Measure K dollars are used across San Mateo County to address needs in the priority areas of children, families and seniors; housing and homelessness; and emergency preparedness. Choose a funding area or type a keyword to narrow the list.
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Housing & Homelessness
Affordable Housing Fund
Agency: Department of Housing
This funding supports the development and preservation of affordable housing in San Mateo County and is leveraged with other private and public sources.
Emergency Preparedness
AI Software
Agency: Department of Emergency Management
Ladris is creating an AI-driven situational awareness tools that enhances risk evaluation and mitigation specific to San Mateo County. The CORE software improves early detection through pattern recognition, enabling better resource deployment, incident management, and targeted alert and warning capabilities for at-risk areas. Future enhancements include automated grant writing, community-accessible risk visualizations, and AI-assisted disaster plan updates to strengthen overall resilience.
Emergency Preparedness
Alert and Warning Coordinator
Agency: Department of Emergency Management
The Alert and Warning Coordinator is responsible for integrating the several current alert and warning platforms into a single coherent, and clearly communicated Alert & Warning Program. Focus area will be heavily focused on public information and communication, and researching and implementing areawide alert and warning best practices through training the dozens of public agencies currently authorized to generate public alerts to ensure consistency and compliance.
Children, Families, and Seniors
At-Risk Foster Youth Services
Agency: Human Services Agency
Measure K-funded educational services support at-risk foster youth in San Mateo County, helping them graduate high school at rates comparable to the general public. The program provides personalized case management, including individualized education plans, resources, and ongoing support to help foster youth succeed academically. By working closely with educators and community partners, the program helps foster youth overcome challenges and achieve their educational goals.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Big Lift
Agency: Human Services Agency
The Big Lift is a collective impact effort aimed at increasing third grade reading proficiency in San Mateo County.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Big Lift , Raise a Reader Program
Agency: County Library
San Mateo County Libraries provides support to Big Lift preschools with implementing the Raising A Reader program: book bags are regularly rotated for families to read at home together and family engagement events support at-home literacy practices and deepen the connection between preschoolers, their families and their local library.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Big Lift , Summer Program
Agency: County Library
The Big Lift Inspiring Summers program serves rising kindergarten to rising third graders in Big Lift school districts across the County to help prevent summer learning loss, increase access to enriching summer experiences and increase third grade reading proficiency across the County.
Housing & Homelessness
BitFocus Clarity Human Services
Agency: Human Services Agency
Payment of Licenses for the system (BitFocus) which supplies Clarity, our HUD-mandated HMIS system and the system we use for Our Count and all homeless data collection and reporting.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Build Up SMC Childcare
Agency: County Executive's Office
This funding will continue the Build Up SMC Child Care Facility Fund program providing funding for minor repairs, renovations, and modifications for existing childcare facilities.
Children, Families, and Seniors
CBO Community Outreach (OCA)
Agency: County Executive's Office
CBOs and local organizations to work with the Office of Community Affairs to provide enhanced community outreach in historically underserved areas and areas designated in the census as "hard to count" throughout the county.
Emergency Preparedness
Coastside CERT Prog Coord
Agency: Department of Emergency Management
The Coastside CERT Program is focused on maintaining its 100% volunteer-based structure by securing funding for leadership, consulting, and professional services. To support this, a dedicated Coastside CERT Program Manager has been hired through a contract to coordinate and enhance efforts for training, outreach, and community engagement. The program's primary objective is to sustain and strengthen volunteer participation, particularly within vulnerable populations, including Spanish and Cantonese/Mandarin-speaking residents, farmworkers, teens, and seniors.
Emergency Preparedness
Coastside Emergency Management Coordinator
Agency: Department of Emergency Management
The Coastside Emergency Management Coordinator provides emergency public education, emergency alert and warning, community relations, and coordination to underserved coastal communities.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Coastside Medical Services
Agency: County Health
Supports services for residents of Pescadero including a weekly local clinic, outreach and education.
Emergency Preparedness
Community Resilience
Agency: Department of Emergency Management
Constant Associates has been supporting community resilience through projects that create and enhance public trust. Their goal is to build community resilience by addressing pressing needs and supporting the Department of Emergency Management and partners, stakeholders, and CBOs in implementing impactful projects over a three-year contract period. CONSTANT is creating a framework for DEM to enhance the community's preparedness and the County's response capabilities.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Coyote Point Park Modernization Project
Agency: Parks Department
Coyote Point Recreation Area has many antiquated facilities, including playgrounds, picnic sites, and play areas; these funds will be used to modernize visitor serving facilities and create new facilities in order to provide the experienced desired by San Mateo County residents.
