City of Sacramento
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File ID: 2025-01416 8/12/2025
Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program Round 6 (HHAP-6) Application, City HHAP-6 Budgetary Approvals, and Updated All In Sacramento - Sacramento’s Regionally Coordinated Framework and Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness File ID: 2025-01416
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution to (1) approve the updated “All In Sacramento - Sacramento’s Regionally Coordinated Framework and Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness”; (2) approve the City of Sacramento’s Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program Round 6 (HHAP-6) funding budget; (3) authorize the Interim City Manager, or designee, to execute and submit all required documents for City participation in the Sacramento region’s joint application to the State of California for HHAP-6 funding, with the City’s requested funding allocation as $16,120,619.10 and each entity in the region receiving and administering their own funding allocation; (4) authorize the Interim City Manager, or designee, to establish the HHAP-6 Grant Project (G02001110); (5) if the HHAP-6 application for the Sacramento region is approved, authorize the Interim City Manager, or designee, to accept the State allocation of $16,120,619.10 in grant funds to the City; (6) authorize the Interim City Manager, or designee, to establish the revenue and expenditure budget in the HHAP-6 Grant Project (G02001110), Operating Grant Fund (Fund 2702) once the State funding is received; (7) if the HHAP-6 application for the Sacramento region is approved, authorize the Interim City Manager, or designee, to execute the State’s Standard Agreement for the City’s receipt of HHAP-6 funding (in an amount not to exceed $16,120.619.10 and with a term running through June 30, 2029) per City Code section 3.04.010(A)(5), and any other documents required by the State to secure the HHAP-6 funding, with approval as to form by the City Attorney’s Office; and (8) specify that agreements for expenditure of the City’s HHAP-6 funding will be brought to the City Council for approval if necessary per the City Code, City ordinances and resolutions, and City procurement policies.
Contact: Ya-yin Isle, City Housing Manager, (916) 808-1869, [email protected], City Manager’s Office of Innovation & Economic Development; Brian Pedro, Director, (916) 808-7816, [email protected], Department of Community Response Presenter: Ya-yin Isle, City Housing Manager, (916) 808-1869, [email protected], City Manager’s Office of Innovation & Economic Development
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Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
3-Updated All In Sacramento - Sacramento’s Regionally Coordinated Framework and Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The State of California’s (State) Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program Round 6 (HHAP-6) is a $1 billion grant program authorized by Section 13 of AB 166 (Chapter 48, Statutes of 2025; Health and Safety Code (HSC) Section 50239, et seq.) which was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on July 2, 2024. Administered by the State’s Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), this sixth round of funding has been made available to reflect the State’s priorities to prevent and expeditiously reduce unsheltered homelessness through homelessness prevention activities and sustain existing interim housing solutions and permanent housing solutions, including the long-term sustainability of permanent affordable housing.
Similar to the previous rounds of HHAP funding, eligible applicants include California’s largest 14 cities, 58 counties, and 44 Continuums of Care (CoC), with allocations set by the State based on the applicant’s proportionate share of the State’s homeless population as reported by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development in the 2024 Point-In-Time (PIT) count. Per HSC Section 50240(a), applicants for HHAP-6 funding must apply as part of a region and be signatory to a Regionally Coordinated Homelessness Action Plan or RCHAP. While regions must submit one joint application, each entity within the region may choose to receive and administer their own funding allocation or designate one of the other applicants within the region to receive and administer their HHAP-6 application.
City staff recommends that the City submit a joint application for HHAP-6 funding with the County of Sacramento and the CoC for the Sacramento Region (Sacramento Steps Forward currently serves as the administrative entity of the CoC). Each of these three entities within the Sacramento region elected to receive and administer their own HHAP-6 funding allocation. The Sacramento region’s allocation is $31,730,656,71 in HHAP-6 funding, with $16,120,619.10 for the City of Sacramento, $7,548,311.33 for Sacramento County, and $8,061,726.28 for the CoC.
The HHAP-6 Notice of Funding Availability was released on February 24, 2025 with the application due August 29, 2025. The State requires the following as part of the HHAP-6 application: (1) a RCHAP that fosters robust regional collaboration and strategic partnership; (2) that unsheltered homelessness is being addressed and follows the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) Guidance on Addressing Encampments; (3) that applying jurisdictions have compliant housing elements; and (4) that applying jurisdictions prioritize the use of HHAP funds on housing - either funding Permanent Housing interventions directly, or if used for Interim Housing, have clear pathways to connect people to permanent housing options.
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HCD will review and approve applications or request amendments on a rolling basis between August - December 2025. Following execution of a Standard Agreement with the State, the initial disbursement of funding (50%) will be released upon demonstration that grantees have met the obligation and expenditure requirements for HHAP 1 through 4, made progress on California System Performance Measures, and are in good standing on reporting requirements for HHAP rounds 1 through 5. To be eligible to receive the remainder 50% of the HHAP-6 allocation, applicants must demonstrate that they have a compliant housing element, have obligated at least 75 percent and expended at least 50% of the initial HHAP-6 disbursement (no later than June 30, 2027), and submit and have approved by HCD an update to the RCHAP including status of key actions and updates on the system performance measures (no later than January 1, 2027).
