1 City of Murrieta
City Council
September 17, 2024
Regional
Homeless Alliance
Baker Tilly
Carol Jacobs, Managing Director
Susan Price, Special Advisor
R e c e i v e d A f t e r A g e n d a P r i n t e d 9 / 1 7 / 2 0 2 4 - R e g u l a r M e e t i n g D I S C U S S I O N
P r e s e n t a t i o n - I t e m N o . 1 3
2 Five
Individual
Cities
Law
Enforcement
Code
Enforcement
City
Leadership
Non-Profit
Providers
Volunteers &
Faith-Based
Organization
City
Outreach
Workers
Regionalized
collaboration
WORKS!
Southwest Riverside County Goal
“Establish regional strategies that address the needs of the five Regional Homeless Alliance (RHA) communities,
residents, businesses, and those experiencing
homelessness.”
3 RHA Report Overview
Engagement objectives
Development of a regional approach
Themes from interviews, site visits, and
other data sources
Resource inventory and gaps analysis
26 recommendations
REGIONAL HOMELESS ALLIANCE
4 Key stakeholder interview themes
Common themes emerged:
• Improved behavioral health crisis
response and treatment options
• Greater connectivity to the Continuum
of Care system for resources and
funding opportunities
Met with representatives from all five cities
5 • Need to improve participation in Homeless
Management Information System (HMIS)
data systems, and create standard data
collection protocols for the RHA
• Need for better coordination and
integration of efforts:
Encampment response and protocols
Regionalize street outreach
Grant funding
Key stakeholder interview themes
6 Street outreach engagement
• Overall, staff were familiar with individuals
due to repeated contacts
• Encampment areas are multi-jurisdictional
(private, ecologically protected, State-owned,
City-owned, etc.) and present unique legal
challenges to encampment response
REGIONAL HOMELESS ALLIANCE
7 Street outreach engagement
• Areas linked to transit, hospitals, libraries,
and shopping/commercial centers are
repeated outreach response locations
• Limited access to same-day interim shelter
beds
• Need for mental health and addiction
treatment resources
REGIONAL HOMELESS ALLIANCE
8 Point-in-Time Count (PIT), 2022 compared to 2023
BACKGROUND DATA
Sources:
1 U.S. Census data based on 2020 Decennial Census
2 Housing and Workforce Solutions, Homeless Point-in-Time Count and Survey, 2022 and 2023
9 Need for additional resources – repeat contacts
1 Interim bed counts are provided by Project Touch and The Anchor and include beds designated for both families and individuals. 2 This count includes six beds provided by The Ranch, which is operated by SWAG, but is located outside of the RHA region.
BACKGROUND DATA
10 Multidisciplinary street outreach staffing
Formal encampment response protocols
265 interim shelter beds within the RHA
Funding sources: General Fund and grants
Highlights of existing resources
REGIONAL HOMELESS ALLIANCE
11 Homeless Service Framework
12 Benefits of a regional approach
Regionalize street
outreach and
encampment
response funding
Points-of-entry
and same-day
access to, shelter
beds
RHA participation
in Countywide
HMIS, CES, and
housing resources
Regional
partnerships
improve capacity,
increase funding
and promote
strong advocacy
Collective
impact:
reduction in
street
homelessness
REGIONAL HOMELESS ALLIANCE
County,
Continuum of
Care, and
Community
Partners
Regional
Homeless
Alliance
Prevention
& Diversion
Substance
Abuse
Treatment
Mental
Health
Services
Veterans,
Seniors,
Youth
Family
Support
Services
Employment
/Income
Criminal
Justice
Healthcare
Housing
14 Riverside County homeless funding and programs
Source: 2023 Riverside County Continuum of Care Homeless Point-in-Time Count Summary. 15 Report recommendations
26 recommendations around the following categories:
• Data collection and sharing
• Prevention
• Access points and street outreach
• Encampment response with resource linkages
• Medical and behavioral health
• Interim and same-day shelters
• Collaboration with the County’s Continuum of Care
• County and State homelessness funding
• Development of affordable housing
• Regional Homeless Alliance governance
REGIONAL HOMELESS ALLIANCE
16 Regional Implementation Action Plan
• Regionalize street outreach teams
• One “by name” list for the RHA
• Streamline data collection and participation
• Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
• Actively participate in the Riverside Continuum of Care • Funding for homelessness efforts
• Housing
• Integrate efforts with the County
• Behavioral health
17 Five Cities – One Regional Homeless Alliance
• Purpose
• Align street outreach, share data, leverage resources, build capacity, and secure regional funding grants.
• Role of Cities
• Provide leadership to align efforts, integrate
resources, and advocate for policy, funding, and
resources.
• Build upon existing framework
• Identify leadership structure, create subgroups for
data, CoC participation, and grant funding.
18 Five Cities – One Regional Homeless Alliance
• No cost MOU to formalize the RHA
• Determine the leadership structure
and create working subcommittees
• Incremental progress to align data
• Encampment Resolution Grant application
is pending for $12 million.
• Integration with County for behavioral health
and street medicine programs
19 Questions?
Carol Jacobs, Managing Director | [email protected] Susan Price, Special Advisor | [email protected]