{"id":2539,"date":"2024-05-02T09:06:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:22:15","slug":"20240502-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/20240502-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"County of Ventura hosts Governor\u2019s Senior Advisor on Homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2539\" class=\"elementor elementor-2539\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-356941dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"356941dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fa2948f\" data-id=\"1fa2948f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24e0cc65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24e0cc65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>VENTURA, Calif. \u2013 On Tuesday, April 30, the County of Ventura hosted a visit from the Senior Advisor on Homelessness for Governor Gavin Newsom, Hafsa Kaka, and Deputy Regional Director, Vishesh Anand. The visit, which consisted of a presentation on County efforts to address homelessness and several site visits with local nonprofit partners, included participation from the Ventura County Continuum of Care, Ventura County Health Care Agency, Ventura County Human Services Agency, the Public Defender\u2019s Office, Ventura County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Public Works Agency, and the Ventura County Fire Department as well as representatives from the cities of Camarillo, Ojai, Oxnard, Santa Paula, Thousand Oaks, and Ventura.<\/p><p>\u201cThe remarkable collaboration between our County agencies, cities, community organizations and our shared dedication toward addressing homelessness in our community is impressive,\u201d stated District 1 Supervisor Matt LaVere. \u201cThe participation of the agencies and cities that were at the table are a testament to the importance of strong partnerships and the hard work that is leading to actionable solutions. I am so pleased we were able to demonstrate this hard work to the Governor\u2019s Office and showcase the success our county has achieved so far as we work to provide solutions to the challenges homelessness presents.\u201d<\/p><p>Kaka has visited 25 counties throughout the state since beginning her tenure as the Senior Advisor on Homelessness for the Governor\u2019s Office. The visit was prompted by interest from the Governor\u2019s Office on ways to further support the work being done by counties to address homelessness. Staff from the County accompanied Kaka and Anand on tours of several successful supportive housing sites and the location for the upcoming Project Homekey site in the city of Ventura.<\/p><p>The County Board of Supervisor\u2019s continues to focus on initiatives and actions that work to address homelessness in the region. The Board of Supervisors recently adopted Strategic Plan Priority to Address Homelessness provides a multifaceted approach to reducing homelessness and builds upon previous actions by the Board through the following focus areas:<\/p><ul><li>Application for up to $2.6 million in homeless housing, assistance, and prevention funding through the Ventura County Continuum of Care to support up to 500 households with stable housing.<\/li><li>Addition of 15 full-time positions across the Human Services Agency, County Executive Office and Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/li><li>Homeless and Housing Solutions Director positions to provide oversight, implementation guidance, and facilitate coordination between County government, cities and community partners.<\/li><li>Expansion of the Homeless Liaison Unit within the Sheriff\u2019s Office providing increased support to connect unhoused individuals with services, support social and health care workers on coordinated field outreach teams, facilitate cleanups, and actively engage with the community to educate and build relationships with most vulnerable populations.<\/li><\/ul><p>For more information on the work being done to address homelessness in Ventura County, please visit the website for the Ventura County Continuum of Care at: <a href=\"https:\/\/coc.venturacounty.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coc.venturacounty.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VENTURA, Calif. \u2013 On Tuesday, April 30, the County of Ventura hosted a visit from the Senior Advisor on Homelessness for Governor Gavin Newsom, Hafsa Kaka, and Deputy Regional Director, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-continuum-of-care","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}