Napa County Receives $11.3 Million Homelessness Grant

NAPA COUNTY, CA – Napa County Health and Human Services Agency will receive $11.3 million over the next five years as part of a state grant targeting chronic homeless and those at risk of homelessness, according to county officials.

HHSA will get $2.26 million per year for five years.

“This grant represents a dramatic investment in the services that are crucial to community efforts to end chronic homelessness,” said Howard Himes, HHSA director. “Addressing the totality of needs of people in crisis will help us to make a lasting positive impact on their lives.”

The purpose of the Whole Person Care Pilot is to develop coordinated systems of care that address all the needs of people who are experiencing or are at risk of homelessness. The goal of the pilot is to reduce system expenditures (emergency response, hospital, and other costs) for these individuals and ultimately save the system money.

There are two major components to the project:

· Mobile Engagement: Contact people who are or are at risk of homelessness, connect them to services and coordinate with other service providers.

· Housing Support: Find housing, work with landlords to meet their needs, help people become housed and support them to keep them housed.

This is part of the joint effort by the City of Napa and the county to redesign the housing and homeless services delivery system with a goal of ending chronic homelessness in the community.

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