REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Study Session on 2025-2030 Community Plan to End Homelessness and Updates on Local Work Efforts
Report
BACKGROUND
On July 8, 2025, the City of Santa Clara (City) hosted a City Council Study Session on homelessness. The session provided an overview of the supportive housing system, updates on city services, and sought feedback on a two-year homelessness response implementation workplan.
There are three primary purposes of this Study Session. First, representatives of the Santa Clara County (County) Continuum of Care will share results of the 2020-25 Community Plan to End Homelessness (2020-25 Community Plan) (Attachment 1) adopted in 2020 and introduce the draft 2025-30 Community Plan (Draft 2025-30 Community Plan) (Attachment 2). Second, City staff will discuss how the draft Citywide Plan to Reduce Homelessness and its Impacts (Citywide Plan) generally aligns with the new Draft 2025-30 Community Plan. This discussion will allow the City to finalize its local plan later this year and ensure it is informed by any new strategies and ideas that may have come up during the County's update process. Lastly, City staff will provide updates on local work efforts related to homelessness.
DISCUSSION
2020-25 Community Plan to End Homelessness
Continuums of Care (CoCs) are required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to coordinate the regional homelessness response system. As part of that role, the CoC brings together local governments, service providers, and other stakeholders to assess needs, use system and outcome data, and set regional priorities across outreach, shelter, housing, and supportive services. The Draft 2025-30 Community Plan serves as the regional plan for Santa Clara County and in its final form will inform strategies and investments of federal, state, and local funding to address homelessness and its causes over the next five years. The Santa Clara County CoC is currently in the process of g...
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