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Making Strides to Address Homelessness

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Guiding Principles

People experiencing homelessness have the same civil rights as housed residents

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• Unsheltered individuals, as all citizens, are deserving of the same access to public services and protection by law enforcement
  
• All people should have access to safe, decent and affordable housing that is reflective of their needs; outreach has the goal of working towards this with all unsheltered individuals
  
• The County must balance the interests and needs of unsheltered residents with the interests of other community residents
  

Non-punitive, engagement-focused approaches to resolving individual's homelessness are more preferable than enforcement, clearance, and criminalization

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• Intensive and persistent outreach and engagement is the key to building trust among persons living in encampments and other areas not meant for human habitation
  

Resolving homelessness requires collaboration from multiple sectors and systems; no single entity can or should have exclusive responsibility

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• ​​Promotion of cross-sector collaboration and collective support is key
• We commit to ongoing performance management, process improvement, and maintaining transparency and accountability at all levels of decision making​​

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Local Homeless Action Plan System Level Strategies

Reach system and performance goals.

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Build and scale a coordinated Access System (CAS)​

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Ensure emergency shelter & interim housing is focused on rehousing

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Increase permanent housing opportunities

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Expand prevention and diversion programs

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Invest in community capacity-building & training

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Ensure adequate behavioral health services

Contract Partner Opportunities

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​​​​​Sacramento County Department of Homeless Services and Housing (DHSH) has partnered with OpenGov​, a fully automated web-based electronic bidding and vendor management system.​