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Noah (county staff) said HAP 6 maintains a state emphasis on regional applications and system performance measures (SPMs) — including counts of people accessing services, point‑in‑time counts, exits to permanent housing, returns to homelessness within six months, and average time to housing. He said the application requires a regionally coordinated homeless action plan that lists partners, roles, and a budget for each eligible activity, and that the state is now asking for an inventory of interim and permanent supportive housing beds along with capital and operating costs for those beds. \"This is a very heavy lift in a relatively short time frame,\" Noah said; staff estimated several people could spend dozens of hours compiling and analyzing the data.

The meeting discussed a new HAP 6 requirement to identify encampments and provide policies and procedures for encampment resolution. Staff said the guidelines did not define \"encampment\" in HAP 6 materials and that the county will seek clarity from the state; the requirement will demand cross‑jurisdictional coordination because encampments frequently move across city and unincorporated boundaries.

Staff described the HAP 6 timeline: applications are due in August with a finalized plan needed by mid‑June to allow county board review and internal approvals. The county urged partners to contribute data through the task force email list and to participate in planned workshops to compile the inventory and stakeholder documentation.

Separately, partners reported recent funding and project updates that connect to the HAP process. Margie (county staff) said the county received $3.1 million in Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) Window 3; approximately $1.6 million is intended to support the navigation center and operating costs, with the remainder to provide rapid rehousing rental subsidies for encampment exits. She also said a proposed $1.5 million request for capital and operating supports for Sequoia Village — a local permanent supportive housing project — remains under consideration. Margie announced a Homekey project, Majestic Gardens, will hold a grand opening on April 17 and said residents from the navigation center are moving into that Homekey site.

Task force members and city representatives reported local housing activity that will affect inventory counts for HAP 6: Visalia’s Demery Apartments and Rancho Culejo projects (combined planned or completed units cited by members), a Farmersville senior housing project with two phases and a potential family phase, and several voucher updates (emergency housing vouchers, mainstream vouchers and foster youth vouchers). Susie Ward reported the warming center had operated about 88 days, served 691 unduplicated individuals (including 89 new to the homeless response system) and was closing temporarily that night due to budget limits.

County staff urged partners to share detailed information about interim beds, board‑and‑care beds, operating subsidies and any funding gaps so the HAP 6 application can accurately describe and, where required, stabilize existing inventory before proposing new units. Staff estimated compiling the required SPM analysis and inventories will take a concerted regional effort and multiple workshops.

No formal votes or commitments were taken on the HAP application at the meeting; staff requested participating agencies forward data to the designated task force email address and prepare for follow‑up planning sessions.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Homeless Task Force 03/19/2025","oneSentenceSummary","Tulare County staff reviewed the sixth round of the state's Homelessness Action Plan (HAP 6), new requirements to inventory encampments and bed capacity, and timeline pressures. County and city partners reported recent awards and housing project openings, including ERF funds and Homekey activity.","taxTitle","Tulare County, California","taxId",7749,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6595602,"Deputy county counsel explains 2025 Brown Act limits on telephonic appearances",104,2611000,2715000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3028492-f3cce8065c46cbf7741bad0293ac6148&start=2611&end=2715","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3028492-f3cce8065c46cbf7741bad0293ac6148/thumbnail_2611000.jpg","/articles/6595602/Tulare-County/California/Deputy-county-counsel-explains-2025-Brown-Act-limits-on-telephonic-appearances","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6595602-cdbb037cab9d07a6f31ea77853d762cd/orig.mp4?Expires=1771168730&Signature=BONDTVakJyBjzLBVAGX3ijHXQyDKm1kIwey7BeC0uLO9IG39O75pkaLRR1KR3Mq1VBSm0hMzGwWPjLYa8TrIfLDCsDHzM5JkI8wH~hYmFxig0MuBrv~P9Wlgbsf2929-hxQdSs489FoLkJeY8dsGjo2OiKrtw0iMfH7xW0lAnBXK33i7cMjUoZBscLRnFvYewboY0HNFPWZjvEnxfUk-H5E4pBW5apTWkGnZrQZB5kOPptJnJ8PdK86u~AapM2-hcwQ7a2UPulFrWEzlcMpMBLwbdd5nMXyn-lAvXYM-LY5ABz1hPCMGWcOlIaK5PT2a0e07sFiy194a8vn~ut02~w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Deputy County Counsel Eric Scott updated the task force on a change to the Brown Act affecting telephonic appearances for public‑body members.

Scott said that effective January 2025 the Legislature limited the number of telephonic appearances a member of a regularly monthly‑meeting body may make to two times per calendar year, even when the member satisfies agenda‑posting and open‑location requirements. \"For boards that meet once a month, you're limited to two times a year, regardless of what the reason may be,\" Scott said. He added the statute is set to expire at the end of the year but that he expects further legislative action.

Members asked whether pre‑posted remote locations (for example, a member noting on the agenda that they will appear from a specified office) remain permissible. Scott said that practice remains allowed but is subject to the two‑meeting cap.

