HSH seeks staff and service investments as homelessness portfolio expands; HSA plans food‑assistance reallocation
June 16, 2022 | San Francisco County, California
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The city’s homelessness and human services teams presented their budgets and plans to the Budget & Appropriations Committee on June 16, setting out investments intended to stabilize the expanded system of care and to sustain food assistance programs as one‑time funds run down.
Trent Rohrer, executive director of the Human Services Agency, said HSA will continue major service operations while working to right‑size staffing after years of growth. The Office of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) said its proposed budget totals $676 million in year one and $635 million in year two, funded largely by Proposition C and state/federal support.
HSH asked the committee to approve roughly 60 new permanent FTEs over two years to handle contracting, program monitoring, housing placement, ADA compliance and other backbone functions it said are required to manage the rapid expansion of permanent supportive housing (PSH) and new shelter beds. The department emphasized provider wage support — including a proposal for a $28 per hour case manager base and additional funds to raise frontline property management pay — as a retention tool to address chronic turnover among CBO partners.
HSA presented a tightened slate for food programs: the city intends to carry about $17 million forward to sustain community grocery and food hub programs for approximately seven months, down from roughly $23 million in the current year. That reallocation relies in part on identified current‑year savings; HSA also proposed a two‑year $5 million pilot for “food empowerment markets” designed to give consumers choice and to reduce waste. Supervisors urged HSA to consider prepaid card pilots and guaranteed‑income approaches that local providers have advocated.
The committee recommended HSH’s homelessness and supportive housing fund (Item 5) to the full Board for a July 12 vote with a positive recommendation. The committee also agreed to take a closer look at provider wage‑floor proposals and possible add‑backs before its next meeting.
Sources: HSH and HSA presentations at the June 16 Budget & Appropriations Committee. Quotes and data supplied by Trent Rohrer and department staff.
Trent Rohrer, executive director of the Human Services Agency, said HSA will continue major service operations while working to right‑size staffing after years of growth. The Office of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) said its proposed budget totals $676 million in year one and $635 million in year two, funded largely by Proposition C and state/federal support.
HSH asked the committee to approve roughly 60 new permanent FTEs over two years to handle contracting, program monitoring, housing placement, ADA compliance and other backbone functions it said are required to manage the rapid expansion of permanent supportive housing (PSH) and new shelter beds. The department emphasized provider wage support — including a proposal for a $28 per hour case manager base and additional funds to raise frontline property management pay — as a retention tool to address chronic turnover among CBO partners.
HSA presented a tightened slate for food programs: the city intends to carry about $17 million forward to sustain community grocery and food hub programs for approximately seven months, down from roughly $23 million in the current year. That reallocation relies in part on identified current‑year savings; HSA also proposed a two‑year $5 million pilot for “food empowerment markets” designed to give consumers choice and to reduce waste. Supervisors urged HSA to consider prepaid card pilots and guaranteed‑income approaches that local providers have advocated.
The committee recommended HSH’s homelessness and supportive housing fund (Item 5) to the full Board for a July 12 vote with a positive recommendation. The committee also agreed to take a closer look at provider wage‑floor proposals and possible add‑backs before its next meeting.
Sources: HSH and HSA presentations at the June 16 Budget & Appropriations Committee. Quotes and data supplied by Trent Rohrer and department staff.
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