Dwellings

Episode 34: Hope in a Backpack - Frontline of Homelessness Response


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Targeted Outreach and Engagement Program(TOEP) - a model focusing on resolving encampments. Collaboration between departments helps bringing specific services and resources to sites and encourage unsheltered residents to seek shelter and forge a path to rehabilitation.

The Vulnerability Index – Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool(VI-SPIDAT) - an assessment tool for frontline workers at agencies that work with homeless clients to prioritize which of those clients should receive assistance first. The SPDAT tools are also designed to help guide case management and improve housing stability outcomes.  

  • To learn more about the City’s Homelessness Response, please visit Homelessness Response Page
  • To learn more about the Interim Housing, please visit - Interim Housing Page.
  • To learn more about the Supportive Parking, please visit - Supportive Parking Page.
  • To read Success Stories from participants who moved upward from Interim Housing, visit our Success Stories Page.
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DwellingsBy City of San José Housing Department

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