Homelessness

Guest Editorial by April Ludwig April Ludwig is the CEO of Hope Cooperative, a nonprofit service in Sacramento and Yolo Counties that provides housing, mental health services, and substance-use rehabilitation.

The Point-in-Time (PIT) count is a count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night every other year. On January 24th and 25th, 2024, volunteers were deployed throughout the region, with main deployment sites in the City of Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova. Hope Cooperative outreach teams were proud to partner in this effort!

The City of Sacramento’s Outreach and Engagement Center (OEC) managed by Hope Cooperative, played a key role in providing weather respite to unsheltered residents this past winter, according to data provided by the Department of Community Response.

Sacramento County, the nonprofit Sacramento StepsForward, and the Sacramento Continuum of Care (COC) have pioneered a system that centralizes informationand streamlines access to shelter and crisis resources.