San Francisco will seek new contracts for all of its homelessness services over the next several years in a bid to boost accountability and results for the hundreds of millions of dollars it spends annually to address the crisis.
The effort, announced Monday, will shift the contracts to an outcomes-driven model that will incorporate performance metrics into how it allocates city funding. As part of the process, officials are soliciting feedback from community members, advocates and providers about how it can improve its services and contracting process.
Critics have long argued that San Francisco spends generously on helping homeless people but still has poor results, with long shelter waitlists, troubled supportive housing projects and insufficient support for those struggling with mental illness or addiction, for example…