To: Board of Supervisors
From: Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Council on Homelessness "Homelessness Awareness Month" Presentation
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ACCEPT presentation recognizing November 2025 as Homeless Awareness Month by the Chair and Vice Chair of the Council on Homelessness; ADOPT a resolution declaring November as Homelessness Awareness Month, and Youth Homelessness Outreach, Prevention, and Education (HOPE) Month in Contra Costa County; and ADOPT a resolution declaring December 21st as Homeless Persons' Memorial Day in Contra Costa County.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fical impact for this action.
BACKGROUND:
November is National Homelessness Awareness month and Youth Homelessness Outreach, Prevention, and Education (HOPE) month. The Council on Homelessness will join the national effort to highlight the various housing and homelessness issues in our community and showcase the myriad efforts within the homeless Continuum of Care that is making a real impact on reducing homelessness.
In Contra Costa, we are marking this month in a number of ways including;
1) A Homelessness Awareness Toolkit to support engagement on the issue of homelessness through education, advocacy, and service (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1f_x2447DMe8VybeqfuozY6gspKLX3UC1?usp=drive_link)
2) Recognizing and hosting a reception on 11/4 to celebrate nearly 100 people, projects and businesses who have made an impact on the lives of people facing homelessness (Register for the event at https://forms.office.com/g/xQMNUsYVdx. See full slate of recognized parties attached to the packet)
3) A training on Adultism presented by the Youth Action Board on 11/10 (Register: https://homebaseccc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpf-Crqj0vG9T2WvrbPE_50eD1xJZArPV4)
4) Cohosting a Homeless Persons' Memorial Day event with Contra Costa Crisis Center, NAMI Contra Costa and SoS Richmond on Friday,...
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