The Davis City Council is being recommended to maintain the Daytime Respite Center at its current location and transition to an in-house staffing model, which is projected to cost $505,534 per year and is the lowest-cost approach that maintains existing service levels.
The Davis City Council is debating the future of the Davis Daytime Respite Center, which provides essential services to unhoused residents, as the current operator is set to shut down on Oct. 31, and the council must decide whether to keep it open, bring operations in-house, or close it.
The City of Davis is scrambling to find a replacement for the Downtown Streets Team, which will be shutting down the Daytime Respite Center at the end of October, leaving hundreds of unhoused residents without access to essential services.