Homeless Services in Salinas
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Meet our Street Outreach and Response Team
Homeless Services in Salinas
In the City of Salinas, the City Council has shown strong leadership by taking on an active role in advocating for implementation of best practices to end homelessness throughout the region. City funding has been directed to programs known to work such as street outreach, emergency shelter, homeless prevention, housing navigation, and rapid rehousing. In addition, City Council has approved millions in funding for affordable housing projects. When the Monterey and San Benito Counties Continuum of Care (CoC) Emergency Solutions Grant (State ESG) allocation administered through the California Housing and Community Development (HCD) was almost lost, City Council authorized staff to administer the grant program for San Benito and Monterey Counties. The City is the only Administrative Entity (AE) in the State administering State ESG funds.
Homeless Services Information Line:
(831) 775-4269
About the Street Outreach and Response Team (SORT)
Mission
The Salinas Outreach and Response Team (SORT) mission is to promote the health and safety of unhoused residents of the City of Salinas by providing essential emergency services through outreach, referrals, and service coordination
Values
· Implement best practices (Housing First, trauma-informed care, and motivational interviewing).
· Provide wraparound services while actively encouraging shelter/housing.
· Effective engagement by actively locating, identifying, and building relationships with unsheltered residents through motivational interviewing and trauma-informed methods.
· Provide linkage and referrals to supportive programs such as transportation services.
Goals
SORT’s goal is to connect the unhoused residents to resources through housing pathways, education, and referrals to other service providers who offer Rapid Rehousing and Stabilization Support. Outreach workers and Peer Leaders, represent the homeless service provider network in the Salinas, Monterey, and San Benito Continuum of Care (CoC).
What We Do
The City of Salinas Outreach and Response Team (SORT) engages the City of Salinas unhoused population through outreach to build trust and rapport with the unhoused community. The team includes a collaboration with Peer Leaders with lived homeless experience which is necessary to reach individuals who are hesitant to work with service providers.
Homeless Services Information Line:
(831) 775-4269
Homeless Services in Salinas News
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Community Workshops: Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP)
Our local homeless Continuum of Care has been afforded a rare opportunity to greatly strengthen the homeless support system through a State of California grant known as the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP). Eligible project activities are intentionally broad to encourage the local community to determine its own unique priorities.
Please attend one of four public meetings to discuss and provide valuable input to develop solutions and priorities....
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