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1-Amended IN Assembly May 11, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2329Introduced by Assembly Members Chiu and Gloria(Coauthor: Assembly Member Maienschein)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Maienschein, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, and Santiago)February 14, 2020 An act to add Sections 8258 and 8258.1 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to homelessness. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2329, as amended, Chiu. Homelessness: statewide needs and gaps analysis.Existing law requires the Governor to create the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to, among other things, identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California and to serve as a statewide facilitator, coordinator, and policy development resource on ending homelessness in California.This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would require the coordinating council to conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis to identify, to, among other things, identify state programs that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and funding required to move create a financial model that will assess certain investment needs for the purpose of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing. The bill would authorize local governments to collaborate with the coordinating council or any other entity conducting the analysis upon the above-mentioned appropriation. The bill would also require the council or any other entity conducting the analysis to seek input from the coordinating councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the statewide needs and gaps analysis. The bill would require the council to report on the analysis to specified committees in the Legislature by July 31, 2021.This bill would require the coordinating council or any other entity conducting the analysis to evaluate all available data, including, among other things, data from other state departments and agencies. The bill would require a state department or agency with a member on the coordinating council to assist in data collection for the analysis by responding to data requests within 180 days, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 8258 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following Section 8257, to read:8258. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the coordinating council council, or an entity the council contracts with for this purpose, shall do all of the following:(1) Conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, Conduct a statewide needs and gaps analysis that will do all of the following:(A) Identify programs in the state that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and describe all of the following for each program to the extent that data is available:(i) The amount of funding the program receives each year and funding sources for the program.(ii) The number of persons the program serves each year.(iii) The types of housing and services provided to the persons the program serves each year.(iv) Limitations, if any, on the length of stay for housing programs and length of provision of services for service programs.(v) If applicable, reasons for the unavailability of data.(B) Identify the total number and type of permanent housing beds, units, or opportunities available to persons experiencing homelessness statewide and in geographically diverse regions across the state.(C) Analyze the need for permanent housing opportunities, including, but not limited to, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and affordable housing.(D) Analyze the need for services to assist persons in exiting homelessness and remaining housed.(E) Identify the number of and types of interim interventions available to persons experiencing homelessness in geographically diverse regions across the state. The data shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(i) The number of year-round shelter beds and the average length of stay for those beds for each region. beds.(ii) The average length of stay in or use of interim interventions. interventions, to the extent data is available.(iii) The exit rate from an interim intervention to permanent housing. housing, to the extent data is available.(F) Analyze the need for additional interim interventions and funding needed to create these interventions, taking into consideration the ideal length of stay in or use of the intervention.(G) Identify state-funded institutional settings that discharge persons into homelessness, and the total number of persons discharged into homelessness from each of those settings. settings, to the extent data is available. If data is unavailable, the entity conducting the analysis may extrapolate from national, local, or statewide estimates on the number or percentage of people discharged from specific institutional settings into homelessness.(H) Collect data on the numbers and demographics of persons experiencing homelessness homelessness, including, but not limited to, the extent data is available, race and gender demographics, in all of the following circumstances:(i) As a young adult.(ii) As an unaccompanied minor.(iii) As a single adult experiencing chronic homelessness and nonchronic homelessness.(iv) As an adult over 50 years of age.(v) As a domestic violence survivor.(vi) As a veteran.(vii) As a person on parole or probation.(viii) As a member of a family, where other members of the family are also experiencing homelessness. family experiencing either chronic or nonchronic patterns of homelessness.(ix)As a person experiencing chronic homelessness.(I) Collect data, to the extent data is available, on exits from homelessness to housing, including, but not limited to, the number of people moving into permanent housing and the type of housing being accessed, the type of interventions people exiting homelessness received, if any, and racial and gender characteristics of people accessing each type of housing and receiving each type of intervention.(J) To the extent data is available, assess a sampling of data provided by local jurisdictions regarding the number of people experiencing homelessness who accessed interim interventions, including, but not limited to, shelters, recuperative care, and motels and hotels, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of people who were able to access permanent housing on or before the expiration of interim assistance. The assessment shall include the number and racial identification of people experiencing homelessness who sheltered in place or were quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic and the number and racial identification of people experiencing homelessness who were able to access permanent housing on or before the expiration of temporary assistance, as well as the type of housing accessed.(I)(K) Create a financial model that will assess needs for investment in capital and for coverage of operating, rental assistance, and capital, in operating supports in project-based housing, in rental assistance with private-market landlords, and in services costs for purposes of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.(2)For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), and upon the appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) that includes coverage of costs, local government may collaborate with the coordinating council to do all of the following:(A)If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(B)Conduct a needs analysis in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data.(3)(2) (A) For purposes of collecting data to conduct the analysis pursuant to paragraph (1), evaluate all available data, including, but not limited to, data from other agencies and departments, departments other than the council, statewide and local homeless point-in-time counts and housing inventory counts, and available statewide information on the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(B) To the extent specific data is unavailable for purposes of subparagraph (A), the council may calculate estimates estimates may be calculated based on national or local data. The council shall only use data Only data that meets either of the following requirements: requirements shall be used:(i) The data is from an evaluation or study from a third-party evaluator or researcher and is consistent with data from evaluations or studies from other third-party evaluators or researchers.(ii) A federal agency cites and refers to the data as evidence-based.(4)(3) Seek input from the councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).(b) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), and upon an appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) to fund costs, local government may collaborate with the council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the statewide analysis, to do both of the following:(1) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(2) Provide data for conducting needs analyses in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data. The council or other entity conducting the statewide analysis may extrapolate data from these local data and analyses to inform the statewide analysis.(5)Report on(c) The council shall report on the final needs and gaps analysis by July 31, 2021, to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Housing, and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. The report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(b)(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Chronic homelessness has the same definition as that in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2020.(2) Interim interventions include, but are not limited to, year-round shelter beds, recuperative care beds, and motel vouchers.(3) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.(4) Young adult means a person 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive.SEC. 2. Section 8258.1 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following Section 8258, to read:8258.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the needs and gaps analysis described in Section 8258, a state department or agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 180 days of a request for data pertaining to that state department or agency, provide to the council, or council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the analysis, the requested data, including, but not limited to, the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(b) The state department or agency shall remove any personally identifying data provided pursuant to subdivision (a), if any.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Personally identifying information has the same meaning as that in Section 1798.79.8 of the Civil Code.(2) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.
