DATE:
August 16, 2022
02
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY AND BENEFIT OF USING A BY-NAME-LIST TO SUPPORT HOMELESSNESS SERVICES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY (DISTRICTS: ALL)
Body
OVERVIEW
Homelessness continues to be one of the major issues facing the San Diego County region. The 2022 Point-in-Time Count (PITC) found approximately 8,427 individuals experiencing homelessness across the County, which is a 10% increase from 2020. This number includes 4,106 unsheltered San Diegans and 4,321 individuals in shelters. It also showed a 56% increase in families experiencing homelessness and concerning increases in the number of senior citizens and Black individuals experiencing homelessness. Of those surveyed, 85% said they had fallen into homelessness in our region.
As part of the effort to decrease homelessness across the nation, the Federal government mandates that each Continuum of Care across the United States maintain a Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) and software that complies with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) data collection, management, and reporting standards. HMIS is beneficial to many stakeholders and the data collected is also used to better inform homeless policy and decision making at the federal, state, and local levels.
In San Diego County, the Regional Task Force on Homelessness (RTFH) serves as the HMIS Lead Agency. HMIS has allowed San Diego County service providers to compete more effectively for federal funding to support the work of preventing and ending homelessness. HMIS enables providers to better manage client data, coordinate services, guide resource allocation and streamline service delivery. HMIS was crucial to San Diego's implementation of a Coordinated Entry System, which streamlines the process of finding housing for homeless individuals and families, with the goal of housing the most vulnerable people first.
Today's recommendation aims to expand on this g...
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