The State requires grantees to expend HHAP-6 funds on evidence-based solutions that prevent, reduce, and end homelessness. Grantees may not use HHAP-6 funds to supplant existing local funds for homeless housing, assistance, or prevention; and funds must be expended in compliance with Housing First requirements per California Health and Safety Code section 50220.7(g). The State also requires HHAP-6 applicants to collaborate and engage in a public stakeholder process in developing the RCHAP, including at least three public meetings, allowing for extensive input from various groups and individuals.
While the eligible uses for HHAP-6 funds remain largely unchanged from previous State funding rounds, HHAP-6 prioritizes interim and permanent housing solutions that can prevent or serve those experiencing unsheltered homelessness, including but not limited to persons experiencing homelessness coming from encampment sites, and organizes the eligible uses into four main categories:
1) Permanent Housing Solutions
a. Rapid Rehousing/Rental Subsidies
b. Operating Subsidies for Permanent Housing
c. Permanent Housing Services and Services Coordination d. Capital for Permanent Housing
2) Homelessness Prevention activities
3) Interim Housing Solutions
a. Navigation Centers
b. Motel/Hotel Vouchers
c. Operating Expenses for Interim Housing
d. Interim Housing Services and Services Coordination
e. Capital for New Interim Housing
f. Improvements to Existing Interim Housing
4) Non-housing Solutions
a. Services and Services Coordination
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b. Administrative Costs (up to 7% of allocation amount) c. HMIS (up to 1% of allocation amount)
“All In Sacramento - Sacramento’s Regionally Coordinated Framework and Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness” (the RCHAP for the Sacramento region) As a part of the City’s HHAP-5 application, the Sacramento region’s RCHAP was adopted by the Board of the CoC, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors and the Sacramento City Council in March 2024. The RCHAP provides the overall strategic framework for a unified approach to addressing homelessness across Sacramento County. It is a comprehensive plan that strives to address the challenges of people experiencing homelessness in the region.
The RCHAP includes a three-year framework with an annual “Action Plan” and is organized around eight “Solutions” that are specific to the regional landscape and that align with national evidence- based best practices. Together, the following Solutions create a housing-focused, holistic, and equitable framework. As required with the HHAP-6 application, the City, County and SSF have made updates to the RCHAP, including the second year “Action Plan.” The eight “Solutions” areas have been updated as follows:
1. Coordinated Access System
2. Prevention and Diversion
3. Outreach & Engagement
4. Emergency Shelter & Interim Housing
5. Rehousing
6. Permanent Housing
7. Integrated Services
8. Capacity Building & Training
Through a robust public engagement process, several opportunities were provided to convene and gather input from various partners and community members to update the RCHAP and develop a year two “Action Plan.” A total of three public meetings were held specifically around the RCHAP, including two virtual public engagement sessions in early July 2025 and a final in-person public meeting convening system leaders at the end of July 2025. Over 200 partners and community members attended these sessions.
With current and projected future cuts to State and federal funding, priorities for this second year “Action Plan” include: a focus on sustaining existing shelter capacity and improving exits to permanent destinations, scaling prevention to better meet demand, increasing transitions to permanent housing, and strengthening partnerships in outreach efforts.
HHAP-6 Funding Allocation Recommendation
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Collectively, the Sacramento region will be receiving a total of approximately $31.7 million in HHAP-6 funding, with allocations to the City of Sacramento, Sacramento County, and the Sacramento CoC (via SSF). Because the allocation formula used by the State is based on the 2024 Point-in-Time Count, where Sacramento saw a 29% reduction in overall homelessness and a 41% reduction in unsheltered homelessness, the HHAP-6 allocation is a $11 million reduction for the City (compared to the HHAP-5 allocation) and an overall reduction of $21.4 million for the Sacramento region.
If the Sacramento region’s HHAP-6 application is approved by the State, the City will receive a total of $16,120,169.10 of HHAP-6 funding in two funding disbursements. Building upon the direction provided with the prior five rounds of HHAP funding, and with a significant reduction of funding from HHAP-5, staff recommends the following HHAP-6 funding allocation to sustain the City’s current interim housing portfolio and funding for permanent housing:
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Policy Considerations: The actions in this report are consistent with the City of Sacramento Housing Element of the General Plan, specifically Policy H-7.2 that speaks to Regional Coordination in the City’s response to homelessness. Per the City’s FY 25/26 Budget Resolution (R2025-0162), City Council approval is required for the establishment of any operating grants over $250,000.
Authorization for City Manager or designee execution of the State’s Standard Agreement is sought per City Code section 3.04.010(A)(5), which says the following: “[t]he city council may, by resolution, increase the city manager's authority under this section to execute any contract or category of contracts under circumstances the city council finds appropriate.” Economic Impacts: Efforts to reduce and minimize the occurrence of homelessness in the community improves the economic outlook of all community members, including those who are able to avoid homelessness through prevention and diversion, those who are reintegrated into the workforce through local shelter and training options, individuals and families who gain permanent
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affordable housing and have greater expendable income to take care of their needs and support the local economy, and local businesses with access to a larger job pool and decreased impacts.
Environmental Considerations: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): The actions sought under this report are exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15061(b)(3) (it can be seen with certainty that no significant effect on the environmental would occur), 15269(c) (relating to specific actions necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency), and 15378(b)(4) (government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment); and California Government Code sections 8698.4(a)(4) (actions taken by a local agency to lease, convey, or encumber land owned by a city, county, or city and county, or to facilitate the lease, conveyance, or encumbrance of land owned by the local government for, or to provide financial assistance to, a homeless shelter constructed or allowed by the Shelter Crisis Law) and 65660(b) (low barrier navigation centers).
