Inclement Weather Shelter Beds Activated for Friday, December 20, 2024
The Inclement Weather Shelter Program for San Diegans experiencing homelessness has been activated by the San Diego Housing Commission in partnership with the City of San Diego for Friday, December 20, 2024:
Father Joe’s Villages
Joan Kroc Center – up to 61 adult individuals and an additional 11 beds for families with minor children and/or single women
Check-In: 4 p.m. – Throughout the night until full
Check-Out: 5 a.m.
1501 Imperial Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
Paul Mirabile Center – up to 62 adult individuals
Check-In: 4 p.m. – Throughout the night until full
Check-Out: 5 a.m.
1501 Imperial Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
Living Water Church of the Nazarene – up to 28 adult individuals
Check-In: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. or until full
Check-Out: 6:30 a.m.
1550 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Inclement Weather Shelter Program
The Inclement Weather Shelter Program is a partnership of the San Diego Housing Commission, City of San Diego, Father Joe’s Villages, and Living Water Church of the Nazarene.
The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) is a leading partner in addressing homelessness in the City of San Diego.
Collaboration among SDHC, the City of San Diego, County of San Diego, Regional Task Force on the Homeless, developers, landlords, service providers and additional partners is essential to identifying solutions to homelessness.
One of the strategic priorities identified in SDHC’s Strategic Plan is, “Advancing Homelessness Solutions – Supporting the City of San Diego Community Action Plan on Homelessness.”
SDHC’s homelessness action plan, HOUSING FIRST – SAN DIEGO, has created more than 10,300 housing solutions since 2014 for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness..
SDHC also administers the City of San Diego’s Homeless Shelters and Services Programs that provide temporary shelter and supportive services to some of the City’s most vulnerable residents.
Homelessness Program for Engaged Educational Resources (PEER)
A first-of-its kind collaboration between the San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) and San Diego City College, the Homelessness PEER course provides specialized education, training and job placement assistance to develop the workforce needed for programs and services that help San Diegans experiencing homelessness.
Homelessness Sector Challenges
As a leader in collaborative efforts to address homelessness in the City of San Diego, SDHC presents informational workshops about issues affecting the homelessness response system, including efforts to mitigate impacts and potential recommendations/considerations to strengthen system capacity and intervention.
- November 17, 2022: Homelessness Prevention Efforts
- May 5, 2022: Workforce Challenges and Building System Capacity
- October 15, 2021: Permanent Housing with Supportive Services
Homelessness System Data
SDHC launched a dashboard to provide information about the performance of homelessness programs as a system, based on industry-standard, best-practice metrics. This dashboard provides data for homelessness programs for which the City of San Diego and SDHC provide funding. The data are from the Homeless Management Information System managed by the Regional Task Force on Homelessness.
Federal Rental Assistance
SDHC has committed more than 3,600 federal rental housing vouchers to address homelessness in the City of San Diego. These include the housing vouchers awarded as part of HOUSING FIRST – SAN DIEGO, SDHC’s homelessness action plan.
Guardian Scholars
The Guardian Scholars Program provides rental assistance for up to 100 San Diego State University Students who had been homeless or at risk of homelessness, including youth aging out of foster care, under legal guardianship or wards of the state. Participants must be full-time students and meet academic and program standards to receive assistance under this initiative.
Guardian Scholars is part of HOUSING FIRST – SAN DIEGO and is one of SDHC’s Moving to Work initiatives.
The Monarch School Project
SDHC partners with the Monarch School to provide rental housing vouchers for up to 25 families who have at least one child enrolled at the Monarch School, one of the few schools in the nation that specifically serves children experiencing homelessness.
The Monarch School Project is part of HOUSING FIRST – SAN DIEGO and is one of SDHC’s Moving to Work initiatives.
SDHC Moving On
The SDHC Moving On program is a partnership with the County of San Diego Behavioral Health Services Division that provides rental housing vouchers for up to 50 formerly homeless households who are ready to transition out of permanent supportive housing, but still need rental assistance.
SDHC Moving On is part of HOUSING FIRST – SAN DIEGO, and is one of SDHC’s Moving to Work initiatives.
Project-Based Housing Vouchers
Project-Based Housing Vouchers are awarded to specific affordable housing developments to provide rental assistance linked to their units. When a tenant moves on, the rental housing voucher remains with the affordable housing unit to help another San Diegan experiencing homelessness to move off the streets.
Sponsor-Based Housing Vouchers
SDHC awards Sponsor-Based Housing Vouchers through a competitive bidding process to nonprofit or for-profit organizations, or “sponsors,” to provide rental assistance to San Diegans experiencing homelessness, who also receive supportive services.
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Vouchers
SDHC partners with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide rental assistance to chronically homeless Veterans through Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers.
The VA San Diego Healthcare System provides clinical health and case management services to VASH participants.
Transitional Project-Based Rental Housing Vouchers
SDHC partners with nonprofit and for-profit organizations that operate transitional housing for San Diegans experiencing homelessness. SDHC provides a standard rental assistance amount to support the transitional housing program, which combines housing with supportive services.
