Hunger or Homelessness: Recommended Sources

Conducted by the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County Continuum of Care (CoC), the Count is mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and serves as a snapshot of homelessness in the county on a single night.

Santa Barbara's 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan constitutes a strategic vision for housing and community development. The goals are to assist low and moderate-income persons, provide decent housing, create suitable living environments, and expand economic opportunities. Included in the Consolidated Plan are broad five-year objectives and strategies to accomplish these goals. Specific identifiable benchmarks for measuring progress in realizing the City’s vision are proposed in the Action Plan for 2022 as part of the strategy.

Includes plans to address homelessness in Santa Barbara, 2022.

​​​​​​​Includes measurement of goals related to homelessness in Santa Barbara, 2021.

Santa Barbara County statistics on community indicators for children, including hunger and homelessness.

California statistics on children experiencing homelessness.

2021 State Assembly report on college housing crisis in California.

​​​​​​​Cottage Hospital report about health issues and homelessness in Santa Barbara, 2019.

Informs, educates, stimulates, and guides those who want to shift the structural conditions and mindsets holding back #RealCollege students. Studies, policy recommendations, practice guides, and commentary are accessible and freely available.

By the Santa Barbara County Homeless Death Review Team (HDRT).

At this point, we need to move beyond being surprised at the numbers and develop action plans, and the authors of this report provide many recommendations for that critical work.

​​​​​​​In February 2015, California State University Chancellor Timothy White commissioned a study to shed light on how CSU campuses were meeting the needs of displaced and food insecure students and to offer recommendations to ensure success and graduation for these students.

​​​​​​​In 2014, University of California President Janet Napolitano and UC’s 10 chancellors launched the UC Global Food Initiative. Because there is limited data about food security among college students, the University of California is working to better understand the scope of food insecurity on its campuses.

​​​​​​​From the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

​​​​​​​Flaws in policies related to jobs and wages, affordable housing, and affordable education interact to increase the risks faced by economically vulnerable students who enter college without secure housing, or who lose it during the course of their studies.

California statistics on children experiencing homelessness.

In these webinars, the Law Center discusses and shares various resources and advocacy tools that people across the country can use to prevent and end homelessness.