Sustainability: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable.
Rationale for Recommendation: The recommendations in this report further local coordination in response to homelessness, complete the necessary requirements for the joint City, County and CoC application for HHAP-6 funding, continue existing sheltering efforts, provide funding for permanent housing, and are consistent with the recommendations in the updated RCHAP.
Financial Considerations: This report carries out the necessary steps to apply for and receive HHAP-6 funds and recommends establishing HHAP-6 Grant Project (G02001110) and increasing the revenue and expenditure budgets by $16,120,619.10 in alignment with the budget allocations outlined in this report.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
RESOLUTION NO.
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
August 12, 2025
Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program Round 6 (HHAP-6) Authorization to Submit Application, City HHAP-6 Budgetary Approvals, and Approval of Updated All In Sacramento – Sacramento’s Regionally Coordinated Framework and Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness
BACKGROUND
A. Homelessness is an existential threat to the individuals living without quality housing and to the public health and safety of the residents and businesses in Sacramento. The right to an adequate standard of living for every resident of the City is one that must be protected and advanced by the actions and commitment of all levels of government, including the City of Sacramento. The interconnectedness of homelessness, housing and public health must inform the current and future policy, partnerships, prioritization of work programs, and budget allocations to prevent and reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness.
B. According to the report of the 2024 Point-in-Time Count for the County of Sacramento, on a single night in January 2024, approximately 6,615 persons were experiencing homelessness in the County. Approximately 3,944 of those people were unsheltered. Within the City of Sacramento alone, approximately 3,053 people were experiencing unsheltered homelessness. This population includes veterans, women, children, persons with disabilities, seniors, and other vulnerable groups. Falling into homelessness is often described by partners with lived expertise as a downward spiral of broken safety nets. In Sacramento, rising rents and limited affordable housing options are a leading community-wide driver of homelessness.
C. Since 2019, housing affordability in the State of California (State) has worsened with rising rents and limited new construction of affordable and permanent supportive housing. The City Council has declared a “Shelter Crisis” annually since January 14, 2020, under California Government Code section 8698 et seq.
The most recent Shelter Crisis was declared by the City Council on January 28, 2025 and will remain in effect until terminated by City Council.
D. The City Council has also acknowledged that in order to reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness, it is necessary to provide resources for homeless prevention, diversion, workforce training and job placement.
E. Since March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a public health emergency in California, the City Council has allocated significant one-time funding to provide shelter and emergency housing. The homelessness response included: triage capacity for overnight respite; Safe Ground camping sites; motel rooms for homeless individuals with vouchers; shelter beds at North Fifth Street; the Meadowview Navigation Center and the X Street Navigation Center; non- congregate shelter at The Grove for emergency bridge housing for transitional aged youth; and permanent supportive housing projects.
F. A countywide Local Homeless Action Plan was adopted by the Board of the Continuum of Care (CoC) for the Sacramento region (Sacramento Steps Forward currently serves as the administrative entity of the CoC), the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors and the Sacramento City Council in June 2022 in an effort to provide a systematic and comprehensive approach to address the humanitarian crisis of homelessness. In 2024, the Local Homeless Action Plan was updated and re-titled as the “All In Sacramento - Sacramento’s Regionally Coordinated Framework and Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness,” (which is a Regionally Coordinated Homeless Action Plan or RCHAP).
Sacramento’s RCHAP has now been updated to include a second-year action plan to coordinate the Sacramento region’s response to homelessness by its participating partners.
G. The State’s Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program Round 6 (HHAP-6) is a $1 billion grant program authorized by Section 13 of AB 166 (Chapter 48, Statutes of 2025; Health and Safety Code (HSC) Section 50239, et seq.) which was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on July 2, 2024.
Administered by the State’s Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), this sixth round of funding has been made available to reflect the State’s priorities to prevent and expeditiously reduce unsheltered homelessness through homelessness prevention activities and sustain existing interim housing solutions and permanent housing solutions, including the long- term sustainability of permanent affordable housing.
H. Per HSC Section 50240(a), applicants for HHAP-6 funding must apply as part of a region and be signatory to a RCHAP. While regions must submit one joint application, each entity within the region may choose to receive and administer their own funding allocation or designate one of the other applicants within the region to receive and administer their HHAP-6 application. The HHAP-6 applicants for the Sacramento region are the City of Sacramento, Sacramento County, and the CoC. Each of these three entities within the Sacramento region elected to receive and administer their own HHAP-6 funding allocation.
Accordingly, the Sacramento region will seek $31,730,656,71 in HHAP-6 funding, with $16,120,619.10 for the City of Sacramento, $7,548,311.33 for Sacramento County, and $8,061,726.28 for the CoC.
I. The State’s HHAP-6 funding allocation is an opportunity for the City to continue existing sheltering programs and provide funding for permanent housing. Such actions are consistent with State direction to adjust the City’s focus towards resolving unsheltered homelessness and increasing permanent housing.
BASED ON THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE BACKGROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council hereby approves the updated “All In Sacramento – Sacramento’s Regionally Coordinated Framework and Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness” (which is a Regionally Coordinated Homeless Action Plan or RCHAP), attached hereto as Attachment 1.
