Comprehensive Update on Efforts to Address Homelessness

Staff seeks direction from the City Council regarding the preferred model for providing services to unhoused individuals in the City of Desert Hot Springs.  Continue the current SWAG/CRT model: Maintain the existing approach to homelessness services and policy. Under this option, the City would not participate in the CVAG CV 200 Program or the partnership with Riverside County, CVAG, and the Coachella Valley Conservation Commission (CVCC) on the ERF Grant. OR  Adopt the Housing First model: Implement a Housing First approach and participate fully in the CVAG CV 200 Program, as well as the partnership with Riverside County, CVAG, and CVCC on the ERF Grant.