The Santa Clarita Community Task Force on Homelessness (Task Force), brings together over 30 stakeholders from across the Santa Clarita Valley to engage in a whole-community approach to responding to homelessness. The Task Force meets quarterly, implementing the priorities of the Community Plan to Address Homelessness, aligning local resources, and bolstering the collective response to homelessness.
The Task Force includes four subcommittee groups: Advocacy and Coordination of Resources, Direct Services, Prevention, and Housing. The Advocacy and Coordination of Resources subcommittee focuses on legislative advocacy and resource coordination. The Prevention subcommittee focuses on establishing connections to help those at-risk of homelessness access community-based resources. The Direct Services subcommittee brings together service providers to help coordinate their efforts. The Housing Subcommittee focuses on identifying relevant solutions relating to affordable housing and to support housing-related services.
In July 2018, the City of Santa Clarita (City) adopted its first Community Plan to Address Homelessness (PDF), which led to the implementation of the Task Force. The Task Force adopted a 2022 Community Plan to Address Homelessness (PDF) at the conclusion of the 2018 Plan to establish continuing goals and action items. The City designed the plans to align local resources across governmental, non-profit, and private sectors to address the steadily increasing challenges regarding homelessness facing Santa Clarita communities.
