FY 23-24 Program Report

Agency Name: Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Inc. Program Name: CAB - South County Housing Collaborative Equity Dimension: Race/Ethnicity

Condition: Stable, Affordable Housing & Shelter Tier: Large Budget: $314,550.00

Annual Goal FY 23-24	Annual Goal FY 23-24
Unduplicated Participants     Total Unduplicated Participants 325 327	How Many Activities/Services Will Be Provided?     CAB will assist 10-12 families at risk of eviction, with 1-2 months of rent assistance ($22,500 of CORE request) and assist homeless families with temporary motel stays pending shelter or RRH as funds/needs exist.  10 11 FIT will Rapidly Rehouse (RRH) approximately 8-9 homeless households and provide rent assistance if needed after RRH ($13,500 of CORE request).   8 7 CRLA will provide an expected 36 legal consultations to help referred families avoid eviction and strengthen tenant education and knowledge around rights/responsibilities. FIT and CAB will provide MI and TICinformed case management, financial/budgeting and individualized housing stability planning and support for clients. 36 49 PVSS will provide 10 referred families with shelter for up to 6 months and 30 transitionally housed families with services such as savings habits to support high rates of exit to permanent housing with savings. 10 11 PVUSD’s Healthy Start staff (RT) will identify and refer homeless/housing vulnerable students and families to CAB’s SCHC Coordinator, provide school support supplies including backpacks, clothing/hygiene items, enroll/renew families into health insurance 1 1
Annual Goal FY 23-24 Age     0-5 10% 7% 6-18 38% 52% 19-59 50% 39% 60+ 2% 2% Unknown 0% 0%	Annual Goal FY 23-24 Language     English 10% 15% Spanish 70% 85% Other 20% 0% Unknown 0% 0%
Ethnicity     African American 1% 2% Asian 1% 0% Latino 83% 85% Multi-racial 3% 0% Native American/Alaskan 2% 1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1% 0% White 9% 5% Other 0% 0% Unknown 0% 7%	Gender     Female 58% 59% Male 40% 41% Transgender- Female 1% 0% Transgender- Male 1% 0% Other 0% 0% Unknown 0% 0% Nonbinary 0% 0%
Location     Capitola 0% 0% Santa Cruz 0% 0% Scotts Valley 0% 0% Watsonville 75% 77% Unincorporated Mid-County (e.g., Live Oak, Soquel, Aptos ) 10% 7% Unincorporated North County (e.g. , Davenport )  0% 0% Unincorporated San Lorenzo Valley (e.g., Ben Lomond ) 0% 0% Unincorporated South County (e.g., Freedom ) 15% 16% Unknown 0% 0% Out of County 0% 0%

Annual Goal FY 23-24   Annual Goal FY 23-24 How Well Did We Provide Service?     How many participiants did you survey? 325 18 80% of CORE program participants report being either “satisfied” or “very satisfied”with program services as measured by a participant survey that will be completed by June 30th of each FY. 80% 100%

Annual Goal FY 23-24   Annual Goal FY 23-24 Is Anyone Better Off?     100% of households receiving rent assistance and rapid rehousing support will avoid eviction as measured by housing retention surveys (program developed) which will be completed quarterly.  100% 100% 70% of households receiving rental assistance rapid rehousing support will remain housed 6 months post assistance, as measured by housing retention surveys. Surveys will be completed after 6 months of housing.  70% 71% 85% of those receiving case management services  will report improved economic stability as measured by post-service surveys (program developed). 85% 100% 75% of transitionally housed families will exit to permanent housing as measured by client surveys (program developed) and/or lease agreements and bank records by June 30 of the FY. 75% 93% 70% of served PVUSD students will have improved school performance (attendance, improved grades, or reduced disciplinary actions), as measured by PVUSD MARS database records (program developed) by June 30 of FY. 70% 100%

Additional CORE Questions  (The maximum length is limited to 1200 characters in the below boxes)
1. Briefly describe any progress and/or successes your CORE program achieved implementing its activities during FY 2023-2024. (Recommended 2-4 sentences)	CAB and its SCHC partners are pleased to share another year of critical impact with the use of CORE funds helping over 100 low-income households with children avoid eviction and homelessness, rehouse after homelessness, obtain shelter and transitional housing leading to savings for permanent housing, legal consultations to support housing stability and critical assistance such as clothing, tutoring and other resources for housing vulnerable South County school aged children and their families to thrive. This field is required
2. (Optional, Success Stories) Please share a short story about the experience of a participant or family that received services funded through this contract during FY 2023-2024. Please state the specific activity that was provided and the impact or positive change that occurred as a result of the service(s) provided. *Please make sure to change any identifying information, such as names.*
3. Please describe any challenges your agency experienced in implementing its CORE funded program.	An on-going challenge is the extremely high cost of housing in our community creating barriers to placement and retention for clients, but the strength of the SCHC is the shared resources and complementary strategies that help support families and their children through housing vulnerability. Another challenge we've seen is potential clients not having formal rent agreements/arrangements with landlords, which can be a barrier to assistance. CRLA also had a staff transition and Seth McGibben, formerly of Community Bridges, has joined CRLA as the new Santa Cruz County Directing Attorney. This field is required
4.Have you encountered challenges in collecting CORE program or participant data?	Yes No This field is required
5. If you answered yes, what challenges did you experience? (Recommended 2-4 sentences)	N/A.
6. What technical assistance can HSD or the CORE Institute provide to support your data collection activities?	N/A. This field is required
7. During FY 2023-2024, did your CORE program staff participate in a CORE Institute event (e.g., Coffee Chats or Conversations)?	Yes No This field is required
8. During FY 2023-2024, how did your CORE program engage its staff on issues of equity?	CAB and its SCHC partners take part in several types of training centered on equity to support professional development and increased equity in their organizations and service provision/community. CAB's staff participates in its internal Equity Academy to promote deeper understanding of equity issues and how to put theory into practice in their departments and service provision. This field is required
9. In the CORE RFP, your program indicated an equity issue your program would address. How has your program impacted this equity issue in FY 2023-2024?	CAB and its SCHC partners CORE equity issue is race/ethnicity. From striving to reflect the communities we serve at all levels, to providing critical service and outcomes to reduce housing vulnerability for the primarily (85%) Latinx families we serve, SCHC is committed to centering its service in equity for South County families. This field is required