Bringing Families Home (BFH)
Bringing Families Home (BFH) is a state-funded program that focuses on housing families with children under the age of 18 who are involved with the child welfare system. The goal is to remove housing as a barrier for parents and families working towards reuniting with their children after a lapse in custody.
CalFresh Employment & Training (CFET)
Through a partnership with the County of Santa Cruz, we offer the CalFresh Employment Training (CFET) program. This free, voluntary program helps CalFresh Food recipients gain the skills and job training necessary to find and keep stable employment.
CalWORK’s Housing Assistance Move-in Program (CHAMP)
CHAMP helps families with children under the age of 18 secure and sustain housing. To be eligible participants must also be enrolled in CalWORKs, a State-funded financial assistance program for low-income families with children. The program pays for housing-related costs such as security deposits; first and last month’s rent; credit repair; and up to two months of back rent.
Housing and Disability Advocacy Program (HDAP)
HDAP has 4 core elements: outreach, case management, disability benefits advocacy, and housing assistance. Housing Matters provides outreach, case management, and housing assistance to individuals who are experiencing homelessness and have a disabling condition who do not currently have Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).
Housing Now
Housing Now is a housing supportive services program that offers housing search, rapid rehousing rental assistance, connection to long-term subsidies such as vouchers, and long-term wrap-around services to help participants reach housing, health, income, and social goals once housed.
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
HOPWA provides housing assistance and supportive services to persons living with HIV/AIDS in Santa Cruz County who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness.
Outreach & Intake
Outreach meets people where they are out in the community, in encampments, anywhere — connecting people experiencing homelessness to community resources and enrolling them in the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) database.
Support Services for Veterans Families (SSVF)
This rapid rehousing program works with unhoused veterans (and qualifying family members) as well as veterans in danger of losing their housing. The program pays for housing-related costs such as security deposits; first and last month’s rent; credit repair; and up to two months of back rent.