Project Pipeline

In partnership with the County of Santa Cruz, Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency, and Westview Presbyterian Church, the County of Monterey pursued and was awarded $8 million in Encampment Resolution Funding to serve people living unsheltered along the Pajaro River within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Watsonville and Counties of Monterey and Santa Cruz. This 24-hour, 34-bed, non-congregate, low-barrier navigation center will provide housing-focused case management and wraparound services to steward program participants on a pathway to healthy, sustainable housing.

Recurso de Fuerza Fact Sheet
Hoja Informativa de la Estrategia Recurso de Fuerza

Status: Project is nearing completion and on track to open by the end of the year.

In partnership with the City of Soledad, the County of Monterey pursued and was awarded over $4 million in Encampment Resolution Funding to resolve an encampment that spans over city jurisdiction and unincorporated areas of the county along the Salinas River. The proposed project includes the development of a 24-hour 12-unit, 14-bed non-congregate, low-barrier navigation center on city-owned property. Program participants will be offered supportive services with housing navigation to help connect them to permanent, stable housing.

Status: Project is nearing completion and on track to open by the end of the year.

In 2022, the County of Monterey was awarded $2 million in federal earmark funding to develop a homeless youth campus for people experiencing homelessness between the ages 18-24. In partnership with the Housing Authority of the County of Monterey and the City of Soledad, the County is working to establish its very first permanent supportive housing project for pregnant and parenting youth in South County and a youth drop-in center where program participants will access an array of housing specific supportive services, including Rapid Re-Housing.

PSH Status: Funding has been secured.

Drop-In Center Status: The Drop-In Center has opened. 

In collaboration with the City of King and the Housing Authority of the County of Monterey, the County pursued and was awarded over $6 million in Encampment Resolution Funding to serve people who were living unsheltered along the Salinas River and were further displaced by the King City Fire. Several minors were identified as living in the former encampment and partners gathered to place them in housing. Remaining individuals have been temporarily placed in motels while the partners work to identify a location to develop the largest Permanent Supportive Housing project in South County. This single project is intended to resolve the vast majority of chronic homelessness for the City, and other partners, including the Central California Alliance for Health and the Coalition of Homeless Services Providers have joined forces to help this project come to fruition.  

Status: Construction is in progress, expected to be completed by January 2026.