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County homelessness-prevention pilot highlighted Rohnert Park as top applicant zip; city asked to consider prevention investments
Summary
Committee on the Shelterless (C/S) CEO Chris Kbal briefed the council on 'Keep People Housed,' a countywide prevention program that received over 1,200 applications in its early months and has targeted flexible assistance averaging about $3,700 per household; staff and council discussed working with the program and investing upstream prevention resources.
Chris Kbal, CEO of Committee on the Shelterless, presented the countywide Keep People Housed pilot, a homelessness-prevention program that targets flexible financial assistance and short-term case management to households at imminent risk of losing housing.
Kbal said the county received more initial applications for the pilot than any other Bay Area county (over 1,200 in the program’s first three months) and that roughly 15% of applicants receive assistance under the current funding…
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