To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Rick Tooker, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Lark Ferrell, Housing Manager
TITLE:
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Homeless System Update
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Receive report providing an update on the homeless system redesign.
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DISCUSSION:
This item provides City Council with an update on the homeless system redesign over the past six months since the last update provided in December 2017.
Background
The City of Napa (the "City") and the County of Napa (the "County") have historically partnered with each other to address the needs of homeless individuals and families. The City's Police Department has taken the lead on homeless outreach and encampment clean-up activities while the County has funded specialty mental health services and drug and alcohol recovery services for vulnerable individuals and families. In recent years, the City and the County have each funded 50% of year-round shelter operating costs and the County has funded 100% of winter shelter operations.
In October 2015, the City and County of Napa (the "County") began a process of transforming the way systems respond to and address homelessness. The City and the County jointly hired consultants from the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) and from the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) to examine and make recommendations for improving the shelter and homeless housing systems.
In March 2016, CSH and NAEH jointly issued a report recommending changes to align Napa's homeless system with national best practices by redesigning community housing and homeless services systems to more quickly connect the most vulnerable with housing opportunities, align resources to maintain housing stability, and use the shelter system as a tool for quickly moving households out of homelessness. The report provided six overall strategies. These included:
1. Breaking Silos & Leveraging Resources: Integrate siloed community...
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