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Sacramento Cottage Housing provides housing for individuals struggling with homelessness. Its goal to create high-quality, low-cost housing that helps individuals transition from living on the streets to being self-reliant.

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Busing People Out of Homelessness: How California’s Relocation Programs Really Work

11/25/2024

Many California cities offer their homeless residents one-way bus tickets to other places.

Update on Homeless Veterans in Sacramento County

11/07/2024

Despite a decrease of 15% compared to the last count in 2022, the number of homeless veterans in Sacramento County remains high.

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Women’s Empowerment to Hold Annual Holiday Drive

Local residents can spread holiday cheer to Sacramento women and children who have experienced homelessness by contributing to Women’s Empowerment’s annual Holiday Drive.

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Women’s Empowerment Receives $60,000 From U.S. Bank

Women’s Empowerment has received a $60,000 contribution from U.S. Bank to provide Sacramento women experiencing homelessness with job-readiness programs, paid job training and transitional workforce housing so they can secure employment with upward mobility as they work toward affording permanent …

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Sac County Supervisors Adopt Ordinance to Curb Unlawful Camping

The Board of Supervisors took a new step toward addressing safety with the adoption of an ordinance amendment curbing unlawful camping on public property during their regular meeting on Tuesday.

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Innovative Homeless Service Center Ready to Build

Sacramento County has long envisioned a large-scale project that can serve the unhoused population with diverse offerings to help people in various stages of homelessness.

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Women’s Empowerment Receives $50,000 to Provide for Unhoused Sac Women

Women’s Empowerment has received a grant of $50,000 from the Yocha Dehe Community Fund to provide transitional workforce housing for Sacramento women experiencing homelessness with their families.

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Funding Approved for Homeless Hospice Program

At its Oct. 22 meeting, the Board approved up to $1,137,788 in funding to complete construction on Joshua’s House, a facility that provides end-of-life comfort care for homeless individuals with terminal illnesses, after being discharged from an acute care hospital. …

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Sac County Approves $1.1M to Homeless Hospice Program

The Sacramento County Board of Sipervisors approved, at its Oct. 22nd meeting, up to $1,137,788 in funding to complete construction on Joshua House, a facility that provides end-of-life comfort care for homeless individuals with terminal illnesses, after being discharged from …

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A Push for Interim Housing Could Help Sacramento’s Unhoused

By Russell Nichols As California continues to face an epic homelessness crisis, Sacramento County has a sliver of good news: The number of people experiencing...

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Organizations Supporting Sacramento’s Unhoused Weigh in on Mayoral Expectations

By Jacob Peterson Of the many issues voters are concerned about going into the November runoff election for Sacramento mayor, the topic of how to...

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County Clarifies Facts on Homeless Housing Plan

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved, at its Sept. 10 meeting, the staff recommendation to spend $19.4 million on two new, innovative projects designed to shelter and house people exiting homelessness directly off the American River Parkway. Original article …

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