EVERYONE DESERVES A PLACE THEY CAN CALL HOME.
The Mission of the Alpine County Health and Human Services Department is to promote the dignity and well-being of children, families and adults through public health and human service programs.
Inyo County Department of Health and Human Services provides a range of services including behavioral health programs, early childhood development, senior programs, general assistance to families, offer numerous programs to assist indigent individuals and families.
IMACA is a non-profit Community Action Agency serving Inyo and Mono Counties. The Mission of IMACA is to support, educate, empower, and advocate for vulnerable populations in our community. The Agency administers Head Start, Child Care, Weatherization, Energy Assistance, Food Pantry and Distribution, Affordable Housing and Homeless Assistance Programs.
It is the mission of the Inyo-Mono Association for the Handicapped to promote an independent and fulfilling lifestyle for each client with developmental disabilities. It is IMAH’s purpose to provide programs and services to help the developmentally disabled adults in their quest to move towards a plan of self-support.
Mammoth Lakes Housing, Inc. (MLH) is a private, not for profit, community housing development organization established in 2003. Their service area is Inyo, Mono, and Alpine counties. MLH provides the following services: home ownership counseling; fair housing resources; grants administration; consulting services; property management; and affordable housing development.
The Mission of Mono County Department of Social Services is to serve, aid, and protect needy and vulnerable children and adults residing in Mono County in ways that strengthen and preserve families, encourage personal responsibility, and foster independence. The Mono County Department of Social Services offers a variety of services to individuals and families through several Federal, State, and County programs.
The Salvation Army is a faith-based, national organization that help fight poverty. They help: disaster survivors, overcome poverty; provide shelter; stop domestic abuse; teach children; assist the unemployed; cure hunger; serve the LGBTQ community; fight human trafficking; equip families; empower the arts; combat addiction; serve veterans; and meet the greatest need.
Wild Iris offers free and confidential support for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or child abuse and their families in Inyo and Mono Counties.
Engagement by trained staff with persons experiencing homelessness on the street and in abandoned buildings, encampments, vehicles and other unsuitable living environments. The Street Outreach Specialist and/or Team help link the homeless with emergency shelter, housing and critical services.
Immediate shelter from the elements is arranged for individuals and families who are homeless. Hotel/motel vouchers are provided for a limited time until permanent housing can be arranged for program participants.
Permanent housing is secured for individuals and families who are literally homeless. Deposit assistance, short- and medium-term rental assistance and other types of assistance are available to ensure placement in decent and safe housing.
Transitional housing provides temporary housing for the certain segments of the homeless population, including working homeless making insufficient wages who have trouble affording long-term housing, and is set up to transition residents into permanent, affordable housing.
This program assists qualified individuals and families who are at imminent risk or at risk of homelessness. Financial assistance and services are available to ensure that adequate housing is maintained for the family.
Transportation, nutrition, child care, employment training and other supportive services are available to persons experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness through CoC service providers.
The next Quarterly Eastern Sierra CoC meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., in the IMACA Conference Room located at 137 E. South Street Bishop, CA 93514.
Agenda for the June 12, 2019 ES CoC Quarterly meeting and draft minutes of the March 13, 2019 meeting.
The Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council (HCFC) has issued a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP). HEAP is a $500 million block grant program designed to provide direct assistance to cities, counties and Continuums of Care (CoCs) to address the homelessness crisis throughout California. HEAP is authorized by SB 850, which was signed into law by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. on June 27, 2018.
Below is the draft ES CoC HEAP application for public review and comments. Please send all comments to lemerson@imaca.net no later than December 19, 2018.
EASTERN SIERRA CoC HOMELESS SERVICES RESOURCE GUIDE
Link to IMACA website for assistance with emergency shelter, rapid rehousing, and homelessness prevention.
Please complete and submit the following form to receive additional information or to ask a question:
Inyo Mono Advocates for Community Action, Inc. (IMACA)
137 E. South Street
Bishop, CA 93514
info@imaca.net
(760) 873-8557
