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Learn how Measure K funds are helping meet Local Needs

Measure K dollars are being used across San Mateo County to address needs in the Priority Areas of Children, Families and Seniors; Housing and Homelessness; and Emergency Preparedness. Learn more about specific programs and initiatives below. Sort by Priority Area or search for a specific keyword to narrow your search.

Children, Families, and Seniors

Holiday Protein and Food Distribution

Agency: Human Services Agency

Provides emergency food services during the holidays.

Housing & Homelessness

Youth Shelter

Agency: Human Services Agency

Daybreak shelter is the County’s only shelter serving transition-aged youth experiencing homelessness. These funds cover shelter operations, housing-focused case management and service linkage.

Housing & Homelessness

RRHHL Interim Housing Capacity

Agency: Human Services Agency

The Navigation Center is a non-congregate shelter that serves adults experiencing homelessness. This contractor provides shelter operations, including housing-focused case management and service linkage, and providing a safe and welcoming environment for residents to stay while providing them with intensive services to help them move to permanent housing.

Housing & Homelessness

Rapid Rehousing Services

Agency: Human Services Agency

More than half of this funding pays for housing costs associated with rehousing unhoused people. These include move-in costs, time limited rental subsidies and moving expenses. The rest of the funding supports Abode Services in providing housing locator services for unhoused households and case management to support their transition.

Housing & Homelessness

Motel Voucher and Overflow Shelter

Agency: Human Services Agency

The Overflow Shelter Program provides short-term shelter and case management for eligible families experiencing homelessness, until a space becomes available at a family shelter site.

Housing & Homelessness

Housing Locator Services

Agency: Human Services Agency

The Housing Locator program provides intensive housing search support to help enrolled families and individuals locate housing, including locating potential rentals and working with the property owner to overcome challenges like past evictions and low credit scores. The program also provides case management for clients who are housed with the support of a housing voucher and who are also in need of supportive services to maintain their housing.

Housing & Homelessness

Event Center Inclement Weather

Agency: Human Services Agency

Inclement Weather shelter program that provides safe shelter to families and individuals during severe weather events or emergencies.

Housing & Homelessness

Homeless Outreach Service

Agency: Human Services Agency

Homeless Outreach Team services, also known as HOT, provide services to people experiencing unsheltered homelessness throughout the County. Services include initial outreach and engagement at encampments and other locations where unsheltered people are living, case management, and service linkage, with the goal of building trust and connecting clients with shelter, housing programs and other resources.

Housing & Homelessness

Technical Assistance Service

Agency: Human Services Agency

This contract provides training and technical assistance to homeless service providers on best practices in homeless services and implementing new strategies to enhance services and outcomes.

Housing & Homelessness

Emergency Financial Assistance

Agency: Human Services Agency

This contract provides homelessness prevention services and financial assistance to prevent homelessness and support housing stability for County residents who are experiencing a housing crisis. Provides rent payment, housing deposits, among other assistance to keep residents housed. This population includes families, seniors and individuals who are experiencing housing instability and are either at risk of homelessness or are currently experiencing homelessness and are returning to housing.

Housing & Homelessness

Coastside Hope Specialist

Agency: Human Services Agency

The vendor has chosen not to start this program.

Housing & Homelessness

BitFocus Clarity Human Services

Agency: Human Services Agency

Payment of Licenses for the system (BitFocus) which supplies Clarity, our HUD-mandated HMIS system and the system we use for Our Count and all homeless data collection and reporting.

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