1. 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. 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

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

4. S TRATEGIC O PPORTUNITIES Goal 1 Goal 2Goal 3

5. S TRATEGIC O PPORTUNITIES Goal 4Goal 5

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

7. F EDERAL S UPPORTIVE S ERVICES F OR V ETERAN F AMILIES - 2014 For more information http://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/SSVF.asp $32 million 39 Grantees 14 Continuum of Care

8. 8 O NGOING F EDERAL F UNDING

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

10. 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

11. L OCAL I NFORMATION Continuum of Care and ESG Contacts https://www.onecpd.info/grantees/ Homeless Data Exchange (HDX) public reports Shelter and transitional demographics, length of stay, prior living situation http://www.hudhdx.info/PublicReports.aspx Homeless Reports and Housing Inventories PIT Counts http://www.hudhre.info/index.cfm?do=viewHomelessRpts

12. C ONTACT I NFORMATION Cindy Cavanaugh Assistant Deputy Director, Homeless and Housing Policy State Department of Housing and Community Development Cindy.Cavanaugh@hcd.ca.gov 916 263-5883