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The City of Sacramento, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, Sacramento Steps Forward, and the County of Sacramento are collaborating to keep you informed about our collective efforts to address Sacramento homelessness. In this newsletter, we...

Towards creating a community-wide coordinated access system, we are looking to soon release a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Coordinated Access Navigation (CAN) Team. This program will focus on providing more intensive problem-solving and resource navigation, when needed, to supplement support provided from other, non-2-1-1 problem-solving access points (PSAPs). Please watch for more communications from us and check our website for more details.

The Sacramento Homeless Policy Council (SHPC), which includes elected officials and Sacramento’s Continuum of Care leaders, will come together on Friday, June 17 at 1:00-3:30PM to engage in broad-based, collaborative, and strategic discussions in response to Sacramento’s homelessness crisis. RSVP to attend and stay informed by exploring the link above.

Kazoua Heu, Program Manager at Lao Family Community Development (LFCD), amplifies matters affecting the community. She is a voice for the people greatly impacted by systems to ensure that no one is left behind. Read more about Kazoua and her work at LFCD!

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI Heritage Month) is an annual celebration that recognizes the historical and cultural contributions of individuals and groups of Asian and Pacific Islander descent to the United States. The AAPI umbrella term includes cultures from the entire Asian continent—including East, Southeast and South Asia—and the Pacific Islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. As of 2019, there were about 22.9 million people of Asian or Pacific Islander descent in the United States. According to the Pew Research Center, AAPI people are a diverse and growing population that make up about 7 percent of the total U.S. population. AAPI Heritage Month 2022 will take place from Sunday, May 1 to Tuesday, May 31.

If you’d like to help us build community and share your perspectives based on racial equity values, please complete this Racial Equity Spotlight Form and/or Awareness & Heritage Month Form.

We remember Melinda Davis, who was among the six people killed in the April shooting in Downtown Sacramento. In this post, we share a snippet of Melinda’s life as she experienced unsheltered homelessness with strong will and the support provided to her through community outreach services.

The SSF Staff is expanding! Please help us welcome Tanesha Travis, Kai Koumatos, and Brandi O’Toole. They will all play instrumental roles in establishing community roots, providing HMIS technical assistance, and enhancing our capacity to support homelessness prevention and solutions in Sacramento.

The Sacramento County Division of Behavioral Health’s MHSA-funded “Mental Illness: It’s not always what you think” project continues to raise awareness about the importance of mental health. This May and always, this effort aims to reduce stigma and inspire hope and positivity for individuals and families living with mental illness. 

We encourage you to explore mental health services and other behavioral health resources available through the Department of Health Services.

We’re hiring! We have openings in several departments and are currently accepting applications for analysts, specialists, and managers. We highly encourage you to browse our job postings and to share with your networks. Make sure to read the postings for instructions and submit your application package to jobs@sacstepsforward.org.

We are monitoring available trainings and hosting community learning events to support the continued training and development of Sacramento professionals working in homelessness.

Browse upcoming trainings and access our previous discussions. Sessions denoted with “*” are SSF hosted and/or co-hosted sessions.

The Sacramento CoC meetings occur on a monthly basis. Stay informed by attending the upcoming June 2022 meetings:

06/08 | CoC Board

06/09 | Coordinated Entry System Committee

06/15 | Racial Equity Committee

06/16 | PIT Committee

06/21 | Project Review Committee

06/23 | System Performance Committee