Chico Housing Action Team

Hand Up Supportive Housing (HUSH) started in early 2019 with a grant from the State of California Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) to assist homeless families with children with moving into homes, and help them gain the skills and build the resources to move into permanent housing and maintain long-term housing stability. Homelessness is terribly traumatic for children, and CHAT believes no child should ever have to experience the stress, anxiety, and shame of homelessness. This model is proving to be very successful for those families and for our community as a whole.

The CHAMP program’s goal is to assist those displaced by the Camp Fire in obtaining permanent housing and provide case management support to ensure that they remain stably housed. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, the CHAMP program assisted 58 Camp Fire survivor households in obtaining and remaining in stable housing in the form of application fees, move-in costs, landlord incentives, rental assistance, and case management services. Funding for the CHAMP program was generously provided by the California Community Foundation, United Way of Northern California and GlobalGiving.