Section 2. The City Council hereby approves the City of Sacramento’s budget for State HHAP-6 funding, as follows:
City of Sacramento HHAP-6 Funding Budget
Eligible Use Amount Activities Supported
Delivery of Permanent Housing $2,000,000 Financing to support development of permanent
housing projects
Operating Subsidies – Interim
Housing
$11,218,908.10 Congregate and non-
congregate interim housing
programs
Operating Subsidies – Interim
Housing Homeless Youth
$1,612,062 Non-congregate shelter
programs for homeless youth
Administrative Costs $1,128,443 Administrative costs
Homeless Management Information
System (HMIS)
$161,206 HMIS support to Sacramento
Steps Forward
Section 3. The City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, is authorized to execute and submit all necessary documents for City participation in the Sacramento region’s joint application to the State for HHAP-6 funding, with the City’s requested funding allocation as $16,120,619.10 and each entity in the region receiving and administering their own funding allocation.
Section 4. The City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, is authorized to establish the HHAP-6 Grant Project (G02001110).
Section 5. If the HHAP-6 application for the Sacramento region is approved, the City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, is authorized to accept the State allocation of $16,120,619.10 in HHAP-6 grant funds to the City.
Section 6. The City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, is authorized to establish the revenue and expenditure budget in the amount of $16,120,619.10 in the HHAP-6 Grant Project (G020001110), Operating Grant Fund (Fund 2702) once the State funding is received.
Section 7. If the HHAP-6 application for the Sacramento region is approved, the City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, is authorized per City Code section 3.04.010(A)(5) to execute the State’s Standard Agreement for the City’s receipt of HHAP-6 funding (in an amount not to exceed $16,120.619.10 and with a term running through June 30, 2029), and any other documents required by the State to secure the HHAP-6 funding, with approval as to form by the City Attorney’s Office.
Section 8. Agreements for expenditure of the City’s HHAP-6 funding will be brought to the City Council for approval if necessary per the City Code, City ordinances and resolutions, and City procurement policies.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - All In Sacramento – Sacramento’s Regionally Coordinated Framework and Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness
Developed in partnership with:
Sacramento Steps Forward
Sacramento City and County Continuum of Care
Sacramento County
City of Sacramento
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
April 2024–
March 2027
FRAMEWORK
& ACTION PLAN
to Prevent and End Homelessness
Sacramento’s Regionally Coordinated
Sacramento City
and County
Continuum of Care
YEAR TWO UPDATE: 2025
I
n our pursuit of addressing
homelessness within the
Sacramento region, we wish to
acknowledge that Sacramento is the
homeland of the Southern Maidu,
Valley, and Plains Miwok, the Nisenan
people, the Patwin Wintun people,
and members of the Wilton Rancheria
Tribes, who have inhabited this
landscape since time immemorial.
We extend our gratitude to
the ancestors of all California
Native American Tribes and their
descendants, as we recognize that
wherever we are joining from in our
virtual community, we are all on
California Native American land.
We recognize the systemic inequities
created by the negative impacts
of colonization, past and present.
We stand committed to dismantle
ongoing legacies of oppression that
have dispossessed California Native
Americans of their lands and denied
their rights to self-determination.
Written by the Wilton Rancheria Tribe
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Land Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Introduction & Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Year Two in Context ................................... 7 Engagement Process and Plan Update .................... 8 Guiding Principles .................................... 9 2024 Gaps Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Key Findings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 System-Level Performance Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Year Two Action Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 PREVENT ......................................... 15
Solution 2: Diversion & Prevention Assistance ............ 15 RESPOND ......................................... 16
Solution 3: Outreach & Engagement ................... 16 Solution 4: Emergency Shelter & Interim Housing ......... 17 RESOLVE ......................................... 18
Solution 5: Rehousing Assistance ..................... 18 Solution 6: Permanent Supportive Housing .............. 19 SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE .......................... 20
Solution 1: Coordinated Access & Navigation ............ 20 Solution 7: Integrated Services ........................ 21 Solution 8: System Capacity Building & Training .......... 22 ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 4 INTRODUCTION
& BACKGROUND
R
eleased in 2024, All In Sacramento represents a regionally coordinated framework and action plan to prevent and end homelessness. All In Sacramento serves as a guide for regional partners to build upon previous progress and momentum with an actionable plan that sets the course for creating a system that is responsive to the needs of Sacramento neighbors facing homelessness. It was developed in partnership among Sacramento Steps Forward (SSF), the Sacramento City and County Continuum of Care (CoC), the City of Sacramento, Sacramento County, and the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA), in addition to a wide range of partners and system leaders. 2024 RCHAP RCHAP Summary RCHAP 6-Month Progress Report
Developed in partnership with:
Sacramento Steps Forward
Sacramento City and County Continuum of Care
Sacramento County
City of Sacramento
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
April 2024–
March 2027
FRAMEWORK
& ACTION PLAN
to Prevent and End Homelessness
Sacramento’s Regionally Coordinated
Sacramento City
and County
Continuum of Care
Actionable Results-
oriented
Roadmap
for Future
Funding
The All In Sacramento plan builds upon the 2022 Local Homeless Action Plan that created a regional partnership, established strategies, set benchmarks, and met state funding requirements. This next phase features eight core solutions that represent more targeted components of an effective and coordinated system. Key actions in each of these areas will help the Sacramento community achieve its vision of making homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring.
Continue to improve the countywide
Coordinated Access System by building
capacity to the 2-1-1 (#8) Housing Crisis
Line and by adding physical access
points
Establish a Coordinated Prevention Core
Team for the region, with a priority on
involving people with lived experience.
