In fact, the “externalized” cost to a community may approach three times the cost of building and maintaining a shelter. People experiencing homelessness burden local businesses, residents, parks and overwhelm non-profits like Fourth & Hope.
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However, the unsheltered population generates increasing and ongoing City costs for police, fire, EMT, and code compliance responses, as well as for the County’s courts, sheriffs and health services, and for local health care providers. In addition, recently unhoused individuals who receive shelter like that at East Beamer are more receptive to interventions and social services support, as housing is healthcare.īuilding and operating a shelter is not inexpensive. Housing those experiencing homelessness decreases number of visits made to emergency departments by more than 50%. People struggling with homelessness frequently use emergency departments and other critical services. Leaving unhoused individuals on the street often results in substantial personal and property damage, illness, and death. Resident social services will remain the key to East Beamer's success, supporting those in need of mental health and substance use assistance. Unhoused families will “backfill” the current Downtown facility, providing desperately needed family shelter here in Yolo County. The first of three East Beamer Way developments, the Shelter will be followed by 61 permanent supportive manufactured homes and a new Walter's House substance use treatment center when funding permits. The City commenced construction in June 2020 and the Shelter was occupied on Januwhen the City turned the keys and land over to Friends of the Mission and shelter operator Fourth & Hope. The City and County, in collaboration with local nonprofit Friends of the Mission, provided the funds to the build the adult-only shelter.
The Shelter, part of the East Beamer campus, represents a “paradigm shift” in serving people experiencing homelessness through the provision of both shelter and services.
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