Santa Cruz County
Housing
Housing units completed 2019 - 2023
Homelessness
Unsheltered homelessness change since 2023
Behavioral health
Number of people enrolled in Full-Service Partnerships
HOMELESSNESS
METRICS
Santa Cruz COUNTY IS SERVED BY
Watsonville/Santa Cruz City & County Continuum of Care
1,850
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN 2024
red arrow up icon, which represents negative trend 2.5%
since 2023
1,485
PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED IN 2024
red arrow up icon, which represents negative trend 4.1%
since 2023
2,656
TOTAL YEAR-ROUND BEDS IN 2024
green arrow up icon, which represents positive trend 10.5%
since 2023
STATE PROGRAM SNAPSHOT
Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) funding rounds 1-5
$24.5 million
HHAP funding awarded in the Santa Cruz area 2019 - 2025
Of this, $20.7 million went directly to Santa Cruz County. So far, they have:
- Obligated $16 million
- Spent $7.4 million
From January 2023 to September 2024, HHAP funding in the area:
1,954 PEOPLE
TO SERVICES
546 PEOPLE
Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) - rounds 1-3, January 2022 to December 2024
$6.4 million
ERF FUNDING AWARDED IN THE Santa Cruz AREA
Of this, $2.4 million went directly to Santa Cruz county. So far, they have:
- Obligated $2.4 million
- Spent $2.4 million
Data last updated 2025-04-03
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