The Board of Supervisors, at its March 26 meeting, received a report on outreach and engagement efforts to address homelessness in the unincorporated County...
Updates to the original release below will appear in bold/italic. Due to the forecasted rain, in coordination with the Sacramento County Dep...
Keith and Sadie amble around the grounds at the Florin and Power Inn Safe Stay Community – a collection of tiny sleeping cabins that shelter homeless people w...
On Thursday, December 14, 2023, Sacramento County Supervisor Patrick Kennedy cut the ribbon on the County's second Safe Stay Community for people experiencing...
Sacramento Steps Forward (SSF) announced today that the evenings of Wednesday, January 24 and Thursday, January 25 have been selected for Sacramento's 2024 Poi...
Due to the incoming weather system meeting the approved thresholds this weekend the following weather respite locations will be activated beginning Friday even...
Amelia reaches to gently pet the fluffing feathers of her baby parrot Sunshine. Her brilliant orange, yellow and green feathers puff up in happiness as she m...
On Friday, August 25, the Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance, through the steadfast work of County staff and community partners, was able t...
On Monday, August 21, 2023, Sacramento County's first Safe Stay Community welcomed its first guests. The sleeping cabin-style shelter campus has a capa...
A painter, a dishwasher and waiter, a cook – the list goes on. Antonio has been a lot of things in his 63 years. Five weeks ago, he added something else to the...
The Board of Supervisors, on Tuesday, August 8, approved the County to receive the Housing and Homeless Incentive Program (HHIP) to increase the Landlord En...
As part of the Local Homeless Action Plan (LHAP) and in conjunction with the City-County Partnership Agreement, the Coordinated Access System (CAS) has been d...
It's been 13 years since 71-year-old Wayne hopped on a bus in Augusta, Georgia, in search of somewhere with trees to call home. Trees that he had seen in ...
On May 23, 2023, the Sacramento County Department of Homeless Services and Housing (DHSH) led a workshop on homelessness at the Board of Supervisors meeting ...
On Thursday, May 18, the Sacramento Bee posted an article about the County’s plan to ramp down Project Roomkey (PRK) in the coming months. However, the charac...
Sacramento County has hired a new non-profit shelter operator to take over operations of the Full Service Rehousing Shelter (FSRS) program. FSRS provides low-b...
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved at its March 28 meeting $1,000,000 in General Fund dollars to preserve housing supports for individ...
Update: March 1, 2023 This release has been updated to include information about warming centers opening up in Galt and Elk Grove, as well as existing ...
UPDATE: Jan. 30, 2023The Weather Respite Motel Sheltering and 28th Street Warming Center dates have been extended. The below news release has been updated t...
The last several weeks of extreme weather that brought continuous rain and high winds and caused flooding, dangerous downed trees and power lines, and several e...
The County of Sacramento Office of Homeless Initiatives (OHI) is seeking interest from qualified organizations interested in operating a low-barrier, scattere...
Following months of diligent and deliberate work by elected officials and staff, the Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday a partnership agreement to increas...
Goldie was very wary of the team from the Bradshaw Animal Shelter as they walked into her encampment. Tethered to a makeshift pole with two ropes tied together,...
On Nov. 15, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the historic purchase of a $23 million piece of real estate that will ultima...
Earlier this year, there were reports that Sacramento County “pulled out" of a large real estate deal in downtown Sacramento that would serve as a one-...
Sacramento County has been funding and operating Project Roomkey (PRK) since April 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program started out as four mo...
Nita Webb prints out an application for a housing voucher through Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA). She has a client that qualifie...
In Sacramento County, 2021 was an unprecedented year for loss of life in this region. The Sacramento County Coroner had more overall deaths reported to their o...
Sleeping cabin construction at Sacramento County’s new concept “Safe Stay Community” to shelter persons experiencing homelessness has officially begun. The...
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved yesterday Sacramento County’s second proposed “Safe Stay Community” for persons experiencing homelessness. T...
Today Sacramento Steps Forward, the lead agency for the Continuum of Care in Sacramento County, released the 2022 Point in Time (PIT) count report.The Point...
On Tuesday, June 14, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved the Local Homeless Action Plan, which was created by the County of Sacramento, the Ci...
The Board of Supervisors approved today Sacramento County’s first proposed “Safe Stay Community” for persons experiencing homelessness. The new concept communit...
Sacramento County is actively engaged in multiple strategies to provide services that unhoused residents need to transition into safe, stable housing. In Fisca...
At the May 11 Board of Supervisors meeting, county staff presented to the Supervisors a list of County-owned parcels that have been reviewed for potential viabi...
The last two locations of Sacramento County’s Project Roomkey, which were originally slated to have staggered ramp downs of April 15th and May 30th, are being e...
Today the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors took important action to advance the County’s overall effort to address the critical issue of homelessness....
Project Roomkey (PRK) was launched in Sacramento County in April 2020 in response to the growing concern of vulnerability to COVID-19 our unhoused population wa...
In response to the coming low overnight temperatures this week, Sacramento County is opening two warming center locations through the end of the week. See be...
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved today the utilization of $499,778 in unspent HHAP-1 funding in Fiscal Year 2021-22 to increase the Flexibl...
Every other year the Sacramento region conducts a count of unsheltered people experiencing homelessness, as mandated by the US Department of Housing and Urban ...
In response to growing concern about unsheltered community members being exposed to severe weather events, Sacramento County created a weather specific response...
In advance of the coming low overnight temperatures, Sacramento County is opening two warming center locations over the weekend. See below for operating days an...
Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance (DHA) is activating its severe weather sheltering program ahead of extreme heat forecasted for this weekend....
The Sacramento COVID-19 Homelessness Response Team (Team), comprised of the County of Sacramento, City of Sacramento and Sacramento Steps Forward (SSF), has bee...