Divert households from homelessness and quickly navigate households to available services when homelessness cannot be avoided. 1 Coordinated Access System
Challenge and Opportunity:
A collaborative, person-centered approach to quickly resolve housing crises through streamlined “one-stop-shop” access points.
What is the Coordinated Access System?
A system responsible for:
• Managing placements into shelter/housing resources
The Coordinated Access Proposal will seek to:
• Slow the inflow into homelessness
• Expedite shelter placements
• Phase 1 – Improve access and efficient use of crisis resources • Phase 2 – Increase housing placements
2 Current System & Data Gaps - Sacramento
• HMIS Data Gap: 70% of households enrolling in a Safe Ground / Safe Parking program had no prior HMIS activity
• No single comprehensive access point: 61 access points for 112 shelter and housing programs
• A person’s point of entry to the system determines program referral • No system-wide approach to diversion
3 Coordinated Access System (CAS)
• Easily accessible “front-door”
• More people that can avoid homelessness
• Comprehensive, real-time, by-name data
• Efficient and effective use of resources
• Equitable outcomes across all demographics
• Strategic, data-driven housing investments
• Transparent outcomes within various program interventions 4 What Will This Transform?
1. Centralized 24/7 Access Point, maintained by 2-1-1
2. More county-wide community field-based support
3. Improved and more transparent monthly/quarterly data reporting and “real-time,” operational data – as captured in the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
4. System-wide emphasis on diversion
5 Measurable Outcomes Based on Similar Communities
• 10-20% of single adult households diverted from homelessness • 30-50% of family households diverted from homelessness • Higher Utilization of Shelter Beds
• Reductions in Homelessness
“Every person diverted makes a shelter bed available for someone else who needs it.” – National Alliance to End Homelessness
6 Year One Budget
• $1.5M for 2-1-1 staffing and infrastructure
• $1.0M for SSF HMIS expansion and staffing needs
• $1.0M for Field-Based Supports for diversion and system navigation • $1.0M for Diversion and problem-solving assistance
Annual Contributing Partners (Anticipated)
• $1.0M: City of Sacramento (one year committed)
• $2.5M: CoC (two years committed)
• $1.0M: Sacramento County
• $200K: Smaller Cities ($50k/city)
8 Copyright 2021 Sacramento Steps ForwardCopyright 2021 Sacramento Steps Forward Commitments: Transparent Monthly Reporting
Monthly Outputs/Outcomes:
• Persons accessing “front-door” / Service timeframes / Bed capacity and utilization
Quarterly Insights
• Demographics / Outcomes / Opportunities / Pathways
• Equity Analysis
• Process Learnings
Additional Considerations
• Commitment to ongoing evaluation and providing recommendations on how to iterate the system over time
• Regular monthly and quarterly reporting on key outputs and outcomes • Forthcoming system gap analysis and required State regional planning effort will identify additional system improvements needed 10 Implementation Schedule
From point of committed funds:
Staffing/Training/Communication: In first 1-3 months
Referrals Begin: In first 1-6 months
(City programs start by May 2022)
Fully Operational*: ~12-24 months from launch
* Depends on future funding commitments
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