Homelessness
Strategic Plan
January 22, 2025
Agenda
1. Project Team
2. Key Project Priorities
3. Scope of Work
4. Quantitative Analysis
5. Stakeholder Engagement
6. Project Timeline
7. Next Steps
8. Q&A
2 3
• City of Camarillo
• Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
• Project HOPE
• Ventura County Behavioral Health
• Ventura County Health Care Agency
• Community Members with lived experience
• LeSar Development Consultants – Homeless Solutions Team Project Team
4 Key Project Priorities
Actionable
Plan
Diverse
Housing
Types
Comprehensive
Services
Funding
Plan
Homelessnes
s Prevention
Community
Engagement
Communication
Plan
Data and
Outcome
Measures
Scope of Work
cityofcamarillo.org/homelessness
Phase I: Project Management and Data/Feedback Collection Task 1. Project Management
• Facilitate virtual kick- off
• Coordinate and facilitate ongoing project management
Task 2. Data Collection
• Administer Community Survey #1
• Host In-Person Community Input Session
• Complete Quantitative Analysis
• Complete virtual stakeholder engagement
• Draft Background Report
Scope of Work
cityofcamarillo.org/homelessness
Phase II: Project Management and Data/Feedback Collection Task 3. Draft Initial Strategic Plan Goals and Strategies • Draft initial Strategic Plan goals and strategies
Task 4. Finalize and Present Homelessness Strategic Plan • Draft #1 Homelessness Strategic Plan – May 2025
• Administer Community Survey #2
• Draft #2 Homelessness Strategic Plan – August 2025
• Draft Implementation Plan
• Finalize City of Camarillo Homelessness Strategic Plan – September 2025 • Host hybrid (in-person/virtual) public outreach event • Final presentation of City of Camarillo Homelessness Strategic Plan video recording Quantitative Analysis
7 Review existing data related to the City of
Camarillo’s homelessness response system:
• System performance measures
• Service utilization rates
• Costs per intervention
• Housing element
• Point-In-Time Count
• Homeless Management Information (HMIS)
Key Stakeholders
8 • Elected officials
• City departmental staff
• County and regional partners
• Homeless service providers
• Supportive service providers
• Public sector/upstream services
• General public
• People with lived experience
Stakeholder Engagement: Methods
9 Interviews Virtual Focus
Groups
Community
Surveys
Community Input
Sessions
Surveys of People
with Lived Expertise
Community Input Session #1
cityofcamarillo.org/homelessness
• December 5, 2025, 5:30-7:30 PM, Camarillo Public Library • More than 40 attendees, many of whom were people with lived experience Homelessness Prevention Homeless Services Interim & Permanent Housing
3 Table Topics for Small Group Discussion
Feedback purpose was to
1. Identify community strengths in the homelessness response
2. Identify areas of need in the homelessness response
3. Identify potential solutions to address homelessness in Camarillo Project Timeline
October 2024
Project kickoff
May-August 2025
Homelessness
Strategic Plan drafts
and additional
community
engagement
September 2025
Finalization and
ratification of
Homelessness
Strategic Plan
March 2025
Initial goals and
strategies
drafted
October 2024-
February 2025
Data Collection:
Quantitative analysis
and stakeholder
engagement
12 Next Steps
COMMUNITY SURVEY #1
Open from 12/2/2024- 1/31/2024
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT INTERVIEWS & FOCUS GROUPS
November 2024-February 2025
SURVEYS FOR PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE
January 2025
13 Questions