Safe Stay FAQs

As the largest provider of social services in the county, Sacramento County offers an array of services aimed at helping individuals and families experiencing homelessness to regain health, income and permanent housing stability. The County has been, and will continue to be, committed to funding and providing services, mitigating neighborhood impacts and promoting smart strategies and coordination related to those experiencing homelessness with compassion and dignity.

The Board of Supervisor has significantly increased funding committed to expand outreach, shelter and housing services for people living unsheltered in encampments, in vehicles and along the American River Parkway through the American Rescue Act Plan funding as well as within the fiscal year budgets. Included in these commitments is funding to open and operate sanctioned encampment sites, also known as "safe stay communities," to help transition occupants of encampments into longer term shelter and permanent housing and to reduce the number of scattered encampments in the unincorporated County. ​