Homelessness Strategy
2025-2030
1 Susan Price’s Assessment
1. Central Cities Navigation Center Policies and Procedures
2. Staffing structure and compliment
3. Review the Tri-Cities Collaborative MOU
4. Central Cities Navigation Center budget and enhancement opportunities
2 Assessment Methodology
• Interviews – With key stakeholders from each
city
• Field Tours – Ride-along with outreach teams
and tour CCNC
• Document Review – Service agreements,
policies and procedures, and other planning
documents
• SWOT Analysis – A full analysis of Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
3 4
State of Homelessness in Orange County
• Extreme Housing Affordability Gap
• Limited Behavioral Health
Infrastructure
• Jurisdictional Fragmentation
• 2024 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count
Data
Countywide increase in
homelessness
1 in 12 individuals exiting shelter
are connected to housing unit
Strong local ties in the community
5 Central Service Planning Area Snapshot
• The Central SPA is the largest and most
urbanized of the three SPAs
• Approximately 3,454 individuals are
experiencing homelessness in a given night,
which represents 47% of the County total
• 27% increase from 2022 PIT data
Unsheltered Count – Increased by 34%
Sheltered Count – Increased by 19%
6 Garden Grove Trends
• Garden Grove saw a 39% decrease in
PIT data from 2022
2022 data – 391 individuals (278
unsheltered, 113 sheltered)
2024 data – 239 individuals (163
unsheltered, 76 sheltered)
• Garden Grove unhoused represents 7%
of the Central SPA, and 3% of the
Countywide total
• The Tri-Cities unhoused represents
19% of the Central SPA, and 9% of the
Countywide total
7 8
Questions or Comments?
9