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Sedona Council Holds Regional Homelessness Work Session, Seeks Resource Mapping and Next Steps
Summary
A council work session convened regional partners, Catholic Charities, Arizona Department of Housing and service providers to discuss a strategic, regionally coordinated homelessness response; council directed staff to pursue resource mapping and return with a proposed scope and budget for further planning.
City council held an extended work session on developing a strategic plan to address homelessness in Sedona and the Verde Valley, hearing presentations from consultants, state housing officials, Catholic Charities, health care providers, law enforcement and other local stakeholders.
Consultants from VM Advising summarized a needs assessment that estimates roughly 600 unique individuals experience homelessness in the Verde Valley annually. The consultants described three utilization cohorts: transitional homelessness (about 360 people annually, typically short‑term and triggered by a one‑time crisis), episodic homelessness (about 180 people, multiple spells and longer stays) and chronic homelessness (about 60 people, long‑term needs requiring intensive services). The presentation emphasized that each group requires a different mix of responses — basic crisis intervention and service…
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