Families (2,400 beds, ~160 overflow hotel/motel units)

  • 48 Contracted Providers
  • Families do not have waitlists to enter shelter, do not have limits on the length of stay, and have extensive appeals processes for denials, transfers, and terminations

Individuals (3,538 beds)

  • 40 Contracted Providers (30 provide beds)
  • The minimum bed rate is about $25 per bed.
  • Service providers who operate night shelters receive funding to cover a predetermined number of beds.
  • It costs shelters much more than $25 per bed to operate the shelters.
  • Shelters regularly house far more individuals than the number of beds that receive funding, especially in harsh weather.
    • An estimated 35% percent of a shelter’s expenses get covered through state funding.