What it produces · countywide · FFY202432.8%^HUD

of people leaving shelter or short-term housing moved to a permanent home

Results for homelessness programs in Sacramento County: how many people move into housing, how many come back, and what programs cost per bed. Programs of different types serve different people, so we never rank them against each other.

Countywide · HUD System Performance Measures

Every program in the county's shared data system

HUD collects these each federal fiscal year (October to September) for the Sacramento City and County Continuum of Care. They cover every program in the shared data system, whoever pays for it, so they are not the result of City or County money alone.

See housing exits, returns, time homeless and data quality

Exits from shelter, transitional housing and rapid rehousing to a permanent home

Period	Share of exits to permanent housing
FFY2019	41.8%^HUD 2,136 of 5,110
FFY2020	49.1%^HUD 2,432 of 4,951
FFY2021	35.5%^HUD 1,702 of 4,794
FFY2022	30.0%^HUD 1,746 of 5,817
FFY2023	35.1%^HUD 2,421 of 6,887
FFY2024	32.8%^HUD 2,373 of 7,233

Population served: All persons in HMIS-participating projects, CA-503 Sacramento City & County CoC (all ages and household types) · Where: CA-503 CoC (countywide) · Formula: numerator / denominator

Returns to homelessness after moving into permanent housing (all program types)

Period	Within 6 months	Within 12 months	Within 24 months
FFY2019	7.5%^HUD 232 of 3,082	12.1%^HUD 373 of 3,082	20.4%^HUD 629 of 3,082
FFY2020	8.1%^HUD 284 of 3,502	13.8%^HUD 483 of 3,502	22.5%^HUD 788 of 3,502
FFY2021	9.0%^HUD 341 of 3,786	15.0%^HUD 569 of 3,786	19.8%^HUD 750 of 3,786
FFY2022	7.4%^HUD 273 of 3,694	11.8%^HUD 435 of 3,694	18.8%^HUD 696 of 3,694
FFY2023	8.9%^HUD 266 of 2,979	14.4%^HUD 428 of 2,979	24.8%^HUD 740 of 2,979
FFY2024	7.3%^HUD 147 of 2,003	13.4%^HUD 269 of 2,003	21.0%^HUD 420 of 2,003

Returns by the kind of program people left (FFY2024)

Listed in a fixed order, not ranked. These programs serve different people with different needs.

Program people left	Within 6 months	Within 12 months	Within 24 months
Street outreach	9.3%^HUD 4 of 43	18.6%^HUD 8 of 43	20.9%^HUD 9 of 43
Emergency shelter	11.2%^HUD 73 of 651	18.4%^HUD 120 of 651	26.3%^HUD 171 of 651
Transitional housing	2.4%^HUD 5 of 205	12.2%^HUD 25 of 205	17.6%^HUD 36 of 205
Permanent housing (RRH + PSH)	5.9%^HUD 65 of 1,104	11.8%^HUD 130 of 1,104	19.5%^HUD 215 of 1,104

Earlier years for each program type are in the downloadable data (outcomes.csv). Small groups swing a lot: the street outreach FFY2024 figure is based on 43 people^HUD.

Staying in permanent supportive housing

Period	Stayed in or moved to another permanent home
FFY2019	97.4%^HUD 2,813 of 2,888
FFY2020	97.8%^HUD 2,993 of 3,060
FFY2021	98.5%^HUD 3,025 of 3,071
FFY2022	97.2%^HUD 3,048 of 3,135
FFY2023	95.0%^HUD 3,164 of 3,329
FFY2024	94.0%^HUD 3,037 of 3,232

Street outreach: where people went next

Period	To shelter, temporary or permanent housing	To permanent housing
FFY2019	30.3%^HUD 1,121 of 3,693	22.8%^HUD 841 of 3,693
FFY2020	19.3%^HUD 634 of 3,294	13.4%^HUD 441 of 3,294
FFY2021	22.1%^HUD 491 of 2,222	10.3%^HUD 230 of 2,222
FFY2022	23.5%^HUD 600 of 2,553	9.8%^HUD 251 of 2,553
FFY2023	21.9%^HUD 778 of 3,549	9.3%^HUD 331 of 3,549
FFY2024	20.7%^HUD 879 of 4,253	7.1%^HUD 302 of 4,253

