SB22-231 Summary

• Establishes three new grant programs within the Division of Housing to expand supportive housing services for individuals with behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorders who are homeless or at-risk and have contact with the criminal or juvenile justice system, with priority for rural and frontier communities.

• Creates a statewide training and technical assistance program (effective January 1, 2023) targeting communities facing barriers to accessing state and federal housing funds, covering topics like evidence-based program development, landlord recruitment, and data system use.

• Establishes a supportive housing predevelopment grant program (by January 1, 2023) to fund development of housing interventions, including staff capacity building, with priority for rural/frontier communities and those serving severe persistent mental illness; repeals September 1, 2027.

• Establishes a supportive housing services and homelessness prevention grant program (by January 1, 2024) to fund prevention programs and supportive housing services not currently reimbursable through Medicaid, with priority for rural/frontier communities; repeals September 1, 2029.

• Requires development of a data integration plan to increase participation in homeless management information systems and coordinated entry systems statewide and to develop integrated interfaces connecting housing and behavioral health data systems.