The Department of Community and Human Development serves as the catalyst in ensuring equity, resilience, and sustainability for the most vulnerable El Pasoans by giving voice to the underrepresented, including our unhoused population. As per the Census Bureau, 18.3 percent of El Paso's population lives in poverty, surpassing the national average of 11.5 percent. The primary objective of this data-gathering effort is to monitor the effects of the funding allocated by federal, and state governments through the work of our non-profit organizations and make informed and strategic decisions on future funding.

The following descriptions outline the services our non-profit organizations offer to our community.

• Homelessness: An individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate residence.
• Emergency Shelter: Temporary shelter for individuals to stay while they work towards finding permanent housing solutions.
• Street Outreach: Designed to meet the immediate needs of people experiencing homelessness in unsheltered locations by connecting them with emergency shelter, housing, or critical services, and providing them with urgent, non-facility-based care. Component services generally consist of engagement, case management, emergency health and mental health services, and transportation.
• Permanent Supportive Housing: Permanent housing in which housing assistance (e.g., long-term leasing or rental assistance) and supportive services are provided to assist households with at least one member (adult or child) with a disability in achieving housing stability.
• Rapid Rehousing: Intended for households who have already become homeless.
• Transitional Living Center: Provides temporary housing with supportive services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness with the goal of interim stability and support to successfully move to and maintain permanent housing.
• Homeless Prevention: Targets low-income households who have not yet become homeless but will become homeless if they do not receive assistance.