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San Bernardino staff report outreach, motel vouchers and a new data pilot as homelessness response expands
Summary
City staff told the council that outreach teams engaged over 4,000 individuals, the motel voucher program has issued roughly 1,500 vouchers (benefiting about 2,000 people), and the city is piloting a data platform, Deep Blue, to coordinate outreach, bed availability and encampment responses.
San Bernardino ' City staff told the mayor and city council Wednesday the city has expanded its homeless-response system across outreach, interim shelter and housing services and is piloting new technology to coordinate partners.
During a multi-hour workshop staff reported that coordinated outreach teams and partner nonprofits have engaged more than 4,000 individuals, with about 1,500 formal enrollments in case management and nearly 2,000 people accepting services. "Outreach is targeted, focused on meaningful engagements," Gabby, the homeless solutions manager, said, adding that successful engagement often requires…
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