DATE: June 19, 2019
TO: Community Service Commission
FROM: Community Services Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Update on the Hayward Housing Navigation Center and the Proposed Policy Approach for Prioritizing Future Residents of the Center
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Commission reviews and comments on this report and the proposed approach for prioritizing the residents for the Hayward Housing Navigation Center...End
SUMMARY
On January 22, 2019, the City Council approved implementing and funding the Hayward Housing Navigation Center (Center) to provide integrated and targeted outreach, short-term housing, as well as case management and housing placement services to homeless individuals in Hayward. Since that approval, Bay Area Community Services (BACS), a Bay Area nonprofit highly qualified in operating comparable centers, was selected as the operator for the Center, and significant progress has been made on site development. The target date for opening the Center is Fall 2019.
Staff is continuing to secure outside funding sources, through finalizing the contract with Alameda County for the State awarded one-time Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) funding, and through successfully being awarded a Proposition 47 grant. Additionally, progress has been made on site development: the site has been cleared; sidewalks have been installed along all street-facing sides of the property; and inside paving and utility connections will be complete by July 2019. Lastly, staff continues to undertake community engagement work on implementation of the Center, including at the Community Services Commission meeting on February 20, 2019, and a community meeting in the industrial area on April 24, 2019.
In anticipation of opening the Center this fall, it is important to determine which homeless individuals in Hayward will be targeted for the initial and ongoing available 45 beds at the Center. Staf...
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