Time spent homeless while in shelter

Period	Average days	Median days
FFY2019	99^HUD	46^HUD
FFY2020	119^HUD	76^HUD
FFY2021	139^HUD	91^HUD
FFY2022	154^HUD	90^HUD
FFY2023	160^HUD	96^HUD
FFY2024	163^HUD	114^HUD

How many people

Period	In shelter or transitional housing during the year	Homeless for the first time (no record in prior 24 months)
FFY2019	4,372^HUD	5,206^HUD
FFY2020	5,140^HUD	4,649^HUD
FFY2021	5,961^HUD	4,874^HUD
FFY2022	6,645^HUD	5,376^HUD
FFY2023	7,360^HUD	6,300^HUD
FFY2024	7,031^HUD	7,049^HUD

Data quality: exits with an unknown destination

When a program does not record where someone went, the exit still counts in the totals above. More unknowns make housing results look lower. Rapid rehousing unknowns rose sharply.

Period	Street outreach	Emergency shelter	Transitional housing	Rapid rehousing	Permanent supportive housing
FFY2019	59.2%^HUD	24.1%^HUD	3.4%^HUD	4.3%^HUD	1.8%^HUD
FFY2020	75.8%^HUD	15.5%^HUD	8.3%^HUD	5.7%^HUD	1.6%^HUD
FFY2021	73.1%^HUD	22.5%^HUD	7.0%^HUD	10.3%^HUD	3.0%^HUD
FFY2022	63.3%^HUD	16.4%^HUD	6.1%^HUD	19.2%^HUD	7.5%^HUD
FFY2023	62.1%^HUD	15.8%^HUD	18.6%^HUD	25.2%^HUD	23.8%^HUD
FFY2024	61.8%^HUD	14.6%^HUD	16.8%^HUD	42.7%^HUD	34.8%^HUD

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City-funded shelters · CY202526.5%^p251

of exits from City-funded shelters went to permanent housing.

The City reports shelters together, not one by one

See City shelter results and early program snapshots

The City reports results for all the shelters it funds together, by calendar year. It does not publish results for each shelter.

Period	Exits to permanent housing	Exits to an improved place	People sheltered
CY2023	19.6%^p247 605 of 3,090	21.4%^p247 662 of 3,090	4,380^p247
CY2024	22.5%^p253 741 of 3,288	24.1%^p253 792 of 3,288	4,769^p253
CY2025	26.5%^p251 840 of 3,170	42.0%^p251 1,330 of 3,170	4,474^p251

Population served: People in City of Sacramento-funded shelters (all ages; includes children) · Where: City of Sacramento · Formula: numerator / denominator

Early snapshots from single programs

Short periods, reported once by the City. Low confidence; shown for context only.

Guests exiting to 'positive destinations' (as share of guests served)

42.0%^p189 share of guests served · Apr 2021 - Feb 2022 low confidence

Population served: Guests of the City Safe Ground program

Denominator is guests SERVED, not exits; 'positive destinations' undefined (may include temporary). Not comparable to SPM 7b.1.^p189

Exits to 'positive destinations' (permanent housing or temporary shelter)

50.0%^p205 share of exits · first four months of operation low confidence

Population served: Participants of the City Outreach & Engagement Center

Includes temporary shelter as a positive destination; very short period.^p205

Share of people sheltered who moved into permanent housing in the first two months

3.6%^p247 share of people sheltered · first two months of operation low confidence

Population served: Guests of Roseville Road Shelter and Service Campus

Denominator is people sheltered (not exits); start-up period only. Text says 'six individuals'.^p247

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State dashboard and SHRA

What the State and the housing agency report

See State HHAP results and SHRA counts

People connected to services by HHAP-funded programs

21,580^src persons · Jan 2023 - June 2025

Population served: People served by HHAP-funded programs in the Sacramento area (City, County and CoC grantees combined)

