Mission

To eliminate homelessness in Monterey and San Benito Counties by promoting inter-agency coordination to develop and sustain a comprehensive system of housing and support services designed to maximize the self-sufficiency of individuals and families.

The Big Idea

The goal of the Coalition of Homeless Services Providers (CHSP) is to eliminate homelessness in Monterey and San Benito counties by promoting inter-agency coordination to develop and sustain a comprehensive system of housing and support services designed to maximize the self-sufficiency of individuals and families. We hope to achieve this by hiring youth with lived experience in homelessness as youth navigators. These youth will help guide the community as we create a youth-specific homeless response system. This program not only offers support for homeless youth, but also allows navigators to earn money as a way to establish their own stability.

Most of us got here because we had a single life changing event that destroyed everything. Thank you for giving me a hand-up instead of a hand-out.

- Dominic R.