Key Components of SPARC

By connecting partners in the network shelter beds can lead directly to housing opportunities, ensuring a seamless transition to permanent housing.
Integrating supportive services with shelters & housing opportunities embeds mental health, addiction recovery, employment readiness, and case management services within housing developments.
We create sustainable housing opportunities for Southern Oregon Coast communities using unique solutions:
Utilizing Community Land Trusts (CLTs) to preserve long-term affordability and create home ownership pathways.
Incorporate innovative funding models blending public, private, and philanthropic resources.
Central “hubs” provide shelter and coordination while “spoke” sites extend services to rural areas through mobile outreach and local partnerships.
We use tools like the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) for outcome tracking and to leverage for resource allocation. Bringing boots-on-the-ground organizations more opportunity by advocating for the region as a whole.

SPARC Goals

By establishing a direct pipeline from shelter beds to permanent housing, SPARC will ensure that homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring to achieve Functional Zero.
Addressing critical housing shortages along Oregon’s South Coast by increasing the availability of affordable and workforce housing units through sustainable development practices.
By embedding mental health, addiction recovery, employment readiness, and family support services into housing developments, SPARC can support its network by tackling root causes of housing instability.
Uniting housing authorities, CAP agencies, healthcare providers, nonprofits, and local governments to align resources will increase capacity and streamline service delivery.
By supporting workforce housing to stabilize local economies, reduce employee turnover, and enhance regional growth.
Develop a replicable model for rural communities that integrates shelter, housing, and services into a cohesive system of care.
Addressing social determinants of health by providing stable housing coupled with access to healthcare and behavioral services, improves overall community well-being.

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