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Santa Fe staff present short-term homelessness plan focusing on micro communities, outreach and day services
Summary
Community Health and Safety Director presented a plan emphasizing immediate interventions — micro communities, noncongregate shelter options, outreach/navigation teams, storage and day services — while noting these are stopgap measures that do not replace long-term housing and behavioral-health strategies.
Community Health and Safety Director Hammond Paul presented the city’s short-term plan to address visible unsheltered homelessness at a Quality of Life Committee meeting on March 20, emphasizing immediate interventions such as establishing populated temporary “micro communities,” expanding noncongregate shelter options, bolstering outreach and day services, and improving coordination with community providers.
The plan is framed as a set of immediate actions to alleviate acute public-health and public-safety pressures while city staff continue to plan long-term affordable housing, behavioral health and permanent supportive housing solutions.
Hammond Paul said the plan’s objectives are grouped into six areas: safety, security and stability; expanding noncongregate shelter; outreach and navigation services; bolstering day services; improving cross‑agency coordination; and data, policy and advocacy. He stressed the plan is not intended to be a substitute for longer-term affordable housing or behavioral-health system reforms.
Key near-term items described by staff…
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