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BLA finds data gaps in city workforce programs for homeless residents; supervisors agree to continue study
Summary
The BLA told supervisors that city workforce programs reported about 294 programs across 17 departments but that data collection and counting methods overstate participants and obscure how many unique homeless individuals are served — roughly 1,736 under current counting. Departments and the Homeless Employment Collaborative committed to better coordination; the committee voted to continue the topic.
The committee’s second item on June 24 examined city‑funded workforce development programs serving vulnerable populations, including people who are homeless or formerly incarcerated. The Budget Legislative Analyst reported an OEWD inventory of roughly 294 programs across 17 departments (FY18–19 budget about $150 million) but identified major data limitations that make it difficult to measure how many unique homeless individuals receive services or how funds are allocated by population.
The BLA presentation noted that the OEWD inventory recorded 26,142 “participants” in FY18–19 but cautioned that the inventory counts program enrollments (a single person can be counted multiple times). Under that counting method, about 1,736 participant records were marked as homeless — roughly 7% of total participation — but the BLA warned the true…
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