Establish a multi-year plan to increase
the community’s ability to rapidly
rehouse persons experiencing
homelessness
Improve access to resources across
systems including, for instance,
behavioral health, hospitals, jails, public
benefits, and employment
Implement a pilot program to
identify the most frequently served
individuals across systems and provide
individualized support
Outreach & Engagement
Align outreach efforts across jurisdictions
and facilitate permanent housing
placements from unsheltered locations
Coordinated Access & Navigation
Centralized access to homeless and
rehousing services across a variety
of physical and virtual access points
Diversion & Prevention Assistance
Prevent at-risk households from falling into
homelessness and/or divert from entry into the
homeless response system
Emergency Shelter & Interim Housing
Continue support for flexible emergency shelter and
interim housing that focuses on moving clients to
permanent housing
An updated strategic plan outlining a county-wide approach to ending homelessness that is:
Integrated Services
Expand partnerships with other systems that
serve clients experiencing homelessness,
including behavioral health, jails, hospitals, and others Rehousing Assistance
Coordinate existing and new rehousing
resources to rapidly move clients to
permanent housing
Permanent Supportive Housing
Expand housing opportunities and capacity
dedicated to meet the housing needs of
persons experiencing homelessness
System Capacity Building & Training
Continue to develop and train a diverse
workforce to deliver homelessness
services across the response system
Developed in partnership with the City of Sacramento, Sacramento County, Sacramento Continuum of Care, a
nd the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
Regionally Coordinated
FRAMEWORK & ACTION PLAN
to Prevent and End Homelessness
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
A Strategy for Addressing Homelessness
Key Strategies
Developed in partnership with:
Sacramento Steps Forward
Sacramento City and County Continuum of Care
Sacramento County
City of Sacramento
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
April 2024–
March 2027
FRAMEWORK
& ACTION PLANto Prevent and End Homelessness
Sacramento’s Regionally Coordinated
Sacramento Cityand County
Continuum of Care
Investing in and
coordinating efforts
to prevent
homelessness,Fundamentally
reorienting our
system’s focus on
Rehousing, and
Ensuring consistent
and equitable access
to quality person-
centered care.
Reduce the number of
people experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness
by 20%,
Increase the
percentage of people
exiting to permanent
housing to at
least 42%
A person-centered,
trauma-informed
regional response
system where
homelessness is
rare, brief, and non-
recurring.
In order to: So that we can
realize our vision:
Transforming
our system by:
20%
42%
September 2024 – February 2025 Progress Report
Framework & Action Plan
Regionally Coordinated
To Prevent and End Homelessness
The 2024 plan is available here for reference, along with a summary and mid-year progress report from April 2025.
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 5 The following chart from the progress report is replicated to note the 6-month status of all 53 actions identi ied in the original plan. These are categorized by the eight solution areas and by
responsible agency/ies. A one-year report this fall will provide an overview of progress.
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 6 This approach is grounded by eight Solutions, which collectively aim to have the greatest impact on reducing the number of people experiencing homelessness and improving the overall performance and quality of homelessness prevention, crisis response, and permanent housing assistance. While each Solution will support and drive different system goals, all Solutions support the achievement of two primary system-level measures of success:
Reduce the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness by 20% between the 2024 Point-in-Time (PIT) count and the 2026 PIT count .
Increase t he percentage of people exiting to permanent housing to at least 42% .
PREVENT
Helping people stay housed
through support
RESPOND
Meeting urgent needs through
shelter and outreach
RESOLVE
Connecting people to
long-term housing solutions
1. A COORDINATED ACCESS SYSTEM
7. INTEGRATED SERVICES
8. CAPACITY BUILDING & TRAINING
3. OUTREACH &
ENGAGEMENT 5. REHOUSING
2. PREVENTION
& DIVERSION
4. SHELTER &
INTERIM HOUSING
6. PERMANENT
HOUSING
This document outlines the Year Two Action Plan defining efforts from September 2025- August 2026. The plan includes activities tailored to the regional landscape and aligns with national, evidence-based best practices. It is organized around a Prevent, Respond, Resolve framework which directs community resources toward reducing the inflow of people entering homelessness and increasing outflow to housing and services, while sustaining effective crisis and sheltering responses.
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 7 Year Two
In Context
The Year Two Action Plan
has been developed in a time
marked by uncertainty and
shifting priorities. The challenges
ahead are significant, and the
path to progress is unsteady.
The assumptions underpinning
this plan are grounded in the
understanding that much of the
funding flexibility that our region’s
homeless response system has
previously relied upon is now
at risk.
The next round of the state
Homeless Housing, Assistance
& Prevention program—a
considerable funding source for
the region for over five years—
is not guaranteed. Moreover,
federal funding decreases are a
looming reality, particularly in the form of cuts to public benefits such as SNAP, Medicaid, and Medicare. These cuts will have a profound impact on the most vulnerable in our community, complicating efforts for our region to prevent and resolve homelessness and contributing to housing insecurity.
In this political climate, progress, despite unprecedented investment and collaboration, often feels out of reach. Our community’s dedication, hardworking providers, and newly rooted systemic changes are not yet apparent. Nevertheless, Sacramento must maintain the momentum of this investment and collaboration with a focused, flexible, and feasible Year Two plan. All In Sacramento is not just a response to the immediate needs of today, but a recognition of the need to be adaptive, resilient, and strategic in the face of profound shifts in funding, policy, and political will. It reflects our community’s commitment to continue the work that is so vital to helping our neighbors, even in times of uncertainty.
