The City of Riverside is aggressively working to address homelessness in our community in partnership with a wide-range of non-profit organizations, social service agencies, faith-based institutions and others working together to end homelessness in our community.
In June of 2003, the City of Riverside adopted the “Riverside Community Broad-Based Homeless Action Plan.” Since its adoption, the City has aggressively pursued implementation of 30 action-based strategies within the plan including hiring a Homeless Services Coordinator, opening a new Emergency Shelter, developing a Multi-Service Access Center, allocating new funding for homeless prevention and rental assistance activities, expanding funding to community-based service agencies, strengthening collaboration with faith-based and other community service providers and developing new permanent supportive housing opportunities.
If you are currently experiencing homelessness in Riverside and are in need of assistance or know someone in need of assistance with a homeless situation, please contact the:
- City of Riverside Homeless Street Outreach Team at 951/826-2200
- or the Path of Life Riverside Emergency Shelter at 951/683-4101.
If you would like to get more involved in the effort to help end homelessness please join us at the monthly meeting of the:
- Riverside Homeless Care Network held on the 3rd Thursday of every month, 9:30 am – 12:00 noon at the Riverside Emergency Shelter, 2840 Hulen Place.
If you have questions, comments, offers of assistance or need help with a homeless situation, you may contact the City’s Homeless Services Coordinator at 951-826-5615 or dmsmith@riversideca.gov. |
