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SANFRANCISCOPUBLICLIBRARY JArrB\[: Jamjudson 3 1223 06255 9472 REPORTTOTHE SANFRANCISCOBOARD OF SUPERVISORS ^SPECIALSTUDYOF PROGRAMSAFFECTINGTHEHOMELESS ADMINISTEREDBYTHE CITYAND COUNTYOFSANFRANCISCO POP' l^''^=M"^c; RFPT] OCT 1 8 1994 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY &F V BOARD OF SUPERVISORS"> BUDGETANALYST OCTOBER, 1994 REF 362.5097 Sa513sp 2 LI SanFranciscoPublicLibrary COVEtiNMENTU-ITORMATtONCENTBH SANmAI^S^COPUBUCUBRARir tmcCSNVER SANFtzANCisoo.cAUFt3rayaA0aiail j REFERENCE BOOK Not to be takenfrom the Library CITYAND COUNTY US ^X'] OF SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUDGETANALYST 1390MARKETSTREET, SUITE 1025 SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA94102 • TELEPHONE(415)554-7642 October 17, 1994 HonorableAngelaAlioto President, BoardofSupervisors CityandCountyofSanFrancisco Room 235, City HaU SanFrancisco, California94102 DearPresidentAlioto: Transmitted herewith is the Budget Analyst's special study ofprograms affecting the homeless administered by the City and County of San Francisco (City). The scope ofthe study was to determine and verify the source offunds forall homeless programs, specifyexpenditiu-es forhomeless programs, identify administrative and management responsibilityfor such programs, and provide aninventoryofservices provided by homeless programs administered by the City and County of San Francisco. The primaryfindings ofthis studyare as follows: • The City administered an estimated total of$75,791,511 in funding for direct andindirectprogramsaffectingthehomelessin FY 1993-94. The General Fund was the revenue source for 43.7 percent ofthe total, and other local revenue sources contributed another 7.3 percent ofthe funds. The Federal government provided 35.2 percent. State government provided 12.5 percent, and fees and donationsprovided 1.3percentofthe funds forprograms affectingthehomeless thatwere administeredbythe CityandCounty. • The City administered an estimated $51,405,495 in direct services for the homeless during FY 1993-94, ofwhich 34.4 percent was General Fund money. These services were administeredby eleven agencies and Departments ofCity government. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant http://archive.org/details/reporttosanfranc1994sanf HonorableAngelaAlioto President, Board ofSupervisors City and CountyofSan Francisco October 17, 1994 Page 2 • Although the Office of the Mayor's Homeless Coordinator ($125,691) has represented the Mayorin all aspects ofhomeless policy, the Mayor's Homeless Coordinatorhas nodirectauthorityoveranyofthe City^shomeless programs. The Mayor's Office ofHousing ($13,318,773) and the Redevelopment Agency ($3,630,900) administered Federal funds and local Tax Increment funds to provide capital for developmentoftransitional and permanenthousingfor the homeless and for persons with AIDS/HIV at risk of becoming homeless. In addition, the San Francisco Housing Authority ($2,876,815) administered a group of Federally-funded Section 8 rent subsidy vouchers and certificates specificallydesigned toprovidepermanenthousingforhomelesspersons. • The DepartmentofSocialServices ($9,083,772)iised General Fundrevenues to fund shelters and avariety ofemergency services for the homeless, as well as social services for formerly homeless persons in transitional and permanent housing projects. The Mayor's Office ofCommunity Development ($1,865,638) allocated Federalfundsforoperational andrehabilitationftindingforhomeless shelters and other emergency social services for the homeless. In addition, emergency shelter services for temporarily homeless battered women and children, supported by the General Fund and other loced revenues, were administeredbythe Commissionon theStatusofWomen($442,067). The Department of Public Health ($19,213,373) administered a variety of Federal, State andlocalfundingsources,including$7,560,987in(general Fund revenues, that supported programs affecting the homeless in the areas of medical services, services for persons with AIDS/HIV, mental health services, and substance abuse services. Some of these programs directly targeted homeless persons and others served homeless persons as part of providing services to thegeneralpubhc. • The Mayor's Criminal Justice Council ($94,292) and the Juvenile Probation Department ($623,000) used State and General Fund monies to fund emergency services forrunawayandhomelessyouth. • The Commission on