State dashboard; definitions of 'connected' and 'housed' are the State's.^src

People housed by HHAP-funded programs

4,430^src persons · Jan 2023 - June 2025

Population served: People served by HHAP-funded programs in the Sacramento area (City, County and CoC grantees combined)

Not divided by HHAP dollars: the dashboard gives HHAP AWARDED for the area ($173.3M, rounds 1-5, 2019-2025) and SPENT only for the County ($14.3M), so no matched cost-per-person-housed can be formed.^src

People served by Encampment Resolution Fund projects

545^src persons · Jan 2022 - June 2025

Population served: People in encampments served by ERF rounds 1-3 projects, Sacramento area

Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA)

Period	Households rapidly rehoused	Households sheltered	Housed one year after rapid rehousing
SHRA FY2023 actual	273^p140	756^p140	80.0%^p140 low confidence
SHRA FY2024 actual	88^p140	428^p140	80.0%^p140 low confidence

SHRA's budget labels these counts as individuals in one place and households in another. The one-year housed figure is the same in both years and may be a target, so it is marked low confidence. SHRA also lists a cost per household, but it does not publish the numbers behind it, so we do not show it.

Cost per bed-night · City programs · FY25/26

What a bed costs, on paper

budget ÷ capacity (beds × 365), not actual cost per occupied night

These use the City's FY25/26 program budget and the bed and participant counts in the same City report. They are planned costs, not actual spending. They assume every bed is open every night, because the City does not publish how many beds were used. "Per person served" counts everyone who stayed, for any length of time, and is not cost per person housed. Programs are grouped by type and listed in the City's order, not ranked.

See costs by program

Shelters

Congregate shelters, navigation centers, cabins and bridge housing for adults and families.

* budget ÷ capacity (beds × 365), not actual cost per occupied night

Program / provider	Population served	FY25/26 budget	Beds	Cost per bed-night*	People served (CY2025)	Budget per person served
Meadowview Navigation Center / VOA	adults experiencing homelessness (program-specific; see provider)	$4,839,000^p2	100^p2	$133^p2 budget ÷ (beds 100 × 365)	500^p2	$9,678^p2
X Street Navigation Center / VOA	adults experiencing homelessness (program-specific; see provider)	$4,628,000^p2	100^p2	$127^p2 budget ÷ (beds 100 × 365)	354^p2	$13,073^p2
North 5th Street Navigation / The Gathering Inn	adults experiencing homelessness (program-specific; see provider)	$3,441,000^p2	163^p2	$58^p2 budget ÷ (beds 163 × 365)	848^p2	$4,058^p2
Emergency Bridge Housing at the / SHRA	adults experiencing homelessness (program-specific; see provider)	$3,615,000^p2	50^p2	$198^p2 budget ÷ (beds 50 × 365)	208^p2	$17,380^p2
Roseville Road Campus South / First Step Communities	adults experiencing homelessness (program-specific; see provider)	$3,059,000^p2	96^p2	$87^p2 budget ÷ (beds 96 × 365)	237^p2	$12,907^p2
Women and Family Shelter / Saint John's Program	women and families	$1,183,000^p2	44^p2	$74^p2 budget ÷ (beds 44 × 365)	295^p2	$4,010^p2
Women and Family Shelter / WEAVE, Inc	women and families	$575,000^p2	20^p2	$79^p2 budget ÷ (beds 20 × 365)	79^p2	$7,278^p2
The Village Shelter / Waking the Village	adults experiencing homelessness (program-specific; see provider)	$683,000^p2	15^p2	$125^p2 budget ÷ (beds 15 × 365)	57^p2	$11,982^p2

Motel rooms

Rooms in motels used as shelter.