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 8 Engagement Process and Plan Update
All In Sacramento was updated in partnership with SSF, the Sacramento City and County CoC, the City of Sacramento, Sacramento County, and SHRA in collaboration with partners across the region, including surrounding jurisdictions and partners with lived expertise of homelessness and housing instability. Many opportunities were provided to convene and gather input from sector partners and community members on the strategic direction of All In Sacramento, with a focus on needs and opportunities for this updated iteration of the Action Plan. This included multiple targeted engagement sessions from May to July 2025, culminating in three large public convenings. Over 330 partners and community members attended these sessions. Participants included City and County representatives, department leaders from local jurisdictions, homeless services and housing providers, Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans, federally recognized tribal governments, and people with lived experience of homelessness, among many others. These sessions were published widely through targeted outreach, email listservs, and social media.
In addition to two virtual public sessions hosted by the Continuum of Care (CoC), and a forum with community leaders, the following meetings were held with partners that represent unique interests in the CoC, City of Sacramento, Sacramento County, and community:
CoC Partners With Lived Expertise
Committee
CoC Systems Performance Committee
Youth Action Board
Housing Families First Collaborative
Managed Care Plans
County Behavioral Health Services
Department
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 9 Guiding Principles
The Sacramento community has consistently relied upon a set of core Guiding Principles to inform and direct the management and operations of the homeless system response. Community partners have continued to uplift these same principles through the All In planning and updating process with some important refinements and additions. The following Guiding Principles offer a critical set of qualitative measures for success to pair with the quantitative measures outlined in the Measurement Framework to apply across all proposed strategies in support of a shared vision for a more collaborative, accessible, and transparent homeless response system.
All In Sacramento’s Guiding Principles:
1 2
5 3
6 4
7 Best Practices
Apply evidence-based practices and innovative strategies to make homelessness in Sacramento rare, brief, and non-recurring
Person-Centered
Implement a person-centered, trauma-informed county-wide response system, which values personal and community connections and healing Lived-Expertise Voice
Create partnerships that value the leadership, experiences, voices, and contributions of people with lived expertise in addressing homelessness and housing instability Housing First
Promote housing-first policies and practices that incorporate immediate and ongoing supportive service needs (i.e., mental health, substance use, housing retention) Data Driven
Collect and use quality data to inform decisions and continuous improvement for program prioritization, policy development, and resource allocation Community Accountability
Prioritize a continuous improvement and accountability framework that strengthens system functionality, transparency, and responsiveness
Collaboration
Facilitate collaborative planning & decision-making across jurisdictions ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 10 2024 GAPS
ANALYSIS
T
he 2024 Gaps Analysis Report for the Sacramento Continuum of Care estimates that 16,000 to 19,000 people, in 12,000 to 14,000 households, experience literal homelessness each year in Sacramento. The model reaches this estimate by merging data from the 2024 Point in Time (PIT) count with 2023 annual service totals from the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). This analysis builds a model that estimates the difference between the scale and scope of the current system and one that would fully serve the community’s need. It is intended to allow for more informed decision- making when funding and designing programs, by determining where additions would have the largest positive effect on the system.
Key Findings
According to the 2024 Gaps Analysis,
among the households who experience
literal homelessness annually, it is
estimated that:
41% of households are chronically
homeless (disabled and literally
homeless for 12 months or more within
the last three years). Most of these are
adult-only households.
35% are unsheltered and can’t access
shelter due to insufficient housing and
sheltering capacity.
16% are family households containing
both adults and children.
10% are veteran-led households.
9% are transition-aged youth led
households, ages 18 to 24.
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 11 The 2024 Gaps Analysis finds that
a near-term expansion focusing on
prevention, diversion, and rehousing
services, combined with a sustained
commitment to building additional
targeted affordable housing, could
result in no unsheltered homelessness
in the community within 5 years and a
53% reduction in total homelessness
within 10 years. These changes
would serve to reduce the inflow to
homelessness by expanding prevention
and diversion services while increasing
outflow from homelessness by
expanding Rapid Re-Housing (RRH)
programs and available housing stock.
The 2024 Gaps Analysis finds that a near-
term expansion focusing on prevention,
diversion, and rehousing services,
combined with a sustained commitment
to building additional targeted affordable
housing, could result in
a 53%
reduction in total
homelessness
within 10 years.
no unsheltered
homelessness
in the community
within 5 years and
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 12 SYSTEM-LEVEL
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
T
he All In Sacramento action plan is designed to improve the following system-level measures that track how well the overall homeless response system is doing regarding key performance goals:
Reduce the number
of people experiencing
homelessness
Reduce the number of persons
who return to homelessness
after housing placement
Reduce the number of
people who become
homeless for the first time
Reduce the number
of people experiencing
unsheltered homelessness
Increase successful
placements from
street outreach
Reduce the length
of time persons
remain homeless
Increase the number of
people exiting homelessness
into permanent housing
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 13 A priority focus and specific targets have been set for two of the system- level measures:
Reduce the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness by 20% between the 2024 Point-in-Time (PIT) count and the 2026 PIT count.
Increase the percentage of people exiting to permanent housing to at least 42%.
