TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ryan J Alsop, Napa County Executive Officer and Steve Potter, City of Napa City Manager
REPORT BY: Jennifer Palmer, Napa County Director of Housing & Homeless Services and Molly Rattigan, City of Napa Deputy City Manager
SUBJECT: Homeless Services Annual Report
RECOMMENDATION
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SPECIAL JOINT MEETING - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS & NAPA CITY COUNCIL
Receive an annual report on homeless services from the Director of Housing & Homeless Services for Napa County and Deputy City Manager for the City of Napa.
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BACKGROUND
System Overview - Historical and Current Context
Historically, the City of Napa ("City") and County of Napa ("County") have partnered with each other to address the needs of homeless individuals and families across the region. City funded outreach activities as well as fifty percent of year-round shelter operation costs for homeless individuals and families. County funded specialty mental health services for people with a serious mental illness, including outreach and engagement services, alcohol and drug recovery services for vulnerable individuals and families, as well as fifty percent of year-round shelter operation costs.
In 2016, the City and County launched a multi-year process to review and transform the local homelessness crisis response system to address the needs of persons experiencing homelessness more effectively. This work began by gathering community stakeholder feedback and completing a comprehensive analysis of the local homelessness crisis response system. This analysis led to the development of data-driven recommendations for innovative and strategies to transform the City and County's homeless response system. With the help of national experts at the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) and the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), the City and County undertook activities to retool its system-wide response to homelessness, including community stakeholder meetings, a comprehensive da...
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