* budget ÷ capacity (beds × 365), not actual cost per occupied night

Program / provider	Population served	FY25/26 budget	Beds	Cost per bed-night*	People served (CY2025)	Budget per person served
City Motel Program/Emergency / Motel Sites and Step Up	adults experiencing homelessness (program-specific; see provider)	$7,858,000^p2	615^p2	$35^p2 budget ÷ (beds 615 × 365)	1,448^p2	$5,427^p2

Street outreach and engagement

Teams and centers that meet people where they are.

* budget ÷ capacity (beds × 365), not actual cost per occupied night

Program / provider	Population served	FY25/26 budget	Beds	Cost per bed-night*	People served (CY2025)	Budget per person served
Outreach and Engagement Center / Hope Cooperative	adults experiencing homelessness (program-specific; see provider)	$3,145,000^p2	75^p2	$115^p2 budget ÷ (beds 75 × 365)	887^p2	$3,546^p2
Outreach & Mental Health Services / Hope Cooperative	adults experiencing homelessness (program-specific; see provider)	$1,345,000^p2	—	—	1,848^p2	$728^p2
Case Carrying Outreach / Step Up on Second Street	adults experiencing homelessness (program-specific; see provider)	$1,188,000^p2	—	—	416^p2	$2,856^p2

Youth programs

Shelter and services for young people. Compare only with other youth programs.

* budget ÷ capacity (beds × 365), not actual cost per occupied night

Program / provider	Population served	FY25/26 budget	Beds	Cost per bed-night*	People served (CY2025)	Budget per person served
Sacramento LGBT Community / Sacramento LGBT	youth (LGBTQ+)	$756,000^p2	14^p2	$148^p2 budget ÷ (beds 14 × 365)	89^p2	$8,494^p2
Sacramento LGBT Community / Sacramento LGBT	youth (LGBTQ+)	$81,000^p2	6^p2	$37^p2 budget ÷ (beds 6 × 365)	10^p2	$8,100^p2
Wind Youth Services Common / Wind Youth Services	youth	$617,000^p2	20^p2	$85^p2 budget ÷ (beds 20 × 365)	138^p2	$4,471^p2

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One-night count · Jan 20267,458^p1

people experiencing homelessness on one night in Sacramento County.

Context: the point-in-time count

See both counts

Period	People experiencing homelessness	Of whom unsheltered
Jan 2024	6,615^p2	3,944^p2
Jan 2026	7,458^p1	4,205^p1

Population served: All people experiencing homelessness in Sacramento County · Where: Sacramento County (CA-503) · Formula: published count

Not published

28 things we could not find

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City of Sacramento
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County of Sacramento
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County NextRequest portal (Sheriff and District Attorney handle their own). Link checked 2026-10-19.

SHRA
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SHRA NextRequest portal. Link checked 2026-10-19.

CA Dept of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
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HCD Public Records Requests page. Link checked 2026-10-19.

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Results not published

Not published · Exits to permanent housing by individual City-funded shelter/site

Program type: shelter (City) · Level: city · Status: not published (only an all-shelter total per calendar year)

Who holds it: City of Sacramento Dept of Community Response (DCR); Sacramento Steps Forward (HMIS lead) · likely in: Provider contract performance reports; HMIS

Closest public figure: City shelter exits to permanent housing (all City shelters combined)

Public records portal: City of Sacramento

Sacramento Steps Forward is a nonprofit, not a government agency, so the Public Records Act may not apply to it directly. Data it holds for public funders may be held by the funding agency too.

Not published · Returns to homelessness (6/12/24 months) for people exiting City-funded or County-funded programs

Program type: shelter / rehousing · Level: city, county · Status: not published at program or funder level

Who holds it: Sacramento Steps Forward (HMIS lead); City DCR; County DHSH · likely in: HMIS (SPM logic can be run on a project subset)

Closest public figure: HUD returns to homelessness (countywide, by program type)

Public records portal: City of Sacramento · County of Sacramento

Sacramento Steps Forward is a nonprofit, not a government agency, so the Public Records Act may not apply to it directly. Data it holds for public funders may be held by the funding agency too.

