FY 23-24 Program Report

Agency Name: Encompass Community Services Program Name: Health & Housing Equity Dimension: Income

Condition: Stable, Affordable Housing & Shelter Tier: Small Budget: $24,474.00

Annual Goal FY 23-24	Annual Goal FY 23-24
Unduplicated Participants     Total Unduplicated Participants 10 9	How Many Activities/Services Will Be Provided?     Provide access to Encompass Sober Living Environment (SLE) rental housing to 10 individuals with substance use disorders who are experiencing homelessness in Santa Cruz and Watsonville.  10 9 We will provide up to 600 bed-days across three Encompass SLE rental housing sites in Santa Cruz and Watsonville.  600 454
Annual Goal FY 23-24 Age     0-5 0% 0% 6-18 0% 0% 19-59 90% 89% 60+ 10% 11% Unknown 0% 0%	Annual Goal FY 23-24 Language     English 92% 100% Spanish 8% 0% Other 0% 0% Unknown 0% 0%
Ethnicity     African American 3% 11% Asian 2% 0% Latino 31% 33% Multi-racial 1% 0% Native American/Alaskan 0% 0% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0% 0% White 61% 56% Other 2% 0% Unknown 0% 0%	Gender     Female 30% 44% Male 69% 56% Transgender- Female 1% 0% Transgender- Male 0% 0% Other 0% 0% Unknown 0% 0% Nonbinary 0% 0%
Location     Capitola 1% 0% Santa Cruz 51% 0% Scotts Valley 3% 0% Watsonville 25% 0% Unincorporated Mid-County (e.g., Live Oak, Soquel, Aptos ) 7% 0% Unincorporated North County (e.g. , Davenport )  4% 0% Unincorporated San Lorenzo Valley (e.g., Ben Lomond ) 8% 0% Unincorporated South County (e.g., Freedom ) 1% 0% Unknown 0% 100% 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? 10 9 80% of program participants report being either “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with program services as measured by a one-question 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?     70% of program participants will remain stably housed at 6 months and/or will be reported to have transitioned onto other alternative housing, as measured by the SLE residency database, and reported annually by 6/30. The SLE residency database will track transition in and out of SLE’s to other housing.  70% 89%

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)	Provided 454 nights SLE beds to tenants on their recovery journey, supporting 9 unduplicated individual clients with meeting attendance and ongoing sobriety support and community building. 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.*	62-year-old female leaving treatment with nowhere indoors to go was supported with core funding for 2 months until she was able to secure indoor housing and remains housed today.
3. Please describe any challenges your agency experienced in implementing its CORE funded program.	Only able to serve 9 people i/o 10 target with funding as program costs were higher than anticipated due to high utility and rent costs. 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)	Only 1/9 people responded to survey, though they responded positively.
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?	We have required DEI training. 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?	Supported 9 unduplicated clients with a history of mental illness and chronic homelessness. This field is required