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SacCounty Activates Severe Weather Respite Program

10/21/2021
Health & Social Services

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Article Date: Thursday, October 21, 2021

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Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance (DHA) is activating its severe weather sheltering program ahead of colder weather in addition to rain forecasted for several days this week. With rain and colder temperatures forecasted beginning Thursday for several consecutive days, homeless outreach partners will be actively issuing motel vouchers beginning Thursday to highly vulnerable unsheltered persons. The respite shelter program will remain active until Tuesday morning when the rain is predicted to dissipate. 

Participants in the weather respite sheltering program will work with their referring party on transportation to and from the motel and are allowed to bring partners, pets and possessions with them for the duration of their stay. Capacity will depend on motel room availability at the County’s partner motels.

An evacuation center has been set up at Creekside Adult Center at 2641 Kent Dr, Sacramento, CA 95821 for residents that may experience flooding from local creeks and storm drainage areas. 
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The Department of Human Assistance (DHA) will be opening 2 DHA lobbies for use as warming centers beginning Sunday at 8 a.m., at the following DHA locations: 
  • 1725 28th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816  
  • 2450 Florin Road , Sacramento CA 95822  
  • For more ​on the City of Sacramento's Storm Respite Center locations go to, Sacramento City Express 
  • For a comprehensive list of resources for social services, visit, 2-1-1 Sacramento
​In addition to the motel voucher respite program, the Department of Human Assistance released an RFQ seeking services to support homeless outreach activities, including sanctioned encampment and safe parking sites.  This is a continuous filing RFQ with quarterly cut-off dates. The first cut-off date is Nov. 24, 2021.

Outside of weather respite response, the County already runs programs, shelters and rehousing services that serve hundreds of people year round. 

Sheltering:
  • VOA Family Shelter: 20 families
  • Next Move Family Shelter: 20 families
  • Mather Interim Shelter: 140 single adults
  • North A shelter: 80 single adults
  • Full Service Rehousing (Scattered Site): 115 adults
  • Emergency Motel vouchers: 20 households
  • Domestic Violence shelters: 162 beds (adults and children)
  • Youth Emergency Shelter: 6 youth
  • Project Roomkey: 330 individuals
  • Senior Safe House:  6 Seniors

Transitional Housing:
  • Mather: 25 families
  • Adolfo for Foster Youth: 68 youth households
  • Youth Transitional Housing: 12 youth 

Supportive Rehousing:
  • Flexible Supportive Rehousing Program: 250 households
  • Flexible Housing Program: 304 ​households
  • Flexible Housing Program Project Room Key: 200
  • Bell Street: 22 adults
  • 9th Street Co-op: 15 adults
  • MHSA Supportive Housing: 221 Units
  • Palmer House: 48 adults


Additional Housing programs with fluid capacity:
  • Bringing Families Home
  • Home Safe
  • Rapid Re-housing for Seniors
  • CalWORKs Housing Support Program
  • CalWORKs Temporary Homeless Assistance 
  • CalWORKs Permanent Homeless Assistance 
  • Francis House Diversion Program for Families

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​For more information on Sacramento County’s response to homelessness, visit the Responding to Homelessness website.

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