1+CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2329Introduced by Assembly Members Chiu and Gloria(Coauthor: Assembly Member Maienschein)February 14, 2020 An act to add Sections 8258 and 8258.1 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to homelessness. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2329, as introduced, Chiu. Homelessness: statewide needs and gaps analysis.Existing law requires the Governor to create the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to, among other things, identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California and to serve as a statewide facilitator, coordinator, and policy development resource on ending homelessness in California.This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would require the coordinating council to conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis to identify, among other things, state programs that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and funding required to move persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing. The bill would authorize local governments to collaborate with the coordinating council upon the above-mentioned appropriation. The bill would also require the council to seek input from the coordinating councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the statewide needs and gaps analysis. The bill would require the council to report on the analysis to specified committees in the Legislature by July 31, 2021.This bill would require the coordinating council to evaluate all available data, including, among other things, data from other state departments and agencies. The bill would require a state department or agency with a member on the coordinating council to assist in data collection for the analysis by responding to data requests within 180 days, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 8258 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following Section 8257, to read:8258. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the coordinating council shall do all of the following:(1) Conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis that will do all of the following:(A) Identify programs in the state that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and describe all of the following for each program to the extent that data is available:(i) The amount of funding the program receives each year and funding sources for the program.(ii) The number of persons the program serves each year.(iii) The types of housing and services provided to the persons the program serves each year.(iv) Limitations, if any, on the length of stay for housing programs and length of services for service programs.(v) If applicable, reasons for the unavailability of data.(B) Identify the total number and type of permanent housing beds, units, or opportunities available to persons experiencing homelessness statewide and in geographically diverse regions across the state.(C) Analyze the need for permanent housing opportunities, including, but not limited to, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and affordable housing.(D) Analyze the need for services to assist persons in exiting homelessness and remaining housed.(E) Identify the number of and types of interim interventions available to persons experiencing homelessness in geographically diverse regions across the state. The data shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(i) The number of year-round shelter beds and the average length of stay for those beds for each region.(ii) The average length of stay in or use of interim interventions.(iii) The exit rate from an interim intervention to permanent housing.(F) Analyze the need for additional interim interventions and funding needed to create these interventions, taking into consideration the ideal length of stay in or use of the intervention.(G) Identify state-funded institutional settings that discharge persons into homelessness, and the total number of persons discharged into homelessness from each of those settings.(H) Collect data on the numbers and demographics of persons experiencing homelessness in all of the following circumstances:(i) As a young adult.(ii) As an unaccompanied minor.(iii) As a single adult experiencing chronic homelessness and nonchronic homelessness.(iv) As an adult over 50 years of age.(v) As a domestic violence survivor.(vi) As a veteran.(vii) As a person on parole or probation.(viii) As a member of a family, where other members of the family are also experiencing homelessness.(ix) As a person experiencing chronic homelessness.(I) Create a financial model that will assess needs for investment in capital and for coverage of operating, rental assistance, and services costs for purposes of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.(2) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), and upon the appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) that includes coverage of costs, local government may collaborate with the coordinating council to do all of the following:(A) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(B) Conduct a needs analysis in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data.(3) (A) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), evaluate all available data, including, but not limited to, data from other agencies and departments, statewide and local homeless point-in-time counts and housing inventory counts, and available statewide information on the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(B) To the extent specific data is unavailable for purposes of subparagraph (A), the council may calculate estimates based on national or local data. The council shall only use data that meets either of the following requirements:(i) The data is from an evaluation or study from a third-party evaluator or researcher and is consistent with data from evaluations or studies from other third-party evaluators or researchers.(ii) A federal agency cites and refers to the data as evidence-based.(4) Seek input from the councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).(5) Report on the final needs and gaps analysis by July 31, 2021, to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Housing, and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. The report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Chronic homelessness has the same definition as that in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2020.(2) Interim interventions include, but are not limited to, year-round shelter beds, recuperative care beds, and motel vouchers.(3) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.(4) Young adult means a person 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive.SEC. 2. Section 8258.1 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following Section 8258, to read:8258.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the needs and gaps analysis described in Section 8258, a state department or agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 180 days of a request for data pertaining to that state department or agency, provide to the council, or entity conducting the analysis, the requested data, including, but not limited to, the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(b) The state department or agency shall remove any personally identifying data provided pursuant to subdivision (a), if any.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Personally identifying information has the same meaning as that in Section 1798.79.8 of the Civil Code.(2) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.
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3- Amended IN Assembly May 11, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2329Introduced by Assembly Members Chiu and Gloria(Coauthor: Assembly Member Maienschein)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Maienschein, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, and Santiago)February 14, 2020 An act to add Sections 8258 and 8258.1 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to homelessness. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2329, as amended, Chiu. Homelessness: statewide needs and gaps analysis.Existing law requires the Governor to create the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to, among other things, identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California and to serve as a statewide facilitator, coordinator, and policy development resource on ending homelessness in California.This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would require the coordinating council to conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis to identify, to, among other things, identify state programs that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and funding required to move create a financial model that will assess certain investment needs for the purpose of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing. The bill would authorize local governments to collaborate with the coordinating council or any other entity conducting the analysis upon the above-mentioned appropriation. The bill would also require the council or any other entity conducting the analysis to seek input from the coordinating councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the statewide needs and gaps analysis. The bill would require the council to report on the analysis to specified committees in the Legislature by July 31, 2021.This bill would require the coordinating council or any other entity conducting the analysis to evaluate all available data, including, among other things, data from other state departments and agencies. The bill would require a state department or agency with a member on the coordinating council to assist in data collection for the analysis by responding to data requests within 180 days, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
3+ CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2329Introduced by Assembly Members Chiu and Gloria(Coauthor: Assembly Member Maienschein)February 14, 2020 An act to add Sections 8258 and 8258.1 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to homelessness. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2329, as introduced, Chiu. Homelessness: statewide needs and gaps analysis.Existing law requires the Governor to create the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to, among other things, identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California and to serve as a statewide facilitator, coordinator, and policy development resource on ending homelessness in California.This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would require the coordinating council to conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis to identify, among other things, state programs that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and funding required to move persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing. The bill would authorize local governments to collaborate with the coordinating council upon the above-mentioned appropriation. The bill would also require the council to seek input from the coordinating councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the statewide needs and gaps analysis. The bill would require the council to report on the analysis to specified committees in the Legislature by July 31, 2021.This bill would require the coordinating council to evaluate all available data, including, among other things, data from other state departments and agencies. The bill would require a state department or agency with a member on the coordinating council to assist in data collection for the analysis by responding to data requests within 180 days, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
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28-Existing law requires the Governor to create the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to, among other things, identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California and to serve as a statewide facilitator, coordinator, and policy development resource on ending homelessness in California.This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would require the coordinating council to conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis to identify, to, among other things, identify state programs that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and funding required to move create a financial model that will assess certain investment needs for the purpose of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing. The bill would authorize local governments to collaborate with the coordinating council or any other entity conducting the analysis upon the above-mentioned appropriation. The bill would also require the council or any other entity conducting the analysis to seek input from the coordinating councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the statewide needs and gaps analysis. The bill would require the council to report on the analysis to specified committees in the Legislature by July 31, 2021.This bill would require the coordinating council or any other entity conducting the analysis to evaluate all available data, including, among other things, data from other state departments and agencies. The bill would require a state department or agency with a member on the coordinating council to assist in data collection for the analysis by responding to data requests within 180 days, as specified.
28+Existing law requires the Governor to create the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to, among other things, identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California and to serve as a statewide facilitator, coordinator, and policy development resource on ending homelessness in California.This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would require the coordinating council to conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis to identify, among other things, state programs that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and funding required to move persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing. The bill would authorize local governments to collaborate with the coordinating council upon the above-mentioned appropriation. The bill would also require the council to seek input from the coordinating councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the statewide needs and gaps analysis. The bill would require the council to report on the analysis to specified committees in the Legislature by July 31, 2021.This bill would require the coordinating council to evaluate all available data, including, among other things, data from other state departments and agencies. The bill would require a state department or agency with a member on the coordinating council to assist in data collection for the analysis by responding to data requests within 180 days, as specified.
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32-This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would require the coordinating council to conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis to identify, to, among other things, identify state programs that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and funding required to move create a financial model that will assess certain investment needs for the purpose of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing. The bill would authorize local governments to collaborate with the coordinating council or any other entity conducting the analysis upon the above-mentioned appropriation. The bill would also require the council or any other entity conducting the analysis to seek input from the coordinating councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the statewide needs and gaps analysis. The bill would require the council to report on the analysis to specified committees in the Legislature by July 31, 2021.
32+This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would require the coordinating council to conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis to identify, among other things, state programs that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and funding required to move persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing. The bill would authorize local governments to collaborate with the coordinating council upon the above-mentioned appropriation. The bill would also require the council to seek input from the coordinating councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the statewide needs and gaps analysis. The bill would require the council to report on the analysis to specified committees in the Legislature by July 31, 2021.
