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Vallejo opens Navigation Center with health systems and regional partners to expand services for unhoused residents
Summary
City and regional partners opened the Vallejo Navigation Center, a multiagency navigation site operated by 5 Keys with funding partners including HUD, HCD, Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health and North Bay Health; officials said the center provides shelter, case management and health services for people experiencing homelessness.
Vallejo officials and partner agencies formally opened the Vallejo Navigation Center in a ceremony that highlighted multiagency funding and a service model aimed at helping people now experiencing homelessness move toward permanent housing.
Natalie Peterson, the city official who emceed the event, invited Gillian Haynes, the city’s assistant city manager, to outline the project and acknowledge federal and state partners. Haynes thanked the city, county, JPA and health system partners and said the city had been "steadfast in their commitment to addressing our unhoused population." (Haynes is listed in the transcript as assistant city manager.)
Multiple partner health systems and funders were named on stage: the City of Vallejo; County of Solano; CapSolano JPA; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; California Department of Housing and Community Development; Kaiser Permanente; Sutter Health; and North Bay Health. The operator on site was identified as 5 Keys, which speakers said will provide day‑to‑day operations and trauma‑informed services and refer guests to case management, job readiness, and health services.
Former local officials and regional partners recounted the project’s long path to opening, noting staff and community leaders whose work helped secure funding and approvals. One speaker who described project details said the facility will provide services for 125 individuals and deliver case management, mental‑health services, job readiness training and housing navigation.
Why it matters: Officials and operators framed the center as a regional, coordinated entry point linking health care, case management and housing navigation—a hub intended to shorten pathways from shelter to stable housing. Sponsors pointed to cross‑sector funding and the operator’s trauma‑informed approach as central to the center’s model.
What’s next: Staff invited attendees to tours and asked partners to continue collaboration on supportive services, reporting that the center will be open for intake and operations as the operator and partners finalize staffing and service protocols.