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 14 YEAR TWO
ACTION PLAN
PREVENT
Helping people stay housed
through support
RESPOND
Meeting urgent needs through
shelter and outreach
RESOLVE
Connecting people to
long-term housing solutions
1. A COORDINATED ACCESS SYSTEM
7. INTEGRATED SERVICES
8. CAPACITY BUILDING & TRAINING
3. OUTREACH &
ENGAGEMENT 5. REHOUSING
2. PREVENTION
& DIVERSION
4. SHELTER &
INTERIM HOUSING
6. PERMANENT
HOUSING
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 15 SOLUTION 2:
Diversion & Prevention Assistance
Implementation Lead: Sacramento Steps Forward (SSF)
System-Level Performance Measures:
Reduce th e number of people who become homeless for the first time Reduce the number of people who return to homelessness after housing placement Reduce the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness Reduce the length of time people remain homeless Sub-Solution 2.a: Establish and continue to scale a community-wide coordinated prevention system model to identify and assist people who are housing insecure, including people imminently at-risk of literal homelessness Year Two Actions Collaborating Partners
Convene partners to support the development
and implementation of a county-wide prevention
approach.
SSF/CoC, Partners with Lived Expertise
Committee, Youth Action Board, City of
Sacramento, Sacramento County
Assess the current prevention program landscape
and determine the need for additional screening
tools, assessments, and processes.
SSF/CoC, City of Sacramento,
Sacramento County
Implement the county-wide prevention approach
to expand access to financial assistance programs
and assist with rapidly exiting or preventing clients
from entering homelessness.
SSF/CoC, City of Sacramento,
Sacramento County
Sub-Solution 2.b: Grow and embed problem-solving/diversion in all system access sites, safe grounds, respite centers, and emergency shelters
Year Two Actions Collaborating Partners
Update Housing Problem Solving training to align
with prevention strategy and create opportunities
for providers to build competencies related to
conversational case management and creative
problem-solving.
SSF/CoC, Partners With Lived Expertise
PREVENT
Targeted Prevention
One-time and short-term prevention
assistance for those at highest risk.
Diversion
Immediate problem-solving and
resources to avoid shelter.
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 16 SOLUTION 3:
Outreach & Engagement
Implementation Co-Leads: City of Sacramento and County of Sacramento System-Level Performance Measures:
Reduce the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness Increase successful placements from street outreach Increase the number of people exiting homelessness into permanent housing Reduce the length of time people remain homeless
Sub-Solution 3.a: Provide comprehensive, coordinated, county-wide street outreach that supports successful resolution of unsheltered homelessness Year Two Actions Collaborating Partners
Analyze and employ strategies to accelerate
reductions in street homelessness.
City of Sacramento
Enhance encampment response coordination
between the City, County, and CoC.
City of Sacramento, Sacramento County,
SSF/CoC
Implement pilot veterans outreach program using
VA rehousing resources (HUD VASH).
City of Sacramento, Department of
Veterans Affairs, Sacramento Housing and
Redevelopment Agency
RESPOND
Street Outreach
Individualized engagement and
connection to housing assistance
Temporary Housing
Emergency shelter, transitional
housing, and interim housing.
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 17 SOLUTION 4:
Emergency Shelter & Interim Housing
Implementation Co-Leads: City of Sacramento and County of Sacramento System-Level Performance Measures:
Increase the number of people accessing services who are experiencing homelessness Reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness (sheltered and unsheltered) Increase the number of people exiting homelessness into permanent housing Reduce the length of time people remain homeless
Sub-Solution 4.a: Increase emergency shelter and interim housing capacity to meet the current needs of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness Year Two Actions Collaborating Partners
Open Watt Ave Safe Stay, offering 225 new
shelter beds.
Sacramento County
Continue funding for emergency shelter and
interim housing capacity and leverage available
funding sources, cost savings, and efficiencies
within those programs.
City of Sacramento, Sacramento County,
SSF/CoC
Increase capacity of non-traditional, innovative,
non-congregate interim housing and emergency
shelter capacity.
City of Sacramento
Sub-Solution 4.b: Ensure emergency shelter , interim housing, and transitional housing programs are high quality and effective in resolving homelessness Year Two Actions Collaborating Partners
Develop recommendations for the design of
ombuds services that provide shelter-focused
grievance support and analysis of program quality
and standards.
SSF/CoC, Partners With Lived Expertise
Committee, Community Accountability
Committee
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 18 SOLUTION 5:
Rehousing Assistance
Implementation Lead: Sacramento Steps Forward (SSF)
System-Level Performance Measures:
Reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness (sheltered and unsheltered) Increase the number of people exiting homelessness into permanent housing Reduce the length of time people remain homeless
Reduce the number of people who return to homelessness after housing placement Sub-Solution 5.a: Increase and improve rehousing assistance to improve permanent housing outcomes
Year Two Actions Collaborating Partners
Implement a rehousing assistance infrastructure
for landlord engagement and housing placements
through targeted grant funding.
Sacramento County, Managed Care Plans
Establish a family-focused RRH program to
support transitioning clients for family shelter
programs.
SSF/CoC, Housing Families First
Family Collaborative
Establish a short-term rapid re-housing program
to quickly resolve housing insecurity and
homelessness for Transition Age Youth.
Youth Action Board
RESOLVE
Short and Medium Term Housing
Individualized housing search and placement with time-
limited financial assistance and stabilization services.
Permanent Housing
Permanent supportive housing
assistance with ongoing services.