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40-The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 8258 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following Section 8257, to read:8258. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the coordinating council council, or an entity the council contracts with for this purpose, shall do all of the following:(1) Conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, Conduct a statewide needs and gaps analysis that will do all of the following:(A) Identify programs in the state that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and describe all of the following for each program to the extent that data is available:(i) The amount of funding the program receives each year and funding sources for the program.(ii) The number of persons the program serves each year.(iii) The types of housing and services provided to the persons the program serves each year.(iv) Limitations, if any, on the length of stay for housing programs and length of provision of services for service programs.(v) If applicable, reasons for the unavailability of data.(B) Identify the total number and type of permanent housing beds, units, or opportunities available to persons experiencing homelessness statewide and in geographically diverse regions across the state.(C) Analyze the need for permanent housing opportunities, including, but not limited to, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and affordable housing.(D) Analyze the need for services to assist persons in exiting homelessness and remaining housed.(E) Identify the number of and types of interim interventions available to persons experiencing homelessness in geographically diverse regions across the state. The data shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(i) The number of year-round shelter beds and the average length of stay for those beds for each region. beds.(ii) The average length of stay in or use of interim interventions. interventions, to the extent data is available.(iii) The exit rate from an interim intervention to permanent housing. housing, to the extent data is available.(F) Analyze the need for additional interim interventions and funding needed to create these interventions, taking into consideration the ideal length of stay in or use of the intervention.(G) Identify state-funded institutional settings that discharge persons into homelessness, and the total number of persons discharged into homelessness from each of those settings. settings, to the extent data is available. If data is unavailable, the entity conducting the analysis may extrapolate from national, local, or statewide estimates on the number or percentage of people discharged from specific institutional settings into homelessness.(H) Collect data on the numbers and demographics of persons experiencing homelessness homelessness, including, but not limited to, the extent data is available, race and gender demographics, in all of the following circumstances:(i) As a young adult.(ii) As an unaccompanied minor.(iii) As a single adult experiencing chronic homelessness and nonchronic homelessness.(iv) As an adult over 50 years of age.(v) As a domestic violence survivor.(vi) As a veteran.(vii) As a person on parole or probation.(viii) As a member of a family, where other members of the family are also experiencing homelessness. family experiencing either chronic or nonchronic patterns of homelessness.(ix)As a person experiencing chronic homelessness.(I) Collect data, to the extent data is available, on exits from homelessness to housing, including, but not limited to, the number of people moving into permanent housing and the type of housing being accessed, the type of interventions people exiting homelessness received, if any, and racial and gender characteristics of people accessing each type of housing and receiving each type of intervention.(J) To the extent data is available, assess a sampling of data provided by local jurisdictions regarding the number of people experiencing homelessness who accessed interim interventions, including, but not limited to, shelters, recuperative care, and motels and hotels, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of people who were able to access permanent housing on or before the expiration of interim assistance. The assessment shall include the number and racial identification of people experiencing homelessness who sheltered in place or were quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic and the number and racial identification of people experiencing homelessness who were able to access permanent housing on or before the expiration of temporary assistance, as well as the type of housing accessed.(I)(K) Create a financial model that will assess needs for investment in capital and for coverage of operating, rental assistance, and capital, in operating supports in project-based housing, in rental assistance with private-market landlords, and in services costs for purposes of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.(2)For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), and upon the appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) that includes coverage of costs, local government may collaborate with the coordinating council to do all of the following:(A)If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(B)Conduct a needs analysis in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data.(3)(2) (A) For purposes of collecting data to conduct the analysis pursuant to paragraph (1), evaluate all available data, including, but not limited to, data from other agencies and departments, departments other than the council, statewide and local homeless point-in-time counts and housing inventory counts, and available statewide information on the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(B) To the extent specific data is unavailable for purposes of subparagraph (A), the council may calculate estimates estimates may be calculated based on national or local data. The council shall only use data Only data that meets either of the following requirements: requirements shall be used:(i) The data is from an evaluation or study from a third-party evaluator or researcher and is consistent with data from evaluations or studies from other third-party evaluators or researchers.(ii) A federal agency cites and refers to the data as evidence-based.(4)(3) Seek input from the councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).(b) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), and upon an appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) to fund costs, local government may collaborate with the council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the statewide analysis, to do both of the following:(1) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(2) Provide data for conducting needs analyses in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data. The council or other entity conducting the statewide analysis may extrapolate data from these local data and analyses to inform the statewide analysis.(5)Report on(c) The council shall report on the final needs and gaps analysis by July 31, 2021, to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Housing, and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. The report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(b)(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Chronic homelessness has the same definition as that in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2020.(2) Interim interventions include, but are not limited to, year-round shelter beds, recuperative care beds, and motel vouchers.(3) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.(4) Young adult means a person 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive.SEC. 2. Section 8258.1 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following Section 8258, to read:8258.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the needs and gaps analysis described in Section 8258, a state department or agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 180 days of a request for data pertaining to that state department or agency, provide to the council, or council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the analysis, the requested data, including, but not limited to, the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(b) The state department or agency shall remove any personally identifying data provided pursuant to subdivision (a), if any.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Personally identifying information has the same meaning as that in Section 1798.79.8 of the Civil Code.(2) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.
40+The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 8258 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following Section 8257, to read:8258. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the coordinating council shall do all of the following:(1) Conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis that will do all of the following:(A) Identify programs in the state that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and describe all of the following for each program to the extent that data is available:(i) The amount of funding the program receives each year and funding sources for the program.(ii) The number of persons the program serves each year.(iii) The types of housing and services provided to the persons the program serves each year.(iv) Limitations, if any, on the length of stay for housing programs and length of services for service programs.(v) If applicable, reasons for the unavailability of data.(B) Identify the total number and type of permanent housing beds, units, or opportunities available to persons experiencing homelessness statewide and in geographically diverse regions across the state.(C) Analyze the need for permanent housing opportunities, including, but not limited to, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and affordable housing.(D) Analyze the need for services to assist persons in exiting homelessness and remaining housed.(E) Identify the number of and types of interim interventions available to persons experiencing homelessness in geographically diverse regions across the state. The data shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(i) The number of year-round shelter beds and the average length of stay for those beds for each region.(ii) The average length of stay in or use of interim interventions.(iii) The exit rate from an interim intervention to permanent housing.(F) Analyze the need for additional interim interventions and funding needed to create these interventions, taking into consideration the ideal length of stay in or use of the intervention.(G) Identify state-funded institutional settings that discharge persons into homelessness, and the total number of persons discharged into homelessness from each of those settings.(H) Collect data on the numbers and demographics of persons experiencing homelessness in all of the following circumstances:(i) As a young adult.(ii) As an unaccompanied minor.(iii) As a single adult experiencing chronic homelessness and nonchronic homelessness.(iv) As an adult over 50 years of age.(v) As a domestic violence survivor.(vi) As a veteran.(vii) As a person on parole or probation.(viii) As a member of a family, where other members of the family are also experiencing homelessness.(ix) As a person experiencing chronic homelessness.(I) Create a financial model that will assess needs for investment in capital and for coverage of operating, rental assistance, and services costs for purposes of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.(2) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), and upon the appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) that includes coverage of costs, local government may collaborate with the coordinating council to do all of the following:(A) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(B) Conduct a needs analysis in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data.(3) (A) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), evaluate all available data, including, but not limited to, data from other agencies and departments, statewide and local homeless point-in-time counts and housing inventory counts, and available statewide information on the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(B) To the extent specific data is unavailable for purposes of subparagraph (A), the council may calculate estimates based on national or local data. The council shall only use data that meets either of the following requirements:(i) The data is from an evaluation or study from a third-party evaluator or researcher and is consistent with data from evaluations or studies from other third-party evaluators or researchers.(ii) A federal agency cites and refers to the data as evidence-based.(4) Seek input from the councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).(5) Report on the final needs and gaps analysis by July 31, 2021, to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Housing, and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. The report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Chronic homelessness has the same definition as that in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2020.(2) Interim interventions include, but are not limited to, year-round shelter beds, recuperative care beds, and motel vouchers.(3) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.(4) Young adult means a person 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive.SEC. 2. Section 8258.1 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following Section 8258, to read:8258.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the needs and gaps analysis described in Section 8258, a state department or agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 180 days of a request for data pertaining to that state department or agency, provide to the council, or entity conducting the analysis, the requested data, including, but not limited to, the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(b) The state department or agency shall remove any personally identifying data provided pursuant to subdivision (a), if any.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Personally identifying information has the same meaning as that in Section 1798.79.8 of the Civil Code.(2) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.
