HomeFirst & Sonoma Applied Village Services Launch A New Homeless Street Outreach Program

HomeFirst and Sonoma Applied Village Services (SAVS) launched a new Homeless Street Outreach program team to connect individuals with vital housing and social services and rebuild their trust within the system. The team launched in July 2024 to serve the Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, South County, West County, North County, and Sonoma Valley regions. Since July, the team has served 21 homeless individuals.

The new Homeless Street Outreach program is funded by the Sonoma County Homeless Coalition, Sonoma County's collaborative effort representing the homeless services system of care. Governed by a seventeen-member Homeless Coalition Board, the countywide effort . . .