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 19 SOLUTION 6:
Permanent Supportive Housing
Implementation Co-Leads: City of Sacramento, County of Sacramento, and SHRA System-Level Performance Measures:
Reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness
Increase the number of people exiting homelessness into permanent housing Reduce the length of time people remain homeless
Reduce the number of people who return to homelessness after housing placement Sub-Solution 6.a: Sustain the stock of homeless-dedicated permanent supportive housing units and other homeless dedicated affordable housing subsidies/units with ongoing services
Year Two Actions Collaborating Partners
Provide financing for permanent housing
projects with homeless set-aside units.
City of Sacramento, Sacramento County,
SSF/CoC, Managed Care Plans
Convene affordable housing developers to
innovate cost-effective solutions to increasing the
permanent housing stock for people experiencing
homelessness.
City of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, SSF/CoC
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 20 SOLUTION 1:
Coordinated Access & Navigation
Implementation Lead: Sacramento Steps Forward (SSF)
System-Level Performance Measures:
Reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness (sheltered and unsheltered) Increase the number of people exiting homelessness into permanent housing Reduce the length of time people remain homeless
Increase the number of people accessing services who are experiencing homelessness Reduce th e number of people who become homeless for the first time Sub-Solution 1.a: Increase and improve participation of homeless assistance service providers and community access points in the Coordinated Access System (CAS)
Year Two Actions Collaborating Partners
Explore strategies to expand CAS access points. SSF/CoC, Coordinated Access System Committee, City of Sacramento, County of
Sacramento
Improve use of the by-name-list (BNL) and case
conferencing.
SSF/CoC, City of Sacramento, County
of Sacramento
Ensure CAS assessors are operating in under-
resourced communities.
SSF/CoC, Community Accountability
Committee, City of Sacramento,
Sacramento County
Complete an evaluation of the Coordinated
Access System focused on alignment across
city and county CAS-participating programs,
accessibility for key stakeholders, and
opportunities for greater efficiency and integration.
City of Sacramento, County of
Sacramento, SSF/CoC
SYSTEM
INFRASTRUCTURE
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 21 SOLUTION 7:
Integrated Services
Implementation Lead: County of Sacramento
System-Level Performance Measures:
Increase successful placements from street outreach Increase the number of people exiting homelessness to permanent housing Reduce the number of people who return to homelessness after housing placement Reduce the length of time people remain homeless Sub-Solution 7.a: Ensure comprehensive and coordinated discharge planning from hospitals, jails, and other institutional settings to prevent people from becoming homeless upon discharge
Year Two Actions Collaborating Partners
Develop a plan for supporting and housing people
with medical vulnerabilities.
Sacramento County, SSF/CoC, City of
Sacramento
Sub-Solution 7.b: Increase coordination with criminal legal system to improve connections to housing and services among unhoused justice-involved individuals Year Two Actions Collaborating Partners
Align the data integration efforts with planning
efforts for Social Health Information Exchange
(SHIE) to eventually implement data sharing
between justice system partners and
homelessness response systems to assess the
number of justice-involved unhoused individuals
and dedicate resources gaps for housing and
services.
Sacramento County, Managed Care
Plans, SSF/CoC
Explore feasibility of developing cross-functional/
multi-system client assessment tools and
leveraging 2-1-1 to more effectively connect
people experiencing homelessness to critical
service supports (e.g. Behavioral Health and
CalAIM).
SSF/CoC, City of Sacramento,
Sacramento County
Assess initial outcomes of the Housing
Conversation Tool and recommend any needed
changes to how individuals are prioritized for
housing and services.
SSF/CoC, City of Sacramento,
Sacramento County
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 22 SOLUTION 8:
System Capacity Building & Training
Implementation Lead: Sacramento Steps Forward (SSF)
System-Level Performance Measures:
Reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness (sheltered and unsheltered) Reduce the number of people who become homeless for the first time Increase the number of people exiting homelessness into permanent housing Reduce the number of people who return to homelessness after housing placement Increase successful placements from outreach Increase the number of people accessing services who are experiencing homelessness
Increase the number of people accessing services who are experiencing homelessness Sub-Solution 8.a: Ensure system capacity for data collection, reporting, and evaluation Year Two Actions Collaborating Partners
Release and monitor data quality standards for
programs using HMIS.
SSF/CoC
Incorporate HMIS training, technical assistance,
and support in system-wide training plans to
improve data quality and completeness.
SSF/CoC
Sub-Solution 8.b: Recruit and retain a diverse workforce that reflects system needs Year Two Actions Collaborating Partners
Create a workgroup for recommendations
on workforce recruitment, retention, and
development.
SSF/CoC, City of Sacramento,
Sacramento County
Sub-Solution 8.c: Further develop system-wide training opportunities and related training infrastructure to support staff development and improve system and program performance
Year Two Actions Collaborating Partners
Deliver rapid rehousing-focused training
for effective case management, landlord
engagement, and rental assistance.
SSF/CoC, City of Sacramento,
Sacramento County
ALL IN SACRAMENTO PLAN: APRIL 2024–2027, YEAR TWO UPDATE 23 Sub-Solution 8.d: Increase community support for countywide homelessness activities through increased and improved engagement
Year Two Actions Collaborating Partners
Regularly convene providers to inform system
improvements and forge stronger partnerships,
inform and co-develop innovative solutions related
to homelessness prevention, capacity building,
provider training and system implementation.
SSF/CoC