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4242 The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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46-SECTION 1. Section 8258 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following Section 8257, to read:8258. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the coordinating council council, or an entity the council contracts with for this purpose, shall do all of the following:(1) Conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, Conduct a statewide needs and gaps analysis that will do all of the following:(A) Identify programs in the state that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and describe all of the following for each program to the extent that data is available:(i) The amount of funding the program receives each year and funding sources for the program.(ii) The number of persons the program serves each year.(iii) The types of housing and services provided to the persons the program serves each year.(iv) Limitations, if any, on the length of stay for housing programs and length of provision of services for service programs.(v) If applicable, reasons for the unavailability of data.(B) Identify the total number and type of permanent housing beds, units, or opportunities available to persons experiencing homelessness statewide and in geographically diverse regions across the state.(C) Analyze the need for permanent housing opportunities, including, but not limited to, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and affordable housing.(D) Analyze the need for services to assist persons in exiting homelessness and remaining housed.(E) Identify the number of and types of interim interventions available to persons experiencing homelessness in geographically diverse regions across the state. The data shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(i) The number of year-round shelter beds and the average length of stay for those beds for each region. beds.(ii) The average length of stay in or use of interim interventions. interventions, to the extent data is available.(iii) The exit rate from an interim intervention to permanent housing. housing, to the extent data is available.(F) Analyze the need for additional interim interventions and funding needed to create these interventions, taking into consideration the ideal length of stay in or use of the intervention.(G) Identify state-funded institutional settings that discharge persons into homelessness, and the total number of persons discharged into homelessness from each of those settings. settings, to the extent data is available. If data is unavailable, the entity conducting the analysis may extrapolate from national, local, or statewide estimates on the number or percentage of people discharged from specific institutional settings into homelessness.(H) Collect data on the numbers and demographics of persons experiencing homelessness homelessness, including, but not limited to, the extent data is available, race and gender demographics, in all of the following circumstances:(i) As a young adult.(ii) As an unaccompanied minor.(iii) As a single adult experiencing chronic homelessness and nonchronic homelessness.(iv) As an adult over 50 years of age.(v) As a domestic violence survivor.(vi) As a veteran.(vii) As a person on parole or probation.(viii) As a member of a family, where other members of the family are also experiencing homelessness. family experiencing either chronic or nonchronic patterns of homelessness.(ix)As a person experiencing chronic homelessness.(I) Collect data, to the extent data is available, on exits from homelessness to housing, including, but not limited to, the number of people moving into permanent housing and the type of housing being accessed, the type of interventions people exiting homelessness received, if any, and racial and gender characteristics of people accessing each type of housing and receiving each type of intervention.(J) To the extent data is available, assess a sampling of data provided by local jurisdictions regarding the number of people experiencing homelessness who accessed interim interventions, including, but not limited to, shelters, recuperative care, and motels and hotels, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of people who were able to access permanent housing on or before the expiration of interim assistance. The assessment shall include the number and racial identification of people experiencing homelessness who sheltered in place or were quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic and the number and racial identification of people experiencing homelessness who were able to access permanent housing on or before the expiration of temporary assistance, as well as the type of housing accessed.(I)(K) Create a financial model that will assess needs for investment in capital and for coverage of operating, rental assistance, and capital, in operating supports in project-based housing, in rental assistance with private-market landlords, and in services costs for purposes of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.(2)For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), and upon the appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) that includes coverage of costs, local government may collaborate with the coordinating council to do all of the following:(A)If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(B)Conduct a needs analysis in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data.(3)(2) (A) For purposes of collecting data to conduct the analysis pursuant to paragraph (1), evaluate all available data, including, but not limited to, data from other agencies and departments, departments other than the council, statewide and local homeless point-in-time counts and housing inventory counts, and available statewide information on the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(B) To the extent specific data is unavailable for purposes of subparagraph (A), the council may calculate estimates estimates may be calculated based on national or local data. The council shall only use data Only data that meets either of the following requirements: requirements shall be used:(i) The data is from an evaluation or study from a third-party evaluator or researcher and is consistent with data from evaluations or studies from other third-party evaluators or researchers.(ii) A federal agency cites and refers to the data as evidence-based.(4)(3) Seek input from the councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).(b) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), and upon an appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) to fund costs, local government may collaborate with the council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the statewide analysis, to do both of the following:(1) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(2) Provide data for conducting needs analyses in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data. The council or other entity conducting the statewide analysis may extrapolate data from these local data and analyses to inform the statewide analysis.(5)Report on(c) The council shall report on the final needs and gaps analysis by July 31, 2021, to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Housing, and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. The report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(b)(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Chronic homelessness has the same definition as that in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2020.(2) Interim interventions include, but are not limited to, year-round shelter beds, recuperative care beds, and motel vouchers.(3) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.(4) Young adult means a person 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive.
46+SECTION 1. Section 8258 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following Section 8257, to read:8258. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the coordinating council shall do all of the following:(1) Conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis that will do all of the following:(A) Identify programs in the state that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and describe all of the following for each program to the extent that data is available:(i) The amount of funding the program receives each year and funding sources for the program.(ii) The number of persons the program serves each year.(iii) The types of housing and services provided to the persons the program serves each year.(iv) Limitations, if any, on the length of stay for housing programs and length of services for service programs.(v) If applicable, reasons for the unavailability of data.(B) Identify the total number and type of permanent housing beds, units, or opportunities available to persons experiencing homelessness statewide and in geographically diverse regions across the state.(C) Analyze the need for permanent housing opportunities, including, but not limited to, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and affordable housing.(D) Analyze the need for services to assist persons in exiting homelessness and remaining housed.(E) Identify the number of and types of interim interventions available to persons experiencing homelessness in geographically diverse regions across the state. The data shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(i) The number of year-round shelter beds and the average length of stay for those beds for each region.(ii) The average length of stay in or use of interim interventions.(iii) The exit rate from an interim intervention to permanent housing.(F) Analyze the need for additional interim interventions and funding needed to create these interventions, taking into consideration the ideal length of stay in or use of the intervention.(G) Identify state-funded institutional settings that discharge persons into homelessness, and the total number of persons discharged into homelessness from each of those settings.(H) Collect data on the numbers and demographics of persons experiencing homelessness in all of the following circumstances:(i) As a young adult.(ii) As an unaccompanied minor.(iii) As a single adult experiencing chronic homelessness and nonchronic homelessness.(iv) As an adult over 50 years of age.(v) As a domestic violence survivor.(vi) As a veteran.(vii) As a person on parole or probation.(viii) As a member of a family, where other members of the family are also experiencing homelessness.(ix) As a person experiencing chronic homelessness.(I) Create a financial model that will assess needs for investment in capital and for coverage of operating, rental assistance, and services costs for purposes of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.(2) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), and upon the appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) that includes coverage of costs, local government may collaborate with the coordinating council to do all of the following:(A) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(B) Conduct a needs analysis in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data.(3) (A) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), evaluate all available data, including, but not limited to, data from other agencies and departments, statewide and local homeless point-in-time counts and housing inventory counts, and available statewide information on the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(B) To the extent specific data is unavailable for purposes of subparagraph (A), the council may calculate estimates based on national or local data. The council shall only use data that meets either of the following requirements:(i) The data is from an evaluation or study from a third-party evaluator or researcher and is consistent with data from evaluations or studies from other third-party evaluators or researchers.(ii) A federal agency cites and refers to the data as evidence-based.(4) Seek input from the councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).(5) Report on the final needs and gaps analysis by July 31, 2021, to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Housing, and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. The report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Chronic homelessness has the same definition as that in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2020.(2) Interim interventions include, but are not limited to, year-round shelter beds, recuperative care beds, and motel vouchers.(3) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.(4) Young adult means a person 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive.
