Project Pipeline

In partnership with the County of Santa Cruz, Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency, and Westview Presbyterian Church, the County of Monterey pursued and was awarded $8 million in Encampment Resolution Funding to serve people living unsheltered along the Pajaro River within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Watsonville and Counties of Monterey and Santa Cruz. This 24-hour, 34-bed, non-congregate, low-barrier navigation center will provide housing-focused case management and wraparound services to steward program participants on a pathway to healthy, sustainable housing.

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Status: Site development funding has been secured. Final plans for the site are under development. Anticipated opening – late 2024/early 2025.

In partnership with the City of Soledad, the County of Monterey pursued and was awarded over $4 million in Encampment Resolution Funding to resolve an encampment that spans over city jurisdiction and unincorporated areas of the county along the Salinas River. The proposed project includes the development of a 24-hour 12-unit, 14-bed non-congregate, low-barrier navigation center on city-owned property. Program participants will be offered supportive services with housing navigation to help connect them to permanent, stable housing.

Status: Site development funding has been secured. Final plans for the site are under development. Anticipated opening – Early 2025

In 2022, the County of Monterey was awarded $2 million in federal earmark funding to develop a homeless youth campus for people experiencing homelessness between the ages 18-24. In partnership with the Housing Authority of the County of Monterey and the City of Soledad, the County is working to establish its very first permanent supportive housing project for pregnant and parenting youth in South County and a youth drop-in center where program participants will access an array of housing specific supportive services, including Rapid Re-Housing.

Status: Funding has been secured. Anticipated opening – fall 2024

In collaboration with the City of King and the Housing Authority of the County of Monterey, the County pursued and was awarded over $6 million in Encampment Resolution Funding to serve people who were living unsheltered along the Salinas River and were further displaced by the King City Fire. Several minors were identified as living in the former encampment and partners gathered to place them in housing. Remaining individuals have been temporarily placed in motels while the partners work to identify a location to develop the largest Permanent Supportive Housing project in South County. This single project is intended to resolve the vast majority of chronic homelessness for the City, and other partners, including the Central California Alliance for Health and the Coalition of Homeless Services Providers have joined forces to help this project come to fruition.  

Status – Funding is secured. Site identification is in progress.

The County of Monterey Departments of Health, Social Services, and County Administrative Office have partnered to deliver a 10–12-unit, non-congregate, recuperative care program in which all units will be ADA compliant with en suite restrooms. Program participants will be offered medical care and housing-focused case management with the intention of resolving their housing and health instabilities.

The benefits of these types of programs are:

• 28% average reduction in hospital stays for chronically homeless individuals
• Reduction of health care costs of $36,579 per person per year
• Estimated savings of $18,000-$48,000 per patient stay

Status: Funding has been secured. Project plans in development. Anticipated opening – summer 2025