Following the City’s call for qualified providers to support the Street to Housing pilot program, two organizations have been selected to provide services aimed at transitioning people experiencing homelessness into stable housing.
“The Streets to Housing program marks an important step in addressing unsheltered homelessness in Sacramento,” said the City’s Housing Manager Ya-yin Isle. “We look forward to working with our newly selected partners to help individuals transition from encampments into stable housing.”
The Street to Housing pilot program, administered by the City’s Office of Innovation and Economic Development in collaboration with the Department of Community Response, is one of two City initiatives supported by the State’s Encampment Resolution Funds.
This $5.85 million pilot program uses a housing-first approach to transition 100 encampment households along the Sacramento Northern Parkway directly into housing. Participants in the program will receive up to 12 months of rental assistance, case management, and stabilization services to support long-term housing stability.
Community HealthWorks (CoHeWo) will provide landlord engagement and housing stabilization case management services, including securing housing units with incentives, facilitating lease-ups, and supporting landlords during the rental period. CoHeWo will also provide housing stabilization case management to support clients during rental subsidies, helping ensure successful transitions to permanent housing. The total contract amount is $1,356,188.40 and includes $200,000 for landlord incentives.
Housing Connector will oversee rent administration for the program, managing rental subsidies and ensuring prompt payments for security deposits and monthly rents to landlords. The $4.2 million contract includes $4 million allocated for rental subsidies and security deposits.
Projects like the Street to Housing pilot program are a key contribution to the Regionally Coordinated Homelessness Action Plan (RCHAP), a comprehensive initiative aimed at reducing homelessness, creating faster pathways to housing, ensuring equitable access to housing and services and increasing transparency and accountability across the entire system.
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