C + F Recovery Deep Dive

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  1. throughout the pandemic.
  2. Many of san Francisco's families struggle to meet their basic
  3. concrete and material needs from our community input sources,
  4. we identified three main themes related to concrete and material needs,
  5. including housing stability, affordable housing and shelter,
  6. food security and financial assistance and employment.
  7. In addition to concerns about the availability of
  8. affordable housing and high cost of living,
  9. families discussed the lack of space for
  10. family household sizes in affordable housing units.
  11. In A. C. N. A focus group with families living in S. R. O. S.
  12. One parent said it would be helpful if the city's housing development can
  13. provide bigger floor plans such as two bedrooms or three bedroom houses.
  14. Currently the available houses are mostly one bedroom
  15. only and they're not big enough for many
  16. families also experienced challenges with accessing
  17. rent and eviction prevention services.
  18. 34% of survey respondents from an
  19. s. A survey reported needing help with background
  20. and lastly,
  21. families facing housing instability expressed a fear
  22. that there is insufficient shelter for families.
  23. In the case of a homelessness crisis
  24. On food security needs.
  25. Families struggle during the pandemic to secure enough food and we're
  26. reliant upon the pandemic-related services that provided food and supplies.
  27. Since the pandemic layoff began, there has been a 25% increase
  28. in households relying on cal fresh
  29. with pandemic emergency services
  30. ending securing food is a fear of many families and a need that continues.
  31. one surveyed parents states
  32. right now our greatest need is always food child
  33. is growing like a weed and loves to eat,
  34. just keeping food in the house is a huge challenge right now.
  35. On financial assistance and employment needs.
  36. Families lack adequate job opportunities with a living wage.
  37. According to CNN survey,
  38. 47% of parents and caregivers said they are managing to pay their rent,
  39. utilities and bills just fine.
  40. And 40% of survey respondents from an H. S. A survey
  41. reported needing help finding a job
  42. during the pandemic.
  43. The unreliability of childcare and inconsistent school
  44. schedules has made it even more difficult
  45. for parents and caregivers to have stable
  46. well paying employment and to be financially secure
  47. at a systems level.
  48. It is particularly difficult for undocumented residents to access jobs and
  49. benefits and for all residents to understand and access benefits,
  50. job training and other programs.
  51. The ability to increase access to resources
  52. and support that addresses families concrete needs
  53. is limited by multiple barriers such as the lack of living wage,
  54. employment opportunities,
  55. limited housing supply and high cost of living.
  56. With this in mind.
  57. The plan proposes three strategies with short term and long term recommendations.
  58. The first short term strategy includes providing affordable housing
  59. housing stability and shelter.
  60. Under this strategy, it is recommended to continue expanded eviction prevention,
  61. problem solving and housing
  62. stabilization strategies
  63. to fund more medium term housing resources for transitional aged young adults,
  64. sustain the expansion of family and transitional aged young adults shelters and
  65. create more moving on options for families in transitional aged young adults.
  66. Lastly,
  67. it is important to expand and improve the quality of
  68. housing options as part of the homelessness recovery plan,
  69. especially for families with Children, Taya and black indigenous
  70. and people of color households as well as the transgender community.
  71. The second strategy focuses on food security
  72. to address food security needs.
  73. The plan recommends sustaining food support
  74. programs that expanded during the pandemic,
  75. increasing the access and options for healthy and affordable food
  76. and to partner with philanthropy and expand urban agriculture programs,
  77. which provided needed childcare connection to adults,
  78. nutrition benefits for the whole family and access to food security.
  79. The third strategy
  80. narrows in on economic stability.
  81. Short term strategies should expand federal tax credit locally
  82. and sustain economic support provided during the pandemic.
  83. In addition,
  84. focused on addressing barriers for undocumented workers by
  85. reaffirming sanctuary city policies and financial assistance services.
  86. Long term strategies are to implement a guaranteed income program with a focus on
  87. low income populations at critical life transitions
  88. such as parents with young age Children
  89. and single parent households,
  90. and develop a citywide workforce strategy focused
  91. on child youth and family development programs