FY 2021-22 APPROVED BUDGET
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $527.1 million budget for the Homeless Initiative in FY 2021-22.
The Homeless Initiative budget includes $454.8 million raised through Measure H, ¼-cent sales tax approved by County voters in 2017 to pay for homeless prevention, street outreach, supportive services and employment, shelter, and housing. The remaining $72.3 million includes $14.8 million in federal stimulus funding, $29.4 million in state grants, and $28.1 million from other funding sources.
FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING HIGHLIGHTS
- $150 million to fund 5,441 beds among the countywide total interim housing inventory
- $132 million to continue providing permanent supportive housing to 11,000 households and begin providing it to 2,000 additional households
- $89 million for rapid rehousing, which provides time-limited rental subsidies to help people quickly exit homelessness
- $39 million for outreach to people living in encampments and vehicles
- $23 million for homeless prevention
FUNDING ALLOCATIONS BY SERVICE CATEGORY
