HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS
STRA TEGIC PLAN:
YEAR TWO REPORT 2024
City Council
January 28, 2025
Kelli Kuykendall
Housing and Community Services
1 Overview
• Strategic Plan 2023-2027
• Year Two Implementation Plan
2024
• Year Two Report 2024
• Year Three Implementation Plan
2025
2 Strategic Plan
• Council approved November 15, 2022
• Five Year Period: 2023 – 2027
• Three Key Strategies and Action Items
• Improve City’s response to homelessness in
alignment with the Sonoma County Homeless
Coalition (Continuum of Care (CoC))
• Achieve “Functional Zero” Homelessness –
rare, brief, non-recurring – by 2027
3 Y ear Two Implementation Plan
2024
• Operationalize Key Strategies and Actions
• Priorities – Two Tiers
• Regional Initiatives
• Updated throughout 2024
• Made Available on City’s Website
4 Strategy One:
Improve System Performance
5 2024 Key Accomplishments
• Implemented $3.9M Homelessness Prevention Pilot
Program (Keep People Housed (KPH) – Sonoma)
• Participated in Sonoma County Homelessness Working
Group focused on resource prioritization
• Continued coordination of Santa Rosa-specific by-
names-list (BNL)
• Continued administration of $2.3M from Home
Investment Partnerships - American Rescue Plan
(HOME-ARP) program
Strategy Two:
Respond to Unsheltered Homelessness
6 2024 Key Accomplishments
• Completed interior improvements and Sam Jones
Hall Annex
• Continued administration of $3.8M grant from
State’s Encampment Resolution Fund (ERF)
program
• Expanded outreach dedicated to downtown area
• Continued implementation of City Encampment
Team
Strategy Three:
Collaborate with Regional Partners
7 2024 Key Accomplishments
• Completed Year Two Implementation Plan (2024)
• Improve client engagement/feedback processes
• Report on investments in homeless services,
affordable and supportive housing
• Participated in Sonoma County Homeless
Coalition Racial Equity Workgroup
Strategic Investments
• 18% decrease in homelessness
over 2 year period
• $5M annually + one-time funds
• Range of services
➢Street outreach
➢Emergency Shelter/Safe Parking
➢Housing Assistance
➢Homelessness Prevention
➢Supportive Services 8
Strategic Investments
• FY 23/24 – 579 individuals
housed, 52% increase over FY
22/23
• KPH Sonoma – Prevent
homelessness for 350-400
households
• City Encampment Team
➢Prevent large encampments
➢89% fewer RVs/vehicles
➢43% reduction citywide
9 Strategic Investments
Affordable Housing over 2-year
period
➢$34.6M local contribution
➢561 units completed -115
Permanent Supportive Housing
(PSH) or homeless dedicated
• $23.9M local contribution - 246
units under construction
• 131 Emergency Housing Vouchers
10 Y ear Three Implementation Plan
2025
• Monthly Updates
• Key Areas
➢Continued administration of ERF
& HOME-ARP funds
➢Oversee KPH Sonoma – Year One
➢Continue City Encampment Team
11 Recommendation
12 It is recommended by the Housing and
Community Services Department that the
Council receive a Year Two report (2024) on
the implementation of the Homelessness
Solutions Strategic Plan (2023-2027).