2008 Continuum of Care Project Summary |
Renewal Projects
1. Project Name: |
Shelter-Plus Care |
Sponsoring Agency: |
Housing Authority/County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency-Homeless Persons’ Health Project |
Number of Persons Served: |
13 |
Geographic Area: |
County-Wide |
Funding Request: |
$178,620 (for one year) |
Project Description: |
Permanent Housing with Social Services targeted for homeless persons with serious mental illness and chronic substance abuse project. This is a scattered-site program whereby individuals pay 30% of their income for rent and the Shelter-Plus Care program pays the remaining portion of rent. |
2. Project Name: |
M.A.T.C.H. |
Sponsoring Agency: |
County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency/Homeless Persons’ Health Project |
Number of Persons Served: |
33 |
Geographic Area: |
County-wide |
Funding Request: |
$350,920 (for one year) |
Project Description: |
Meaningful Answers to Chronic Homelessness (MATCH) provides permanent supportive housing county-wide for a minimum of 33 persons who are chronically homeless and have a long-term addiction to alcohol. |
3. Project Name: |
Brommer Street |
Sponsoring Agency: |
Housing Authority/Families in Transition |
Number of Persons Served: |
18 |
Geographic Area: |
Mid County, Unincorporated Area |
Funding Request: |
$56,000 (for one year) |
Project Description: |
The Housing Authority collaborates with the County Human Services Department (HSD) and Families in Transition (FIT) to operate a six- unit transitional house project on Brommer Street. The Housing Authority owns and operates the facility, and FIT selects families and provides them an array of support services as they transition from welfare to work. |
4. Project Name: |
Clean and Sober Shared Transitional Housing |
Sponsoring Agency: |
Families in Transition |
Number of Persons Served: |
14 parents and their children |
Geographic Area: |
County-wide |
Funding Request |
$181,158 (for one year) |
Project Description: |
The Clean and Sober Shared Transitional Housing project provides an opportunity for homeless parents in recovery from substance abuse to provide a safe and stable home for their children. Through this program homeless families live in shared housing where they can develop a solid sober social network with other parents. |
5. Project Name: |
Scattered Site Transitional Housing |
Sponsoring Agency: |
Families in Transition |
Number of Persons Served: |
25 homeless families and their children |
Geographic Area: |
County-Wide |
Funding Request: |
$186,186 (for one year) |
Project Description: |
This is a scattered site transitional housing model. Families are provided the opportunity to find housing of their own choosing. Transitional rental assistance generally lasts between 4 to 8 months, with some families receiving a housing subsidy for up to one year. Case Managers work with families to develop budgeting skills, gain employment and address issues that effect their ability to maintain housing. |
6. Project Name: |
Freedom Cottages |
Sponsoring Agency |
Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center |
Number of Persons Served: |
4 |
Geographic Area: |
County-wide |
Funding Request: |
$15,353 (for one year) |
Program Description |
Freedom Cottages provides permanent, supportive housing for homeless individuals with psychiatric disabilities, including the chronically homeless. This grant helps to pay for a support counselor that works with tenants on skill-building and linking tenants to employment or education resources in the community. |
7. Project Name: |
Anderson Homeless Housing Project |
Sponsoring Agency |
Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center |
Number of Persons Served: |
Between 8 and 11 individuals in a year |
Geographic Area: |
South Couth, unincorporated area |
Funding Request: |
$41,450 (for one year) |
Program Description |
Anderson House provides permanent, affordable, supportive housing for homeless individuals with psychiatric disabilities, including the chronically homeless. This grant helps to pay for a support counselor that works with tenants on maintaining sobriety, manage their disability, and obtain skills to successfully maintain permanent housing. |
8. Project Name: |
Page Smith Community House |
Sponsoring Agency |
Homeless Services Center |
Number of Persons Served: |
64 |
Geographic Area: |
City of Santa Cruz |
Funding Request |
$142,591 (for one year) |
Program Description |
The Page Smith Community House (PSCH) is a long-term transitional housing program for single-adults, who may stay up to 18 months. PSCH combines elements designed to increase one’s independent living skills with safe, secure and affordable housing. As a result of PSCH efforts, 81% of the residents successfully transitioned to permanent housing. |
9. Project Name: |
Corner House |
Sponsoring Agency: |
Salvation Army |
Number of Persons Served: |
7 homeless women with up to 11 children, up to the age of 6 |
Geographic Area: |
City of Watsonville |
Funding Request: |
$83,137 (for one year) |
Program Description: |
The Salvation Army Watsonville Corner House is a permanent housing program. The sober living house is in downtown Watsonville. The goal of the program is to develop skills to maintain permanent housing and increasing skills to achieve self-determination. |
10. Project Name: |
Sudden Street Transitional Housing |
Sponsoring Agency: |
Pajaro Valley Shelter Services |
Number of Persons Served: |
12 |
Geographic Area: |
City of Watsonville |
Funding Request: |
$13,623 (for one year) |
Program Description: |
The transitional housing program offers two units of housing, each which will accommodate up to six persons. The program provides housing and services of budgeting, community contacts for services, a savings program, monthly educational meetings, renter |
11. Project Name: |
Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) |
Sponsoring Agency |
County of Santa Cruz/Human Services Department |
Number of Persons Served: |
N/A |
Geographic Area: |
County-wide |
Funding Request: |
$89,985 (for one year) |
Program Description: |
The Santa Cruz County Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) primary goal is to document the demographics of homelessness in Santa Cruz County according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HMIS standards. A secondary goal of the project is to identify patterns in the utilization of homeless assistance, and document the effectiveness of the services for clients. HMIS is a project of the Homeless Action Partnership (HAP). |
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