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 highlight the recently approved Coordinated Access System.
On April 21, 2022, the Sacramento Continuum of Care hosted their Annual Meeting. In partnership with the City and County of Sacramento, the meeting was focused on the development of a state required regional homelessness action plan. This local homelessness action plan builds from existing plans, activities, and funding, and will focus on system level strategies to help end homelessness in Sacramento. After an overview of the progress of the plan and information on a gaps analysis that is in process, nearly 150 participants provided their input on the strategies and discussed proposed activities. Click below for more information about the meeting including the meeting recording and the presentation.
Recently approved by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, the Sacramento City Council and the CoC Board, the Coordinated Access System will replace a siloed approach to addressing homelessness with a systematic approach that is designed to leverage all of the resources available in the region and looks to provide lasting results for clients. People in crisis will have one phone number to call. On the other end will be specially trained staff and caseworkers who will work with them to immediately problem solve their situation and refer them to the best resource available in the area, ranging from one-time funds to prevent entering into homelessness, emergency shelter, to more permanent solutions. Implementation of this plan begins right away. Follow the link below to learn more.
In 2020, SSF, Sacramento County, City of Sacramento and the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency implemented Project RoomKey - an emergency motel program in response to COVID-19 - to bring the most vulnerable members of our community indoors. This program went from conception to reality in a matter of weeks and has served over 2,000 people in medical isolation and preventative care in the just over two years the program has been open.

The Way Home is a short-form documentary series from KTF Films and Bread and Butter Films that focuses on the current homelessness epidemic in California. Sacramento's Project RoomKey program was featured as episode 4 in the second season of this series. Clink the link below to watch.
At SSF, we remain committed to ending homelessness in the Sacramento region through collaboration, innovation, and enhancing access to services. The Big Day of Giving is an annual 24-hour giving challenge to help over 700 local nonprofits raise funds to make a difference in the Sacramento region. You can donate between now and 11:59 PM Thursday, May 5th. Please visit our Big Day of Giving website to donate today! Your donation will help us adapt to the changing needs of a community in crisis and continue our work to meaningfully end homelessness.
The SSF Staff is expanding! Please help us welcome our newest additions: Wendy Huynh (HMIS Manager) and Jesse Archer (CoC Analyst). They will all play instrumental roles in advancing and enhancing our HMIS and CoC-wide activities.
We are monitoring available trainings and hosting community learning events to support the continued training and development of Sacramento professionals working in homelessness.

Browse the featured sessions below, view other upcoming trainings, and access previous discussions.

*SSF hosted and/or co-hosted sessions.
The Sacramento CoC meetings occur on a monthly basis. Stay informed by attending the upcoming April 2022 meetings:
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