On any night in Sacramento: 2800 are homeless, 57% of those are sheltered, 43% are unsheltered, 20% are families (including couples). Over the course of a year in Sacramento up to 4,257 people in Sacramento experience homelessness.

THE NEW FACE OF HOMELESSNESS:
The economic crisis has produced a new face of the homeless: families and individuals displaced by job losses and the rise in foreclosures. These are people that have never been homeless before and are new to the social services system. In this economic climate, these new homeless are not just the chronically homeless, they are our former co-workers who were laid off and our former neighbors that couldn’t make the rent or the mortgage. The new face of homelessness in Sacramento looks like you or me and they need a helping hand.
 

FROM SACRAMENTO MAYOR KEVIN JOHNSON:
Please join hundreds of Sacramentans engaged in a region-wide initiative to end homelessness. This campaign—Sacramento Steps Forward—is a call to join together to ensure that all Sacramentans have a place to call home. Sacramento Steps Forward is a united effort to find solutions to the complex and long-standing issues of homelessness. Other cities and counties across the country have tackled this problem. We have studied their lessons and know that Sacramento can become an example of how a region can end homelessness. You can help by contributing just one days rent or mortgage payment to the Sacramento Region Community Foundation for One Day to Prevent Homelessness.
Mayor Kevin Johnson is the Chair of the "Policy Board to End Homelessness."

AN INNOVATIVE AND PROVEN SOLUTION
“Housing First” is a cost-effective and proven strategy that focuses on preventing homelesnesss. This solution prevents the near-homeless from losing their homes and shortens the time homeless families and individuals displaced by the economy spend in shelters. Support services are provided to families and individuals to help rebuild their lives as members of neighborhoods and communities rather than from streets or shelters.
HOW IT WORKS
In Sacramento County, three HPRP providers (Salvation Army, Lutheran Social Services, and Volunteers of America), were chosen to provide four core HPRP component services:
1. Screening and Assessment 2. Financial Assistance
3. Housing Locator Services 4. Stabilization Services

A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU
Sacramento County has a Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP) that effectively employs a “Housing First” strategy to prevent and curtail homelessness in the Sacramento Region. We now have a one time opportunity to leverage the support of the federal government and make a difference among the homeless populations in Sacramento. For every $1 privately raised, we receive $4 in emergency funds from the Federal Government. Our goal is to raise $400,000 to receive $1.6 million, allowing up to 2,000 eligible families and individuals to be served through the HPRP program in Sacramento County. We Can Do This!

JUST ONE DAY . . .
If everyone gave just ONE DAY’s worth of their rent or mortgage payment we would have enough to leverage the federal dollars and support those less fortunate in our community. We have a real opportunity to help thousands of families and individuals that will be sleeping on the streets tonight. Will you consider being part of this movement?

CHART OF GIFTS:
$1000 a month rent or mortgage ÷ 30 = $33
1200 a month = $40
1500 a month = $50
1800 a month = $60
2000 a month = $66
2500 a month = $83
3000 a month = $100
4000 a month = $133
5000 a month = $166