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Shasta County reports progress but data gaps on veterans homelessness; leaders plan RFP for transitional housing
Summary
Health and Human Services and the Veteran Service Office told supervisors their semiannual review shows progress: 97 veterans housed since July and plans for an RFP to create transitional housing, but HMIS data duplicates mean the total homeless-veteran count remains uncertain and will be refined during a point-in-time count.
Shasta County officials told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that work to house homeless veterans has shown measurable results this year, but county and nonprofit partners still face data-quality challenges that make an exact count difficult.
Christie Coleman, director of the county’s Health and Human Services Agency, and Troy Payne, the county’s veteran service officer, reported on the semiannual veterans plan. "After consolidating the HMIS list received and deleting duplicate names as of July 2025, there were 111 homeless veterans in the community," Coleman said. Including providers not yet…
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