Committee on the Shelterless

COTS provides an average of 8,000 healthy meals per month to anyone experiencing hunger or lack of resources. Lunch and dinner are open to the community and are offered seven days a week, with no questions asked.

At COTS, we believe that good nutrition is a human right. By serving our clients and neighbors the best possible meals, we allow them to focus on building resilience, nourishing their families, and achieving their goals for long-term stability and housing. Generous funding from a grant partner has increased and improved the quality of our food services by allowing us to procure and use more fresh vegetables and fruits, including organic options whenever possible. We offer vegetarian meals twice weekly at either lunch or dinner, and all meals feature fresh and healthy offerings.

The Mary Isaak Center (MIC) Adult Emergency Shelter Program serves 525 homeless adults annually with client-centered coordinated care and specialized services and support that effectively address barriers to housing in a population with co-occurring mental health, substance abuse, and physical health challenges.

Services include:

• Concrete needs stabilization (shelter, food, health care, clothing)
• Coordinated care that includes: comprehensive health and housing needs assessment by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, identification of barriers to successful housing, and development of customized housing plan
• Housing navigation facilitated through supportive case manager-client relationship that engages participants in health, housing and child/family support services recommended in housing plan
• Housing search and placement
• Income development (benefits navigation and employment)
• Permanent housing programs with case management that supports participants to maintain housing and facilitates connection to community resources

Rapid Re-Housing is part of a federally-funded effort to reduce homelessness across the nation. Through financial assistance and supportive services, Rapid Re-Housing assists families and individuals in becoming stably housed and financially self-sufficient.

Rapid Re-Housing offers financial assistance to those needing a one-time security deposit or short to medium-term rental assistance (which may also include a security deposit):

- One-Time Security Deposit - Participants must have located a rental property already at time of application.

- Rental Assistance - Participants do not need to have property secured at time of application.

Integrity Housing Program provides affordable shared housing and case management to individuals and families in group settings. We currently offer 45 bedrooms in total including for clients interested in living in a sobriety focused supportive environment.
Community Based Permanent Supportive Housing provides housing and supportive case
management to adults who have been chronically homeless. This program offers a safe, supportive
environment for clients in 6 locations throughout Sonoma County.
Studios at Montero (SAM) is 60-units of permanent supportive housing chronically homeless individuals. Tenants work with an onsite case manager on stabilization, income, and personal goals. Case managers connect tenants to community resources, addressing physical health and mental wellbeing.