Not published · Occupied bed-nights / utilisation per shelter

Program type: shelter, motel · Level: city, county · Status: not published

Who holds it: City DCR; County DHSH; SSF (HMIS bed-night records); HIC/PIT utilisation in HUD HIC · likely in: Contract invoices; HMIS; HUD Housing Inventory Count

Closest public figure: Budgeted cost per bed-night (capacity basis only)

Public records portal: City of Sacramento · County of Sacramento

HUD is a federal agency. Federal records use the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), not the California Public Records Act.

Not published · Actual (not budgeted) spending by program/provider

Program type: all · Level: city · Status: not published by program

Who holds it: City DCR / Finance · likely in: Contract payment ledger (incl. EFT)

Closest public figure: City 'Checks Issued' (checks only; floor)

Public records portal: City of Sacramento

Not published · Actual spending by program/provider

Program type: all · Level: county · Status: only department-level actuals published

Who holds it: County DHSH; County Auditor-Controller · likely in: COMPASS/financial system; contract reports

Closest public figure: County budget book actuals (department total)

Public records portal: County of Sacramento

Not published · Cost per person housed (any program)

Program type: permanent housing, rehousing, shelter · Level: city, county, CoC · Status: cannot be formed: no matched pair of program spending and people housed from the same program and period

Who holds it: City DCR; County DHSH; SSF; SHRA · likely in: Program spending + HMIS exits for the same program/period

Closest public figure: SHRA agency-reported RRH cost per household (inputs unpublished)

Public records portal: City of Sacramento · County of Sacramento · SHRA

Not published · Program-level outcomes for County DHSH programs (Safe Stay campuses, Mather Community Campus, scattered-site shelter, rehousing, Flexible Housing Pool)

Program type: shelter, rehousing · Level: county · Status: not published in budget book (narrative only)

Who holds it: County of Sacramento DHSH · likely in: DHSH performance dashboards/contract reports; HMIS

Public records portal: County of Sacramento

Not published · Behavioral-health homelessness program outcomes (BHBH, Prop 47 ROAR shelter beds, MHSA/BHSA housing)

Program type: shelter, permanent housing · Level: county · Status: not published with homelessness outcomes

Who holds it: County Dept of Health Services (Behavioral Health Services); DHSH · likely in: DHCS BHBH reporting; County MHSA/BHSA annual update

Public records portal: County of Sacramento

Not published · HHAP annual report outcomes by grantee (City of Sacramento, County, CoC separately)

Program type: all HHAP-funded · Level: city, county, CoC · Status: State dashboard publishes area-combined counts only

Who holds it: CA Interagency Council on Homelessness / HCD; each grantee · likely in: HHAP annual reports submitted to the State; HDIS

Closest public figure: State dashboard people housed / connected (area combined)

Public records portal: CA Dept of Housing and Community Development (HCD)

Not published · FFY2025 System Performance Measures (Oct 2024 - Sep 2025)

Program type: all · Level: CoC · Status: not yet published (as of 2026-10-19)

Who holds it: Sacramento Steps Forward; HUD · likely in: HUD HDX 2.0 submission

Closest public figure: HUD System Performance Measures FFY2024

Sacramento Steps Forward is a nonprofit, not a government agency, so the Public Records Act may not apply to it directly. Data it holds for public funders may be held by the funding agency too.

HUD is a federal agency. Federal records use the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), not the California Public Records Act.

Not published · SPM results by population (youth, families, veterans, chronic)

Program type: all · Level: CoC · Status: HUD workbook is all-persons only

Who holds it: Sacramento Steps Forward · likely in: HMIS / Stella P

Sacramento Steps Forward is a nonprofit, not a government agency, so the Public Records Act may not apply to it directly. Data it holds for public funders may be held by the funding agency too.