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(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the coordinating council council, or an entity the council contracts with for this purpose, shall do all of the following:(1) Conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, Conduct a statewide needs and gaps analysis that will do all of the following:(A) Identify programs in the state that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and describe all of the following for each program to the extent that data is available:(i) The amount of funding the program receives each year and funding sources for the program.(ii) The number of persons the program serves each year.(iii) The types of housing and services provided to the persons the program serves each year.(iv) Limitations, if any, on the length of stay for housing programs and length of provision of services for service programs.(v) If applicable, reasons for the unavailability of data.(B) Identify the total number and type of permanent housing beds, units, or opportunities available to persons experiencing homelessness statewide and in geographically diverse regions across the state.(C) Analyze the need for permanent housing opportunities, including, but not limited to, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and affordable housing.(D) Analyze the need for services to assist persons in exiting homelessness and remaining housed.(E) Identify the number of and types of interim interventions available to persons experiencing homelessness in geographically diverse regions across the state. The data shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(i) The number of year-round shelter beds and the average length of stay for those beds for each region. beds.(ii) The average length of stay in or use of interim interventions. interventions, to the extent data is available.(iii) The exit rate from an interim intervention to permanent housing. housing, to the extent data is available.(F) Analyze the need for additional interim interventions and funding needed to create these interventions, taking into consideration the ideal length of stay in or use of the intervention.(G) Identify state-funded institutional settings that discharge persons into homelessness, and the total number of persons discharged into homelessness from each of those settings. settings, to the extent data is available. If data is unavailable, the entity conducting the analysis may extrapolate from national, local, or statewide estimates on the number or percentage of people discharged from specific institutional settings into homelessness.(H) Collect data on the numbers and demographics of persons experiencing homelessness homelessness, including, but not limited to, the extent data is available, race and gender demographics, in all of the following circumstances:(i) As a young adult.(ii) As an unaccompanied minor.(iii) As a single adult experiencing chronic homelessness and nonchronic homelessness.(iv) As an adult over 50 years of age.(v) As a domestic violence survivor.(vi) As a veteran.(vii) As a person on parole or probation.(viii) As a member of a family, where other members of the family are also experiencing homelessness. family experiencing either chronic or nonchronic patterns of homelessness.(ix)As a person experiencing chronic homelessness.(I) Collect data, to the extent data is available, on exits from homelessness to housing, including, but not limited to, the number of people moving into permanent housing and the type of housing being accessed, the type of interventions people exiting homelessness received, if any, and racial and gender characteristics of people accessing each type of housing and receiving each type of intervention.(J) To the extent data is available, assess a sampling of data provided by local jurisdictions regarding the number of people experiencing homelessness who accessed interim interventions, including, but not limited to, shelters, recuperative care, and motels and hotels, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of people who were able to access permanent housing on or before the expiration of interim assistance. The assessment shall include the number and racial identification of people experiencing homelessness who sheltered in place or were quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic and the number and racial identification of people experiencing homelessness who were able to access permanent housing on or before the expiration of temporary assistance, as well as the type of housing accessed.(I)(K) Create a financial model that will assess needs for investment in capital and for coverage of operating, rental assistance, and capital, in operating supports in project-based housing, in rental assistance with private-market landlords, and in services costs for purposes of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.(2)For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), and upon the appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) that includes coverage of costs, local government may collaborate with the coordinating council to do all of the following:(A)If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(B)Conduct a needs analysis in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data.(3)(2) (A) For purposes of collecting data to conduct the analysis pursuant to paragraph (1), evaluate all available data, including, but not limited to, data from other agencies and departments, departments other than the council, statewide and local homeless point-in-time counts and housing inventory counts, and available statewide information on the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(B) To the extent specific data is unavailable for purposes of subparagraph (A), the council may calculate estimates estimates may be calculated based on national or local data. The council shall only use data Only data that meets either of the following requirements: requirements shall be used:(i) The data is from an evaluation or study from a third-party evaluator or researcher and is consistent with data from evaluations or studies from other third-party evaluators or researchers.(ii) A federal agency cites and refers to the data as evidence-based.(4)(3) Seek input from the councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).(b) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), and upon an appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) to fund costs, local government may collaborate with the council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the statewide analysis, to do both of the following:(1) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(2) Provide data for conducting needs analyses in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data. The council or other entity conducting the statewide analysis may extrapolate data from these local data and analyses to inform the statewide analysis.(5)Report on(c) The council shall report on the final needs and gaps analysis by July 31, 2021, to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Housing, and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. The report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(b)(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Chronic homelessness has the same definition as that in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2020.(2) Interim interventions include, but are not limited to, year-round shelter beds, recuperative care beds, and motel vouchers.(3) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.(4) Young adult means a person 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive.
52+8258. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the coordinating council shall do all of the following:(1) Conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis that will do all of the following:(A) Identify programs in the state that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and describe all of the following for each program to the extent that data is available:(i) The amount of funding the program receives each year and funding sources for the program.(ii) The number of persons the program serves each year.(iii) The types of housing and services provided to the persons the program serves each year.(iv) Limitations, if any, on the length of stay for housing programs and length of services for service programs.(v) If applicable, reasons for the unavailability of data.(B) Identify the total number and type of permanent housing beds, units, or opportunities available to persons experiencing homelessness statewide and in geographically diverse regions across the state.(C) Analyze the need for permanent housing opportunities, including, but not limited to, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and affordable housing.(D) Analyze the need for services to assist persons in exiting homelessness and remaining housed.(E) Identify the number of and types of interim interventions available to persons experiencing homelessness in geographically diverse regions across the state. The data shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(i) The number of year-round shelter beds and the average length of stay for those beds for each region.(ii) The average length of stay in or use of interim interventions.(iii) The exit rate from an interim intervention to permanent housing.(F) Analyze the need for additional interim interventions and funding needed to create these interventions, taking into consideration the ideal length of stay in or use of the intervention.(G) Identify state-funded institutional settings that discharge persons into homelessness, and the total number of persons discharged into homelessness from each of those settings.(H) Collect data on the numbers and demographics of persons experiencing homelessness in all of the following circumstances:(i) As a young adult.(ii) As an unaccompanied minor.(iii) As a single adult experiencing chronic homelessness and nonchronic homelessness.(iv) As an adult over 50 years of age.(v) As a domestic violence survivor.(vi) As a veteran.(vii) As a person on parole or probation.(viii) As a member of a family, where other members of the family are also experiencing homelessness.(ix) As a person experiencing chronic homelessness.(I) Create a financial model that will assess needs for investment in capital and for coverage of operating, rental assistance, and services costs for purposes of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.(2) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), and upon the appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) that includes coverage of costs, local government may collaborate with the coordinating council to do all of the following:(A) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(B) Conduct a needs analysis in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data.(3) (A) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), evaluate all available data, including, but not limited to, data from other agencies and departments, statewide and local homeless point-in-time counts and housing inventory counts, and available statewide information on the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(B) To the extent specific data is unavailable for purposes of subparagraph (A), the council may calculate estimates based on national or local data. The council shall only use data that meets either of the following requirements:(i) The data is from an evaluation or study from a third-party evaluator or researcher and is consistent with data from evaluations or studies from other third-party evaluators or researchers.(ii) A federal agency cites and refers to the data as evidence-based.(4) Seek input from the councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).(5) Report on the final needs and gaps analysis by July 31, 2021, to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Housing, and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. The report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Chronic homelessness has the same definition as that in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2020.(2) Interim interventions include, but are not limited to, year-round shelter beds, recuperative care beds, and motel vouchers.(3) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.(4) Young adult means a person 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive.