the Aging ($131,174) used local and Federal funds to support services for seniors atriskofhomelessness. • As detailed in this report, the majorityofdirectservices forthe homeless were provided by private non-profit organizations, under contract to City agencies and Departments. Manyoftheseorganizations receive additional ftindingfrom grants andcontributionsthatarenotadministeredbythe City. • We have identified eight areas of City administration that indirectly affect homeless persons or are related to the presence ofa homeless population in San Francisco. The estimated cost ofthese indirect programs in FY»1993-94 was $24,386,016, ofwhich63.5 percentwas (General Fund money. BOARD OF STTPERVISORS BUDGETANALYST I 3 1223 06255 9472 Honorable Angela Aliotx) President, Board ofSupervisors City and County ofSan Francisco October 17, 1994 Page 3 General Assistance($10,731,388)cashgrants, funded 100 percentwithGeneral Fund monies, were provided to approximately 3,000 clients each month who declared themselves to be homeless. Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) ($1,847,292), funded primarily with Federal (47.8 percent) and State (44.4 percent) revenues, provided cash grants to an average of 181 homeless famihes permonth and providedvarious homelessnessprevention services. San Francisco General Hospital ($9,111,149) used a combination ofState (69.3 percent) and General Fund (30.7 percent) monies to finance the cost of treatment ofpersons who gave no address and had no third party source of payment for Psychiatric Emergency, Emergency Department, Outpatient and Inpatient services. The Paramedics Division of the Department of Public Health ($1,000,000) used (jeneral Fund monies to fundresponse to emergency calls involvinghomelesspersons. The Departments ofPublic Works and Recreation and Park provided clean-up servicesinareas affectedbythehomeless. The BureauofStreetEnvironmental Servicesinthe DepartmentofPublic Works ($544,800) usedStateGas Tax and Cal Trans revenues, as well as General Fund revenues to allocate staff to perform a variety of street clean-up and repair activities in areas that are heavily used by homeless persons. The Recreation and Park Department ($436,500) used local revenues to staff the cleanup ofareas of(jolden Gate Park and neighborhood parks where consistent campingbyhomeless persons occurs. The Police Department ($537,923) allocated staff to enforce nuisance and quality oflife violations as part ofthe Matrix Program, funded an outreach team to provide security for Department ofSocial Services and Department of Public Health Matrix outreach workers, and allocated staffto a Matrix Night Referral Shelter Program, all supported by the General Fund. Based on a review of available information and discussions with SFPD administrators, costs for enforcement activities included in this report represent what we believe to be a reasonable estimate ofthe cost ofthese activities only as they relate to homeless persons, although the departments were unable to provide clear data to verify our assumptions about the proportion ofMatrix activity affecting the homeless. The Sheriffs Department ($176,964) booked homeless and other persons arrested underthe Matrix Program andheld some arrestees injail while awaitingaMunicipal Courtappearance. All ofthese expenses were supported by the General Fund. Again, in the absence of adequate data on arrests or the portion of those arrests affecting the homeless, the Budget Analysthas madevarious assumptions based onavailable informationinorder to arrive at a cost estimate for Sheriffs Department expenses related specificallyto the homeless. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUDGETANALYST Honorable Angela Alioto President, Board ofSupervisors City and County ofSan Francisco October 17, 1994 Page 4 Throughout the course ofthis study, we were mostappreciativeofthe cooperationof the staff members of the many City Departments that administer programs affectingthe homeless. Respectfully submitted, filarveyM. Rose BudgetAnalyst cc: SupervisorBierman SupervisorConroy SupervisorHallinan SupervisorHsieh SupervisorKaufman SupervisorKennedy SupervisorLeal SupervisorMaher SupervisorMigden SupervisorShelley Clerkofthe Board MayorJordan ChiefAdministrative Officer Controller TeresaSerata RobertOakes Ted Lakey EleanorJacobs, Mayor's HomelessCoordinator BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUDGETANALYST I
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