Coral Street Residential Substance Use Disorder Services Navigation Center

The City purchased the project site at 125 Coral Street in 2022 for three million dollars with the intention of using it to provide 24/7, temporary, non-congregate shelter for a minimum of 50 individuals for stays of six months or less. The current project scope includes the design of a new Navigation Center that will provide low barrier, service enriched shelter focused on helping individuals and families to quickly obtain permanent housing. The menu of services to be provided to residents will include behavioral health clinics and possibly medical services. The property has a total of approximately 27,835 square feet of land (APNs 008-171-24 and 008-171-25) and is located a half block west of River Street, northwest of Highway 1 within the City of Santa Cruz. It is adjacent to the Coral Street Campus, a City owned property under long term lease to Housing Matters. The project addresses the urgent need to add residential substance use disorders ("SUD") treatment to the continuum of care by providing 50 beds of SUD treatment with ASAM levels 3.1, 3.2WM, and 3.5. The current service providers on the Coral Street Campus, Housing Matters and County Health Services Agency staff are thoroughly trained in trauma-informed care and use the County HMIS system to connect clients with services and track use.