Task force members noted the operational challenges this limitation poses for geographically large counties and asked whether Scott's office or other county offices would advocate to the state for change. Scott said the county may engage with the Legislature but offered no timeline. No formal direction or vote was taken.","Deputy County Counsel Eric Scott briefed the Tulare County Homelessness Task Force on a January 2025 change to the California Brown Act that limits telephonic attendance to two meetings per calendar year for members of regularly monthly‑meeting bodies.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6595606,"Jackson House outlines 16-bed crisis residential treatment facility serving adults in Tulare County",1498,936000,2434000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3028492-f3cce8065c46cbf7741bad0293ac6148&start=936&end=2434","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3028492-f3cce8065c46cbf7741bad0293ac6148/thumbnail_936000.jpg","/articles/6595606/Tulare-County/California/Jackson-House-outlines-16-bed-crisis-residential-treatment-facility-serving-adults-in-Tulare-County","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6595606-9f53a91ffa76b911a1369ff576637344/orig.mp4?Expires=1771168730&Signature=W6yRHu6gl9qx4OA2Z~wp3MwXpA116quJWdl1TbqL~WtUH6H7Z2m4yO-LgaUw0alPEZ1VqeZK8Zzk5uZKMiEptO8KUnAKefoDG~~a12DKNnCfx2AO4e8aCEA61gKNr955hupMXVlJ8ZmXcwlOHQpbmdU4mnqV9VlyV3bWLdfdsNKreuBLfw4NaC3sh5HCfrQeWahoqHVRdvyPul5T4EZ3Sp7DDkhaGB5~8DcmhP1mQPCU7D-uiwkQXFrVZ10JTbjI7tI-cY8uQLhLKPjZHlHYGGTa6VcE3unF0l2JC8RG91qdeH~qM6383lwr4cd57aASOJ6vqNKPP2CLjsWez2o9RA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Jackson House staff presented an overview of its crisis residential treatment (CRT) facility in Tulare and described services intended to stabilize adults with mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders.

Martha Chacon, identified herself as the director and an administrator at Jackson House and described the Tulare facility as a 5,000-square-foot, 16-bed residential behavioral health program that provides 24-hour, short-term stabilization and step-down care after hospital or crisis contacts. \"We provide 24/7 care,\" Chacon said, adding the program accepts Medi-Cal, private insurance and private pay and that many residents are unhoused or use Tulare County Medi-Cal services.

Chacon summarized clinical services offered on-site: individual and group therapy (CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic approaches), substance-use counseling and relapse prevention, medication management with in‑person psychiatry, crisis intervention and discharge planning that prioritizes rapid linkages to housing and outpatient mental-health follow-up within 48 hours.

Admission criteria and exclusions were described in detail. Chacon said eligible clients must be adults (18+), ambulatory and able to perform activities of daily living; exclusions include active wound care needs, incontinence, unremediated fall risk, current severe seizure disorder without medication adherence, aggressive/assaultive behavior, registered sex offenders, and individuals requiring skilled nursing or assisted‑living services. She said auditory hallucinations are assessed case by case; hallucinations involving commands that pose risk may require referral to a higher level of care.

Chacon described the intake process: referrals can be made by self, hospitals (Kaweah Delta Mental Health Hospital was listed as a regular referral partner), crisis teams or other agencies; a clinical phone screening is completed and acceptance decisions are typically made within an hour with same‑day admissions whenever possible. The facility provides transportation to the site when needed.

Chacon also said Jackson House coordinates with Tulare County substance-use disorder (SUD) services, and that every resident receives a housing referral and a follow-up mental-health/psychiatry appointment on discharge. The program emphasizes trauma‑informed care, life‑skills training and inclusive policies for transgender and gender‑diverse participants.

Meeting members asked clarifying questions about the facility's role in crisis care and eligibility; Chacon reiterated that Jackson House functions as a crisis stabilization step‑down, not a receiving hospital for involuntary holds (WIC 5150), and said individuals with active suicidal intent or homicidal risk should be handled through crisis channels before referral to the facility.

Chacon invited task force members to schedule tours and provided an admissions phone line for direct referrals.","Jackson House described services and admission criteria for its 16-bed, 24/7 crisis residential treatment (CRT) facility in Tulare, focusing on voluntary stabilization for adults with mental health and co-occurring substance-use disorders and coordination with county services.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_47":104,"_49":105,"_51":106,"_53":107,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":108,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":109,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6595611,"Tulare County Homelessness Task Force approves Feb. 19 meeting minutes",9,931000,940000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3028492-f3cce8065c46cbf7741bad0293ac6148&start=931&end=940","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3028492-f3cce8065c46cbf7741bad0293ac6148/thumbnail_931000.jpg","/articles/6595611/Tulare-County/California/Tulare-County-Homelessness-Task-Force-approves-Feb-19-meeting-minutes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6595611-a81c5ea4293b60c6012219eccfe1f8fd/orig.mp4?Expires=1771168730&Signature=iN48qEqN9yip~9W-H1T-B1I82rKkarThbT8wtb4e7el9VANvp26FI16j0KBq0plTd3Ag6IWsYImHft9eMovwpINgje8OxuqAgD32asiMB3~2xn~TexW4KmgMpw87DY25HQjSQLpk84ic2XKhY6FurUW97e4NQgMD-y6w~yOIjvd-hu~x7kweeTjaQE86TVD7nRePTfMbSqYPY3PfpaDfhWE0BY5fovya4SBcsLNSn~ZKYi9Fs9GeiDuY-OrrvYsEhMcJvJrERMuWPYJ1aJJ6biNhDmn32E7t9i3ikMPYfqG6Vk7-uHcUc-VUV525H2HQhSAHZ2nJoRuYynTQIccuQw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Tulare County Homelessness Task Force voted to approve the minutes of its Feb. 19, 2025 meeting during its March 19, 2025 session.

The facilitator asked for a motion to approve the minutes. Reverend Susie Ward moved to adopt the minutes, Dana Wilde seconded, and members voted by voice. The facilitator announced “Aye,” and said the motion passed; no roll-call vote or recorded tally was provided in the meeting record.

The action was taken early in the meeting before the scheduled presentations and updates.","The Tulare County Homelessness Task Force voted to approve the minutes of its Feb. 19, 2025 meeting during its March 19, 2025 session; the vote was taken by voice with no recorded roll-call tally.","actionData","errors"]

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