HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-02-27; Summary of Homelessness Funding and Data (Districts -All); Barberio, GaryTo the members of the:
CITY COUNCIL
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February 27, 2025
Council Memorandum
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Carlsbad
Memo ID# 2025022
To:
From:
Honorable Mayor Blackburn and Members of the City Council
Gary Barberio, Deputy City Manager, Community Services
Mandy Mills, Director of Housing & Homeless Services
Via: Sheila Cobian, Assistant City Manager ~~
Re: Summary of Homelessness Funding and Data (Districts -All)
This memorandum provides information on funding and accomplishments related to city efforts
in addressing homelessness. Staff prepared the following summary information in response to
recent public inquiries associated with data presented in the Annual Homelessness Report and
Funding Plan presented to the City Council on January 28, 2025.
Background
City staff report on homelessness data, outcomes and funding twice a year. There were a
number of public inquiries after the Annual Homeless Report and Funding Plan presentation on
January 28, 2025.
Discussion
Data is an important part of the process to understand what interventions and strategies are
effective and which are not in addressing homelessness. To promote transparency and ensure
accountability, city staff tracks and provides information on the number of individuals
experiencing homelessness in Carlsbad, outcomes, work plan updates, program expenses, as
well as anticipated budget for the upcoming year. City staff created the attached summary
information to provide a snapshot of the data related to homelessness demographics and
funding.
Next Steps
Staff provide semi-annual reports to the City Council which include data on the performance of
the homeless service programs funded by the city. Staff will continue to refine the data
presented to ensure they reflect a comprehensive picture of the city's progress towards the
City Council's goal.
Attachment: A. Summary Information Sheet
cc: Geoff Patnoe, City Manager
Cindie McMahon, City Attorney
Christie Calderwood, Chief of Police
Laura Rocha, Deputy City Manager, Administrative Services
Community Services Branch
Housing & Homeless Services Department
1200 Carlsbad Village Drive I Carlsbad, CA 92008 I 442-339-2810 t
Attachment A
Grants ease city costs to reduce homelessness
Less than half of the $9 million budget proposed to address homelessness for the next fiscal
year is city tax dollars (General Fund dollars). Of the approximately $3.5 million city General Fund
portion of the budget, more than half is for the Police Homeless Outreach Team that includes six
officers and one Sergeant, who are in the community seven days a week.
The rest of the money is state and federal grant dollars. This is the lowest amount of city tax
dollars allocated for the city's efforts to address homelessness since the Homelessness Action
Plan was adopted in 2023.
By securing additional grants, the city can expand direct services to further combat
homelessness in Carlsbad and the impacts on the community, at less cost to the city.
2023
$4,323,406 total
5% was grants ($208,185)
City funds
95%
i023
Funding breakdown
$10,000,000
$9,000,000
$8,000,000
$7,000,000
$6,000,000
$5,000,000
$4,000,000
$3,000,000
$2,000,000
$1,000,000
$-
FY 2022-23
2025
$6,000,217 total
35% was grants ($2,146,262)
City funds
65%
$208,185
2025
Grant funds
35%
Proposed 2026
$9,128,426 total
60% is grants ($5,532,375)
City funds
40%
2026
Grant funds
60%
L $61,000 '--$101,000 -$101,000
FY 2024-25 Proposed FY 2025-26
■ Police Department Homeless Outreach Team (General Fund} ■ General Fund ■ Housing Trust Fund ■ Grant Funding
Attachment A
Results from fiscal year 2023-24
During the last fiscal year, all programs operating in Carlsbad provided services to 672 people
experiencing or at-risk of homelessness, 40 encampments were cleaned up, 65 people were
placed in temporary shelter and 133 individuals were transitioned into permanent housing.
Preventive services were also provided to 69 households to help keep them from becoming
homeless.
Summary I July 1, 2023 -June 30, 2024
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At-risk households provided
prevention services
Carlsbad's homeless population
People served
Encampment
cleanups
The city uses a variety of data to broadly assess its efforts. According to the 2024 Annual Point-
in-Time Count, the number of unsheltered homeless in Carlsbad was 112. However, city-funded
programs provided services to 601 individuals over the course of the last fiscal year, including 20
families and 42 children. More than half of those people were living unsheltered outside or in
their vehicles.
In FY 2023-24, city-funded programs provided services to 601 people who were homeless
in Carlsbad.
Unsheltered
64%
Temporary housing
21%
Shelter
15%
Homeless Demographics
7 transgender, non-binary,
unknown
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Recent
73%
20 Families
42 Children
Chronic
27%
Under 55
62%
Attachment A
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Seniors
38%