White Paper: Kern County Homelessness and The Impact On Our Community

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  American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP): includes $30.5 billion in federal funding to support the nation’s public transportation systems as they continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and support the President’s call to vaccinate the U.S. population.
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  Chronically Homeless: is the homeless that is living or residing in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven or in an emergency shelter continuously for at least one year, or at least four separate occasions in the last three years.
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  Emergency Shelters: is any facility that provides a temporary shelter for the homeless in general or for specific populations of homeless and which does not require occupants to sign leases or occupancy agreements.
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  Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG): provides grants by formula to states, metropolitan cities, urban counties and U.S. territories to support homelessness prevention, emergency shelter and related services.
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  Episodic Homelessness: is an individual lacking stable housing having recurrent problems with housing.
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  Hidden Homelessness: is an individual who become homeless but finds a temporary solution by staying with family or friends, living in squats or other insecure accommodations.
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  Homelessness: is an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate night- time residence. 2020-2021 Kern County Grand Jury White Paper
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  Permanent Housing: is a community-based housing without a designated length of stay in which formerly homeless individuals and families live as independently as possible.
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  Point in Time Count: is a “snapshot” count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons carried out on one night in the last ten calendar days of January or at such other time as required by HUD.
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  Transitional Homelessness: is an individual going through a major life change or catastrophic event, e.g., loss of a job suddenly and unexpectedly, facing homelessness while looking for a new job.
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  American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP): includes $30.5 billion in federal funding to support the nation’s public transportation systems as they continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and support the President’s call to vaccinate the U.S. population.
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  Bakersfield-Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative (BKRHC): is the non-profit organization for the CoC, which works to reduce the impact of the homeless in Kern County.
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  Chronically Homeless: is the homeless that is living or residing in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven or in an emergency shelter continuously for at least one year, or at least four separate occasions in the last three years.
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  Continuum of Care (CoC): is a program designed to promote communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, and State and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities by homelessness; promote access to and effect utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals.
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  Emergency Shelters: is any facility that provides a temporary shelter for the homeless in general or for specific populations of homeless and which does not require occupants to sign leases or occupancy agreements.
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  Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG): provides grants by formula to states, metropolitan cities, urban counties and U.S. territories to support homelessness prevention, emergency shelter and related services.
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  Episodic Homelessness: is an individual lacking stable housing having recurrent problems with housing.
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  Functional Zero: is a dynamic milestone that indicates a community has solved homelessness for a population.
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  HEARTH Act: Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act is a consolidation of the HUD’s competitive grant programs.
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  Hidden Homelessness: is an individual who become homeless but finds a temporary solution by staying with family or friends, living in squats or other insecure accommodations.
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  Homelessness: is an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate night- time residence. 2020-2021 Kern County Grand Jury White Paper 18
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  Homeless Management Information System (HMIS): is a local information technology system used to collect client-level data and data on the provision of housing and services to homeless individuals and families and persons at risk of homelessness.
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  NIMBY - Not In My Backyard: a colloquialism signifying one’s opposition to the locating of something considered undesirable in one’s neighborhood.
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  Permanent Housing: is a community-based housing without a designated length of stay in which formerly homeless individuals and families live as independently as possible.
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  Point in Time Count: is a “snapshot” count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons carried out on one night in the last ten calendar days of January or at such other time as required by HUD.
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  Transitional Homelessness: is an individual going through a major life change or catastrophic event, e.g., loss of a job suddenly and unexpectedly, facing homelessness while looking for a new job.
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  United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): is an U.S. government agency that supports community development and homeownership.
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  YIMBY - Yes In My Back Yard: is a community of neighbors who welcome more development in the neighborhood. Saying yes to affordable housing, yes to inclusive, equitable communities, yes to opportunity, and yes to more neighbors. 2020-2021 Kern County Grand Jury White Paper

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