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(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the coordinating council council, or an entity the council contracts with for this purpose, shall do all of the following:(1) Conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, Conduct a statewide needs and gaps analysis that will do all of the following:(A) Identify programs in the state that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and describe all of the following for each program to the extent that data is available:(i) The amount of funding the program receives each year and funding sources for the program.(ii) The number of persons the program serves each year.(iii) The types of housing and services provided to the persons the program serves each year.(iv) Limitations, if any, on the length of stay for housing programs and length of provision of services for service programs.(v) If applicable, reasons for the unavailability of data.(B) Identify the total number and type of permanent housing beds, units, or opportunities available to persons experiencing homelessness statewide and in geographically diverse regions across the state.(C) Analyze the need for permanent housing opportunities, including, but not limited to, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and affordable housing.(D) Analyze the need for services to assist persons in exiting homelessness and remaining housed.(E) Identify the number of and types of interim interventions available to persons experiencing homelessness in geographically diverse regions across the state. The data shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(i) The number of year-round shelter beds and the average length of stay for those beds for each region. beds.(ii) The average length of stay in or use of interim interventions. interventions, to the extent data is available.(iii) The exit rate from an interim intervention to permanent housing. housing, to the extent data is available.(F) Analyze the need for additional interim interventions and funding needed to create these interventions, taking into consideration the ideal length of stay in or use of the intervention.(G) Identify state-funded institutional settings that discharge persons into homelessness, and the total number of persons discharged into homelessness from each of those settings. settings, to the extent data is available. If data is unavailable, the entity conducting the analysis may extrapolate from national, local, or statewide estimates on the number or percentage of people discharged from specific institutional settings into homelessness.(H) Collect data on the numbers and demographics of persons experiencing homelessness homelessness, including, but not limited to, the extent data is available, race and gender demographics, in all of the following circumstances:(i) As a young adult.(ii) As an unaccompanied minor.(iii) As a single adult experiencing chronic homelessness and nonchronic homelessness.(iv) As an adult over 50 years of age.(v) As a domestic violence survivor.(vi) As a veteran.(vii) As a person on parole or probation.(viii) As a member of a family, where other members of the family are also experiencing homelessness. family experiencing either chronic or nonchronic patterns of homelessness.(ix)As a person experiencing chronic homelessness.(I) Collect data, to the extent data is available, on exits from homelessness to housing, including, but not limited to, the number of people moving into permanent housing and the type of housing being accessed, the type of interventions people exiting homelessness received, if any, and racial and gender characteristics of people accessing each type of housing and receiving each type of intervention.(J) To the extent data is available, assess a sampling of data provided by local jurisdictions regarding the number of people experiencing homelessness who accessed interim interventions, including, but not limited to, shelters, recuperative care, and motels and hotels, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of people who were able to access permanent housing on or before the expiration of interim assistance. The assessment shall include the number and racial identification of people experiencing homelessness who sheltered in place or were quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic and the number and racial identification of people experiencing homelessness who were able to access permanent housing on or before the expiration of temporary assistance, as well as the type of housing accessed.(I)(K) Create a financial model that will assess needs for investment in capital and for coverage of operating, rental assistance, and capital, in operating supports in project-based housing, in rental assistance with private-market landlords, and in services costs for purposes of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.(2)For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), and upon the appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) that includes coverage of costs, local government may collaborate with the coordinating council to do all of the following:(A)If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(B)Conduct a needs analysis in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data.(3)(2) (A) For purposes of collecting data to conduct the analysis pursuant to paragraph (1), evaluate all available data, including, but not limited to, data from other agencies and departments, departments other than the council, statewide and local homeless point-in-time counts and housing inventory counts, and available statewide information on the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(B) To the extent specific data is unavailable for purposes of subparagraph (A), the council may calculate estimates estimates may be calculated based on national or local data. The council shall only use data Only data that meets either of the following requirements: requirements shall be used:(i) The data is from an evaluation or study from a third-party evaluator or researcher and is consistent with data from evaluations or studies from other third-party evaluators or researchers.(ii) A federal agency cites and refers to the data as evidence-based.(4)(3) Seek input from the councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).(b) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), and upon an appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) to fund costs, local government may collaborate with the council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the statewide analysis, to do both of the following:(1) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(2) Provide data for conducting needs analyses in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data. The council or other entity conducting the statewide analysis may extrapolate data from these local data and analyses to inform the statewide analysis.(5)Report on(c) The council shall report on the final needs and gaps analysis by July 31, 2021, to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Housing, and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. The report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(b)(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Chronic homelessness has the same definition as that in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2020.(2) Interim interventions include, but are not limited to, year-round shelter beds, recuperative care beds, and motel vouchers.(3) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.(4) Young adult means a person 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive.
54+8258. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the coordinating council shall do all of the following:(1) Conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis that will do all of the following:(A) Identify programs in the state that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and describe all of the following for each program to the extent that data is available:(i) The amount of funding the program receives each year and funding sources for the program.(ii) The number of persons the program serves each year.(iii) The types of housing and services provided to the persons the program serves each year.(iv) Limitations, if any, on the length of stay for housing programs and length of services for service programs.(v) If applicable, reasons for the unavailability of data.(B) Identify the total number and type of permanent housing beds, units, or opportunities available to persons experiencing homelessness statewide and in geographically diverse regions across the state.(C) Analyze the need for permanent housing opportunities, including, but not limited to, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and affordable housing.(D) Analyze the need for services to assist persons in exiting homelessness and remaining housed.(E) Identify the number of and types of interim interventions available to persons experiencing homelessness in geographically diverse regions across the state. The data shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(i) The number of year-round shelter beds and the average length of stay for those beds for each region.(ii) The average length of stay in or use of interim interventions.(iii) The exit rate from an interim intervention to permanent housing.(F) Analyze the need for additional interim interventions and funding needed to create these interventions, taking into consideration the ideal length of stay in or use of the intervention.(G) Identify state-funded institutional settings that discharge persons into homelessness, and the total number of persons discharged into homelessness from each of those settings.(H) Collect data on the numbers and demographics of persons experiencing homelessness in all of the following circumstances:(i) As a young adult.(ii) As an unaccompanied minor.(iii) As a single adult experiencing chronic homelessness and nonchronic homelessness.(iv) As an adult over 50 years of age.(v) As a domestic violence survivor.(vi) As a veteran.(vii) As a person on parole or probation.(viii) As a member of a family, where other members of the family are also experiencing homelessness.(ix) As a person experiencing chronic homelessness.(I) Create a financial model that will assess needs for investment in capital and for coverage of operating, rental assistance, and services costs for purposes of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.(2) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), and upon the appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) that includes coverage of costs, local government may collaborate with the coordinating council to do all of the following:(A) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(B) Conduct a needs analysis in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data.(3) (A) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), evaluate all available data, including, but not limited to, data from other agencies and departments, statewide and local homeless point-in-time counts and housing inventory counts, and available statewide information on the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(B) To the extent specific data is unavailable for purposes of subparagraph (A), the council may calculate estimates based on national or local data. The council shall only use data that meets either of the following requirements:(i) The data is from an evaluation or study from a third-party evaluator or researcher and is consistent with data from evaluations or studies from other third-party evaluators or researchers.(ii) A federal agency cites and refers to the data as evidence-based.(4) Seek input from the councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).(5) Report on the final needs and gaps analysis by July 31, 2021, to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Housing, and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. The report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Chronic homelessness has the same definition as that in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2020.(2) Interim interventions include, but are not limited to, year-round shelter beds, recuperative care beds, and motel vouchers.(3) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.(4) Young adult means a person 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive.
5555
56-8258. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the coordinating council council, or an entity the council contracts with for this purpose, shall do all of the following:(1) Conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, Conduct a statewide needs and gaps analysis that will do all of the following:(A) Identify programs in the state that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and describe all of the following for each program to the extent that data is available:(i) The amount of funding the program receives each year and funding sources for the program.(ii) The number of persons the program serves each year.(iii) The types of housing and services provided to the persons the program serves each year.(iv) Limitations, if any, on the length of stay for housing programs and length of provision of services for service programs.(v) If applicable, reasons for the unavailability of data.(B) Identify the total number and type of permanent housing beds, units, or opportunities available to persons experiencing homelessness statewide and in geographically diverse regions across the state.(C) Analyze the need for permanent housing opportunities, including, but not limited to, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and affordable housing.(D) Analyze the need for services to assist persons in exiting homelessness and remaining housed.(E) Identify the number of and types of interim interventions available to persons experiencing homelessness in geographically diverse regions across the state. The data shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(i) The number of year-round shelter beds and the average length of stay for those beds for each region. beds.(ii) The average length of stay in or use of interim interventions. interventions, to the extent data is available.(iii) The exit rate from an interim intervention to permanent housing. housing, to the extent data is available.(F) Analyze the need for additional interim interventions and funding needed to create these interventions, taking into consideration the ideal length of stay in or use of the intervention.(G) Identify state-funded institutional settings that discharge persons into homelessness, and the total number of persons discharged into homelessness from each of those settings. settings, to the extent data is available. If data is unavailable, the entity conducting the analysis may extrapolate from national, local, or statewide estimates on the number or percentage of people discharged from specific institutional settings into homelessness.(H) Collect data on the numbers and demographics of persons experiencing homelessness homelessness, including, but not limited to, the extent data is available, race and gender demographics, in all of the following circumstances:(i) As a young adult.(ii) As an unaccompanied minor.(iii) As a single adult experiencing chronic homelessness and nonchronic homelessness.(iv) As an adult over 50 years of age.(v) As a domestic violence survivor.(vi) As a veteran.(vii) As a person on parole or probation.(viii) As a member of a family, where other members of the family are also experiencing homelessness. family experiencing either chronic or nonchronic patterns of homelessness.(ix)As a person experiencing chronic homelessness.(I) Collect data, to the extent data is available, on exits from homelessness to housing, including, but not limited to, the number of people moving into permanent housing and the type of housing being accessed, the type of interventions people exiting homelessness received, if any, and racial and gender characteristics of people accessing each type of housing and receiving each type of intervention.(J) To the extent data is available, assess a sampling of data provided by local jurisdictions regarding the number of people experiencing homelessness who accessed interim interventions, including, but not limited to, shelters, recuperative care, and motels and hotels, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of people who were able to access permanent housing on or before the expiration of interim assistance. The assessment shall include the number and racial identification of people experiencing homelessness who sheltered in place or were quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic and the number and racial identification of people experiencing homelessness who were able to access permanent housing on or before the expiration of temporary assistance, as well as the type of housing accessed.(I)(K) Create a financial model that will assess needs for investment in capital and for coverage of operating, rental assistance, and capital, in operating supports in project-based housing, in rental assistance with private-market landlords, and in services costs for purposes of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.(2)For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), and upon the appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) that includes coverage of costs, local government may collaborate with the coordinating council to do all of the following:(A)If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(B)Conduct a needs analysis in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data.(3)(2) (A) For purposes of collecting data to conduct the analysis pursuant to paragraph (1), evaluate all available data, including, but not limited to, data from other agencies and departments, departments other than the council, statewide and local homeless point-in-time counts and housing inventory counts, and available statewide information on the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(B) To the extent specific data is unavailable for purposes of subparagraph (A), the council may calculate estimates estimates may be calculated based on national or local data. The council shall only use data Only data that meets either of the following requirements: requirements shall be used:(i) The data is from an evaluation or study from a third-party evaluator or researcher and is consistent with data from evaluations or studies from other third-party evaluators or researchers.(ii) A federal agency cites and refers to the data as evidence-based.(4)(3) Seek input from the councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).(b) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), and upon an appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) to fund costs, local government may collaborate with the council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the statewide analysis, to do both of the following:(1) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(2) Provide data for conducting needs analyses in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data. The council or other entity conducting the statewide analysis may extrapolate data from these local data and analyses to inform the statewide analysis.(5)Report on(c) The council shall report on the final needs and gaps analysis by July 31, 2021, to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Housing, and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. The report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(b)(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Chronic homelessness has the same definition as that in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2020.(2) Interim interventions include, but are not limited to, year-round shelter beds, recuperative care beds, and motel vouchers.(3) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.(4) Young adult means a person 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive.