Not published · Outcomes for City motel program by operator

Program type: motel/hotel vouchers · Level: city · Status: not published

Who holds it: City DCR · likely in: Provider reports; HMIS

Closest public figure: City shelter exits to permanent housing (all City shelters combined)

Public records portal: City of Sacramento

Not published · Outreach outcomes beyond call counts for City outreach contracts (Hope Cooperative, Step Up)

Program type: outreach · Level: city · Status: only activity counts published (calls, engagements)

Who holds it: City DCR · likely in: Contract reports; HMIS

Closest public figure: HUD street outreach exits (countywide)

Public records portal: City of Sacramento

Not published · Outcomes for other cities' homelessness spending (Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, Galt, Isleton)

Program type: all · Level: other cities · Status: not reviewed / not located

Who holds it: Each city · likely in: City budgets / council reports

Not published · SHRA permanent supportive housing / Emergency Housing Voucher outcomes

Program type: permanent housing · Level: SHRA · Status: only RRH/shelter output counts in 2026 budget

Who holds it: SHRA · likely in: SHRA PHA reports; HUD PIC/EHV dashboards

Closest public figure: SHRA rapid rehousing and shelter counts (2026 budget)

Public records portal: SHRA

Not published · Roseville Road Campus North cost per bed

Program type: shelter · Level: city · Status: SBI 12 reports beds on a $0 FY26 ERF row and $4.4M FY26 GF row with beds 'already included' - ambiguous

Who holds it: City DCR · likely in: SBI 12 clarification

Public records portal: City of Sacramento

Spending data not published or not yet added

Not published · City actual spending by program (budget books show budgets only; checkbook excludes EFT)

Who holds it: City of Sacramento DCR / Finance · Level: city

Public records portal: City of Sacramento

Not published · City FY21/22 comparable homelessness total

Who holds it: City of Sacramento Finance · Level: city

Public records portal: City of Sacramento

Not published · City FY22/23 program total is derived (MYOP + HHAP) - likely undercount

Who holds it: City of Sacramento Finance · Level: city

Public records portal: City of Sacramento

Not published · County FY2023-24 adopted budget book (archive URL 404) and FY2022-23 DHSH-era actuals

Who holds it: County of Sacramento Budget & Debt Management · Level: county

Public records portal: County of Sacramento

Not published · County FY2026-27 final adopted budget not yet posted (Recommended used)

Who holds it: County of Sacramento Budget & Debt Management · Level: county

Public records portal: County of Sacramento

Not published · County DHS behavioral-health homelessness lines (BHBH, Prop 47, BHSA housing) outside DHSH

Who holds it: County Dept of Health Services · Level: county

Public records portal: County of Sacramento

Not published · County provider-level contract amounts

Who holds it: County DHSH · Level: county

Public records portal: County of Sacramento

Not published · HUD CoC project lists for FY2020-FY2023 competitions (totals only) and FY2025 competition award

Who holds it: HUD / Sacramento Steps Forward · Level: federal

Sacramento Steps Forward is a nonprofit, not a government agency, so the Public Records Act may not apply to it directly. Data it holds for public funders may be held by the funding agency too.

HUD is a federal agency. Federal records use the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), not the California Public Records Act.

Not published · CoC (SSF) own HHAP allocations and spending

Who holds it: Sacramento Steps Forward; HCD HHAP dashboard · Level: CoC

Public records portal: CA Dept of Housing and Community Development (HCD)

Sacramento Steps Forward is a nonprofit, not a government agency, so the Public Records Act may not apply to it directly. Data it holds for public funders may be held by the funding agency too.

Not published · City HHAP-funded permanent supportive housing run by the Office of Innovation and Economic Development (e.g. 440 Arden $3.46M, Roadway Inn $3.22M, La Mancha $2.03M, Monarch $0.30M, HHAP-funded; SBI 12 p4) is outside the DCR program budget and so outside the City headline

Who holds it: City of Sacramento OIED / Finance · Level: city

Public records portal: City of Sacramento

Not published · Indirect homelessness costs (police, fire, public works, parks, libraries)

Who holds it: City and County departments · Level: city/county

Public records portal: City of Sacramento · County of Sacramento

Not published · Other cities (Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, Folsom, Galt, Isleton) and SHRA budgets - logged only

Who holds it: Each agency · Level: other

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