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Extracted from Consolidated Report

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Tulare County Grand Jury • 2023-2024

Addressing Homelessness in Tulare County 2023-2024

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Findings 6 findings

HHSA and TCTFOH have prioritized and coordinated with many agencies and faith-based organizations across Tulare County. Their eﬀ orts to reduce homelessness are commendable and the leadership is strong, knowledgeable, and committed to developing solutions.

It may take weeks or months after assistance is sought to obtain services due to completing required paperwork, qualifying for assistance, and ﬁ nding housing.

Little or no data is kept on unhoused individuals that decline services or individuals that return to homelessness.

Grants and/or programs do not always develop enough data/results to justify continuance of services.

Tulare County Homeless Veterans are referred to Fresno VA for approval of housing services.

No database connecting all stakeholders to streamline services currently exist. 24

Recommendations 4

R1

HHSA and TCTFOH should maintain open communications and reach out annually to smaller communities or changing leadership to provide updates and resources to address the changing needs of unhoused individuals.
R2

TCTFOH should post meeting handouts and PowerPoint presentations online in case insuﬃ cient copies are available at the meeting and should also highlight on their websites progress and updates on projects.
R3

TCTFOH should reach out to the Veteran Community and extend an invitation to become a voting member to address speciﬁ c needs of veterans in Tulare County.
R4

HHSA should develop a Tulare County Data Base on homeless services and make accessible to all stakeholders that work with unhoused individuals including county and state agencies, service providers, police departments, faith-based organizations, medical assistance agencies and the community. The database would reduce the time needed to obtain services and help coordinate the support needed to assist unhouse individuals sooner. REQUIRED RESPONSES: Tulare County Board of Supervisors