56+8258. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the coordinating council shall do all of the following:(1) Conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis that will do all of the following:(A) Identify programs in the state that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and describe all of the following for each program to the extent that data is available:(i) The amount of funding the program receives each year and funding sources for the program.(ii) The number of persons the program serves each year.(iii) The types of housing and services provided to the persons the program serves each year.(iv) Limitations, if any, on the length of stay for housing programs and length of services for service programs.(v) If applicable, reasons for the unavailability of data.(B) Identify the total number and type of permanent housing beds, units, or opportunities available to persons experiencing homelessness statewide and in geographically diverse regions across the state.(C) Analyze the need for permanent housing opportunities, including, but not limited to, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and affordable housing.(D) Analyze the need for services to assist persons in exiting homelessness and remaining housed.(E) Identify the number of and types of interim interventions available to persons experiencing homelessness in geographically diverse regions across the state. The data shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(i) The number of year-round shelter beds and the average length of stay for those beds for each region.(ii) The average length of stay in or use of interim interventions.(iii) The exit rate from an interim intervention to permanent housing.(F) Analyze the need for additional interim interventions and funding needed to create these interventions, taking into consideration the ideal length of stay in or use of the intervention.(G) Identify state-funded institutional settings that discharge persons into homelessness, and the total number of persons discharged into homelessness from each of those settings.(H) Collect data on the numbers and demographics of persons experiencing homelessness in all of the following circumstances:(i) As a young adult.(ii) As an unaccompanied minor.(iii) As a single adult experiencing chronic homelessness and nonchronic homelessness.(iv) As an adult over 50 years of age.(v) As a domestic violence survivor.(vi) As a veteran.(vii) As a person on parole or probation.(viii) As a member of a family, where other members of the family are also experiencing homelessness.(ix) As a person experiencing chronic homelessness.(I) Create a financial model that will assess needs for investment in capital and for coverage of operating, rental assistance, and services costs for purposes of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.(2) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), and upon the appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) that includes coverage of costs, local government may collaborate with the coordinating council to do all of the following:(A) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(B) Conduct a needs analysis in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data.(3) (A) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), evaluate all available data, including, but not limited to, data from other agencies and departments, statewide and local homeless point-in-time counts and housing inventory counts, and available statewide information on the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(B) To the extent specific data is unavailable for purposes of subparagraph (A), the council may calculate estimates based on national or local data. The council shall only use data that meets either of the following requirements:(i) The data is from an evaluation or study from a third-party evaluator or researcher and is consistent with data from evaluations or studies from other third-party evaluators or researchers.(ii) A federal agency cites and refers to the data as evidence-based.(4) Seek input from the councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).(5) Report on the final needs and gaps analysis by July 31, 2021, to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Housing, and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. The report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Chronic homelessness has the same definition as that in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2020.(2) Interim interventions include, but are not limited to, year-round shelter beds, recuperative care beds, and motel vouchers.(3) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.(4) Young adult means a person 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive.
5757
5858
5959
60-8258. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the coordinating council council, or an entity the council contracts with for this purpose, shall do all of the following:
60+8258. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the coordinating council shall do all of the following:
6161
62-(1) Conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, Conduct a statewide needs and gaps analysis that will do all of the following:
62+(1) Conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis that will do all of the following:
6363
6464 (A) Identify programs in the state that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and describe all of the following for each program to the extent that data is available:
6565
6666 (i) The amount of funding the program receives each year and funding sources for the program.
6767
6868 (ii) The number of persons the program serves each year.
6969
7070 (iii) The types of housing and services provided to the persons the program serves each year.
7171
72-(iv) Limitations, if any, on the length of stay for housing programs and length of provision of services for service programs.
72+(iv) Limitations, if any, on the length of stay for housing programs and length of services for service programs.
7373
7474 (v) If applicable, reasons for the unavailability of data.
7575
7676 (B) Identify the total number and type of permanent housing beds, units, or opportunities available to persons experiencing homelessness statewide and in geographically diverse regions across the state.
7777
7878 (C) Analyze the need for permanent housing opportunities, including, but not limited to, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and affordable housing.
7979
8080 (D) Analyze the need for services to assist persons in exiting homelessness and remaining housed.
8181
8282 (E) Identify the number of and types of interim interventions available to persons experiencing homelessness in geographically diverse regions across the state. The data shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
8383
84-(i) The number of year-round shelter beds and the average length of stay for those beds for each region. beds.
84+(i) The number of year-round shelter beds and the average length of stay for those beds for each region.
8585
86-(ii) The average length of stay in or use of interim interventions. interventions, to the extent data is available.
86+(ii) The average length of stay in or use of interim interventions.
8787
88-(iii) The exit rate from an interim intervention to permanent housing. housing, to the extent data is available.
88+(iii) The exit rate from an interim intervention to permanent housing.
8989
9090 (F) Analyze the need for additional interim interventions and funding needed to create these interventions, taking into consideration the ideal length of stay in or use of the intervention.
9191
92-(G) Identify state-funded institutional settings that discharge persons into homelessness, and the total number of persons discharged into homelessness from each of those settings. settings, to the extent data is available. If data is unavailable, the entity conducting the analysis may extrapolate from national, local, or statewide estimates on the number or percentage of people discharged from specific institutional settings into homelessness.
92+(G) Identify state-funded institutional settings that discharge persons into homelessness, and the total number of persons discharged into homelessness from each of those settings.
9393
94-(H) Collect data on the numbers and demographics of persons experiencing homelessness homelessness, including, but not limited to, the extent data is available, race and gender demographics, in all of the following circumstances:
94+(H) Collect data on the numbers and demographics of persons experiencing homelessness in all of the following circumstances:
9595
9696 (i) As a young adult.
9797
9898 (ii) As an unaccompanied minor.
9999
100100 (iii) As a single adult experiencing chronic homelessness and nonchronic homelessness.
101101
102102 (iv) As an adult over 50 years of age.
103103
104104 (v) As a domestic violence survivor.
105105
106106 (vi) As a veteran.
107107
108108 (vii) As a person on parole or probation.
109109
110-(viii) As a member of a family, where other members of the family are also experiencing homelessness. family experiencing either chronic or nonchronic patterns of homelessness.
110+(viii) As a member of a family, where other members of the family are also experiencing homelessness.
111111
112112 (ix) As a person experiencing chronic homelessness.
