Calaveras County Grand Jury
• 2024-2025
Re-integration Strategies for Homeless Families with Children
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Findings and Recommendations 3 findings
F1
Calaveras Health and Human Services Agency’s ability to respond quickly to community needs by applying for grants or securing contracts is negatively impacted by the current $50,000 limit before requiring Board of Supervisors or State approval.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The Calaveras County Civil Grand Jury recommends the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors and Health and Human Services Agency develop methods of improving accessibility for funding above $50,000 by October 1, 2025. Required Response Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Calaveras County Health and Human Services Agency
F2
Calaveras County does not have a dedicated emergency shelter which greatly limits the County’s ability to provide emergency housing for residents in crisis.
Related Recommendations (2)
R2a
The Calaveras County Civil Grand Jury recommends the Board of Supervisors and Calaveras Health and Human Services Agency coordinate with local non-profits and other members of the Housing Resource Partnership to reevaluate the County’s need for an emergency homeless shelter by October 1, 2025. Required Response Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Calaveras County Health and Human Services Agency
R2b
The Calaveras County Civil Grand Jury recommends the Board of Supervisors and Calaveras Health and Human Services Agency coordinate with local non-profits and other members of the Housing Resource Partnership for the purpose of developing plans to mitigate 10 the resident concerns that resulted in the cancelation of the 2019 emergency shelter plan by October 1, 2025. Required Response Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Calaveras County Health and Human Services Agency
F3
With annual budgetary and resource allocations being based on Point-In-Time data collected on a single day of the year, County agencies are not able to accurately plan to accommodate the changes in the homeless population and their needs throughout the year.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
The Calaveras County Civil Grand Jury recommends the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors, with the assistance of Calaveras Health and Human Services Agency, develop supplemental data collection methods to compile a more accurate real-time count of the homeless population throughout the year by January 1, 2026. Required Response Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Calaveras County Health and Human Services Agency
Commendations 1
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CM1C1: The Calaveras County Civil Grand Jury would like to commend the Calaveras County Health and Human Service Agency for their continued efforts in assisting the homeless families with children within our county. Based on the 2024 data released by the Central Sierra Continuum of Care, the number of homeless families with children has decreased since the last Calaveras County 5-year plan to end homelessness released in 2019. DISCLAIMER Reports issued by the Civil Grand Jury do not identify the individuals interviewed. Penal Code §929 requires that reports of the Civil Grand Jury not contain the name of any person or facts leading to the identity of any person who provides information to the Civil Grand Jury. REFERENCE SOURCES Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes, May 28, 2019. Calaveras County Clerk, San Andreas, CA. https://calaverascountyca.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=12&ID=2072&Inline=True Griffing, Tom, and Susan K. Holper. “Point in Time count of un-housed Calaveras citizens to take place January 23.” Community Action Project & Calaveras Planning Coalition. Accessed May 15, 2025. https://calaverascap.com/point-in-time-count-of-un-housed-calaveras-citizens-to- take-place-january-23/. 11 James, Tori. “Calaveras Homeless Programs Gearing To Assist ‘Those Who Help Themselves’.” myMotherLode.com, May 29, 2019. https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/local/666883/calaveras-homeless-programs-geared-to- assist-those-who-help-themselves.html. Liu, C. Y., S. J. Chai, and J. P. Watt. “Communicable disease among people experiencing homelessness in California.” Epidemiology & Infection, Volume 148 (2020): e85. Posted online March 30, 2020, by Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268820000722. McNaughtan, David. “The Homeless Crisis: Calaveras residents voice concern over housing near school.” Ledger Dispatch, September 14, 2019. Updated June 8, 2023. https://www.ledger.news/news/the-homeless-crisis-calaveras-residents-voice-concern-over- housing-near-school/article_835a62cc-d59b-11e9-b772-874e64ca76c9.html. Schembri, Marie-Elena. “San Andreas Residents Concerned about Homelessness.” Calaveras Enterprise, September 7, 2023. https://www.calaverasenterprise.com/articles/featured- stories/san-andreas-residents-concerned-about-homelessness/. Stranger, Kristin. “Housing and Homelessness Related Strategies.” Presentation to Calaveras County Board of Supervisors, San Andreas, October 8, 2019. Packet 32a. https://calaverascountyca.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=1569&Inline=True 12
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