, in parks and other public spaces, and in vehicles
  • Acts as an access point for the Coordinated Assessment System and for emergency shelter
  • Locates people in the Coordinated Assessment System who have been referred to a housing program

Here4You Call Center

  • Provides a single point of access to emergency shelter beds and centralizes emergency shelter referrals 
  • Offers immediate Housing Problem Solving support 
  • Acts as an access point to the Coordinated Entry System

Coordinated assessment system

  • Acts as a front door to the community’s housing resources
  • Matches people experiencing homelessness to the community’s transitional housing, rapid rehousing, and permanent supportive housing programs

Emergency shelter

  • Provides a safe place to sleep for people experiencing homelessness
  • Provides meals, showers, other basic needs, and connections to other community resources
  • Acts as an access point to the Coordinated assessment system

Housing problem solving

  • Engages people in conversations to identify creative solutions, unexplored options, and resources to quickly return to housing

Permanent supportive housing

  • Helps individuals and families with disabilities maintain permanent housing through long-term rental subsidies, connections to medical and behavioral health care, and other services.

Transitional housing

Provides temporary housing and site-based services for people experiencing homelessness, a program model most effective for specific subpopulations, such as:

  • Youth, especially Parenting Youth
  • Veterans
  • Homeless individuals and families enrolled in a permanent housing program and searching for apartments

Rapid rehousing

  • Provides supportive services and financial assistance to people experiencing homelessness
  • Helps individuals and families obtain permanent housing and increase income so that they can remain housed independently.