113113
114-
115-
116-(I) Collect data, to the extent data is available, on exits from homelessness to housing, including, but not limited to, the number of people moving into permanent housing and the type of housing being accessed, the type of interventions people exiting homelessness received, if any, and racial and gender characteristics of people accessing each type of housing and receiving each type of intervention.
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118-(J) To the extent data is available, assess a sampling of data provided by local jurisdictions regarding the number of people experiencing homelessness who accessed interim interventions, including, but not limited to, shelters, recuperative care, and motels and hotels, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of people who were able to access permanent housing on or before the expiration of interim assistance. The assessment shall include the number and racial identification of people experiencing homelessness who sheltered in place or were quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic and the number and racial identification of people experiencing homelessness who were able to access permanent housing on or before the expiration of temporary assistance, as well as the type of housing accessed.
119-
120-(I)
121-
122-
123-
124-(K) Create a financial model that will assess needs for investment in capital and for coverage of operating, rental assistance, and capital, in operating supports in project-based housing, in rental assistance with private-market landlords, and in services costs for purposes of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.
114+(I) Create a financial model that will assess needs for investment in capital and for coverage of operating, rental assistance, and services costs for purposes of moving persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.
125115
126116 (2) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), and upon the appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) that includes coverage of costs, local government may collaborate with the coordinating council to do all of the following:
127117
128-
129-
130118 (A) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.
131-
132-
133119
134120 (B) Conduct a needs analysis in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data.
135121
122+(3) (A) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1), evaluate all available data, including, but not limited to, data from other agencies and departments, statewide and local homeless point-in-time counts and housing inventory counts, and available statewide information on the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.
136123
137-
138-(3)
139-
140-
141-
142-(2) (A) For purposes of collecting data to conduct the analysis pursuant to paragraph (1), evaluate all available data, including, but not limited to, data from other agencies and departments, departments other than the council, statewide and local homeless point-in-time counts and housing inventory counts, and available statewide information on the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.
143-
144-(B) To the extent specific data is unavailable for purposes of subparagraph (A), the council may calculate estimates estimates may be calculated based on national or local data. The council shall only use data Only data that meets either of the following requirements: requirements shall be used:
124+(B) To the extent specific data is unavailable for purposes of subparagraph (A), the council may calculate estimates based on national or local data. The council shall only use data that meets either of the following requirements:
145125
146126 (i) The data is from an evaluation or study from a third-party evaluator or researcher and is consistent with data from evaluations or studies from other third-party evaluators or researchers.
147127
148128 (ii) A federal agency cites and refers to the data as evidence-based.
149129
150-(4)
130+(4) Seek input from the councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).
151131
132+(5) Report on the final needs and gaps analysis by July 31, 2021, to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Housing, and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. The report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
152133
153-
154-(3) Seek input from the councils members on the direction of, design of data collection for, and items to be included in the analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).(b) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), and upon an appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) to fund costs, local government may collaborate with the council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the statewide analysis, to do both of the following:(1) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.(2) Provide data for conducting needs analyses in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data. The council or other entity conducting the statewide analysis may extrapolate data from these local data and analyses to inform the statewide analysis.
155-
156-(b) For purposes of collecting data pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), and upon an appropriation pursuant to subdivision (a) to fund costs, local government may collaborate with the council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the statewide analysis, to do both of the following:
157-
158-(1) If available, share existing data from local gaps or needs analyses to inform statewide data.
159-
160-(2) Provide data for conducting needs analyses in a sampling of up to six geographically diverse regions to inform statewide data. The council or other entity conducting the statewide analysis may extrapolate data from these local data and analyses to inform the statewide analysis.
161-
162-(5)Report on
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164-
165-
166-(c) The council shall report on the final needs and gaps analysis by July 31, 2021, to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Budget, Senate Committee on Housing, and Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. The report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
167-
168-(b)
169-
170-
171-
172-(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
134+(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
173135
174136 (1) Chronic homelessness has the same definition as that in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2020.
175137
176138 (2) Interim interventions include, but are not limited to, year-round shelter beds, recuperative care beds, and motel vouchers.
177139
178140 (3) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.
179141
180142 (4) Young adult means a person 18 to 24 years of age, inclusive.
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182-SEC. 2. Section 8258.1 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following Section 8258, to read:8258.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the needs and gaps analysis described in Section 8258, a state department or agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 180 days of a request for data pertaining to that state department or agency, provide to the council, or council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the analysis, the requested data, including, but not limited to, the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(b) The state department or agency shall remove any personally identifying data provided pursuant to subdivision (a), if any.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Personally identifying information has the same meaning as that in Section 1798.79.8 of the Civil Code.(2) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.
144+SEC. 2. Section 8258.1 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following Section 8258, to read:8258.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the needs and gaps analysis described in Section 8258, a state department or agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 180 days of a request for data pertaining to that state department or agency, provide to the council, or entity conducting the analysis, the requested data, including, but not limited to, the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(b) The state department or agency shall remove any personally identifying data provided pursuant to subdivision (a), if any.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Personally identifying information has the same meaning as that in Section 1798.79.8 of the Civil Code.(2) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.
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184146 SEC. 2. Section 8258.1 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following Section 8258, to read:
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188-8258.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the needs and gaps analysis described in Section 8258, a state department or agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 180 days of a request for data pertaining to that state department or agency, provide to the council, or council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the analysis, the requested data, including, but not limited to, the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(b) The state department or agency shall remove any personally identifying data provided pursuant to subdivision (a), if any.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Personally identifying information has the same meaning as that in Section 1798.79.8 of the Civil Code.(2) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.
150+8258.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the needs and gaps analysis described in Section 8258, a state department or agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 180 days of a request for data pertaining to that state department or agency, provide to the council, or entity conducting the analysis, the requested data, including, but not limited to, the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(b) The state department or agency shall remove any personally identifying data provided pursuant to subdivision (a), if any.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Personally identifying information has the same meaning as that in Section 1798.79.8 of the Civil Code.(2) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.
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190-8258.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the needs and gaps analysis described in Section 8258, a state department or agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 180 days of a request for data pertaining to that state department or agency, provide to the council, or council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the analysis, the requested data, including, but not limited to, the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(b) The state department or agency shall remove any personally identifying data provided pursuant to subdivision (a), if any.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Personally identifying information has the same meaning as that in Section 1798.79.8 of the Civil Code.(2) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.
152+8258.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the needs and gaps analysis described in Section 8258, a state department or agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 180 days of a request for data pertaining to that state department or agency, provide to the council, or entity conducting the analysis, the requested data, including, but not limited to, the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(b) The state department or agency shall remove any personally identifying data provided pursuant to subdivision (a), if any.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Personally identifying information has the same meaning as that in Section 1798.79.8 of the Civil Code.(2) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.
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192-8258.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the needs and gaps analysis described in Section 8258, a state department or agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 180 days of a request for data pertaining to that state department or agency, provide to the council, or council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the analysis, the requested data, including, but not limited to, the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(b) The state department or agency shall remove any personally identifying data provided pursuant to subdivision (a), if any.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Personally identifying information has the same meaning as that in Section 1798.79.8 of the Civil Code.(2) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.
154+8258.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the needs and gaps analysis described in Section 8258, a state department or agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 180 days of a request for data pertaining to that state department or agency, provide to the council, or entity conducting the analysis, the requested data, including, but not limited to, the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.(b) The state department or agency shall remove any personally identifying data provided pursuant to subdivision (a), if any.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Personally identifying information has the same meaning as that in Section 1798.79.8 of the Civil Code.(2) State-funded institutional settings include, but are not limited to, justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and health care settings.
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196-8258.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the needs and gaps analysis described in Section 8258, a state department or agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 180 days of a request for data pertaining to that state department or agency, provide to the council, or council or, if the council contracts with another entity to conduct the analysis, the entity conducting the analysis, the requested data, including, but not limited to, the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.
158+8258.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the needs and gaps analysis described in Section 8258, a state department or agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 180 days of a request for data pertaining to that state department or agency, provide to the council, or entity conducting the analysis, the requested data, including, but not limited to, the number or rate of persons exiting state-funded institutional settings into homelessness.
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198160 (b) The state department or agency shall remove any personally identifying data provided pursuant to subdivision (a), if any.
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202164 (1) Personally identifying information has the same meaning as that in Section 1798.79.8 of the Civil Code.
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