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25 <br /> In the fall of 2020, in partnership with the Orange County Criminal Justice Resource Department, OCPEH <br /> launched the Street Outreach, Harm Reduction and Deflection program. The program connects people <br /> living unsheltered in Orange County with housing and services. The team expanded to four members, <br /> including three peer navigators and a clinical coordinator, in June 2022. SOHRAD uses a relationship- <br /> based model, provide ongoing engagement, response, and case management to people living <br /> unsheltered with the goal of reducing harm and deflecting individuals from criminal justice system <br /> involvement. <br /> Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless persons <br /> Of the 103 people in shelters or transitional housing programs counted in the 2022 Point-in-Time Count, <br /> 63 of those were in emergency shelters and 40 were in transitional housing. <br /> The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness reported the following number of beds on in the <br /> 2022 Housing Inventory Count: <br /> • Transitional Housing: 52 beds <br /> • Emergency Shelter: 94 beds <br /> • Permanent Supportive Housing: 63 beds <br /> • Rapid Re-Housing: 37 beds <br /> • Other Permanent Housing: 219 beds <br /> Orange County does not have a domestic violence shelter, but the domestic violence service provider, <br /> Compass Center, started an emergency housing program in scattered site apartments in 2020 for three <br /> households. <br /> Helping low-income individuals and families avoid becoming homeless, especially extremely <br /> low-income individuals and families and those who are: likely to become homeless after <br /> being discharged from publicly funded institutions and systems of care (such as health care <br /> facilities, mental health facilities, foster care and other youth facilities, and corrections <br /> programs and institutions); and, receiving assistance from public or private agencies that <br /> address housing, health, social services, employment, education, or youth needs <br /> OCPEH works on homelessness prevention and diversion extensively. Flexible homelessness diversion <br /> funding is available via the Housing Helpline and any households who have less than two weeks of stable <br /> housing or who have been experiencing homelessness for two week or less are guided through a <br /> structured conversation to determine if there are any safe places, other than shelter, that the household <br /> can go. Coupled with the flexible diversion funding, these conversations have led to about 20% of <br /> eligible households being diverted from homelessness. <br /> OCPEH partners with the Local Reentry Council to offer services and housing referrals to people exiting <br /> jail or prison. OCPEH partners with DSS to help youth exiting foster care to connect with resources <br /> CAPER 23 <br /> OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.09/30/2021) <br />