Emergency Preparedness
Disaster Prep Workshop
Agency: Department of Housing
This funding has been provided to Climate Resilient Communities (CRC). CRC will improve the climate resilience and health/safety of up to 18 low-income, owner-occupied homes in the County per year. CRC will also increase disaster preparedness in frontline communities via four (4) emergency preparedness workshops per year and via hands-on assistance to communities of color facing climate challenges within the County.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Elder Abuse
Agency: District Attorney's Office
The Elder Abuse Unit seeks to protect the elderly population in San Mateo County from crimes of neglect, violence, theft, and/or fraud, through prosecution of criminal offenses by deputy district attorneys who specialize in this area of law.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Elder Dependent Assistance
Agency: County Health
Serves persons 60 years of age or older and dependent adults who are subject to alleged financial abuse. The Adult Protective staff collaborates with law enforcement and District Attorney's Office on investigation and prosecution of the abused cases.
Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Management: Community Outreach Coordinator
Agency: Department of Emergency Management
The Community Outreach Coordinator provides emergency public education and community outreach to underserved communities throughout the San Mateo County Operational Area with an emphasis on personal preparedness.
Emergency Preparedness
EMS , Medical Reserve Corps
Agency: County Health
The Measure K, funded Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) program recruits, trains, and equips volunteers to provide medical care during large-scale emergencies. Based on a countywide risk assessment, the first three years focus on the coastside region, followed by expansion countywide to build on established infrastructure and ensure a sustainable, regionally aligned emergency response network.
Housing & Homelessness
EPA Homeless Shelter Op Exp
Agency: Human Services Agency
WeHOPE Shelter is a congregate shelter in East Palo Alto for adults experiencing homelessness.
Housing & Homelessness
Event Center Inclement Weather
Agency: Human Services Agency
Inclement Weather shelter program that provides safe shelter to families and individuals during severe weather events or emergencies.
Emergency Preparedness
Fire Mitigation
Agency: Parks Department
Funds from PRKFM are used to implement and maintain large-scale wildfire fuel reduction projects that mitigate the threat of wildfire to neighboring communities and enhance access and response capabilities of local and state fire agencies.
Emergency Preparedness
Fire Safe SMC Grant
Agency: Parks Department
A grant agreement with Fire Safe San Mateo County to provide Community Emergency Response Team ("CERT") equipment and supplies; to dispense educational materials and supplies; and to reduce hazardous fire fuels along evacuation routes in high-risk communities throughout San Mateo County.
Children, Families, and Seniors
FLY Intervention Services
Agency: Probation Department
Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY) serves over 600 at-risk youth in San Mateo County each year through legal education, mentorship, leadership development, and restorative programs that disrupt the "pipeline to prison." Measure K funds primarily support FLY's local staff, including coaches, case managers, coordinators, and program managers delivering and overseeing services in schools, communities, and the Youth Services Center.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Friends for Youth
Agency: County Executive's Office
This funding will provide mentorship and connection to behavioral health resources for underserved youth via volunteers from the local community.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Holiday Protein and Food Distribution
Agency: Human Services Agency
Provides emergency food services during the holidays.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Home Visit Expansion , First Time Parents
Agency: County Health
Expands the Nurse-Family Partnership program, supporting first-time mothers and their partners in preparing for childbirth and building confidence as first-time parents, improving the health and socio-economic outcomes for parent and child.
Housing & Homelessness
Homeless Diversion & Coordinated Entry , Program Monitoring
Agency: Human Services Agency
The County Human Services Agency staffs the homeless services system, and the Diversion and Coordinated Entry Services provider serves as the entry point to the homeless services system.
Housing & Homelessness
Homeless Outreach Service
Agency: Human Services Agency
Homeless Outreach Team services, also known as HOT, provide services to people experiencing unsheltered homelessness throughout the County. Services include initial outreach and engagement at encampments and other locations where unsheltered people are living, case management, and service linkage, with the goal of building trust and connecting clients with shelter, housing programs and other resources.
Housing & Homelessness
Housing Locator Services
Agency: Human Services Agency
The Housing Locator program provides intensive housing search support to help enrolled families and individuals locate housing, including locating potential rentals and working with the property owner to overcome challenges like past evictions and low credit scores. The program also provides case management for clients who are housed with the support of a housing voucher and who are also in need of supportive services to maintain their housing.
Children, Families, and Seniors
HSA PEI-At Risk Child
Agency: Human Services Agency
Together for Families provides child abuse prevention services, including parent education and short-term clinical support, to families and children up to age 18. The program aims to keep children safely in their homes, preventing entry into child welfare, juvenile justice, or psychiatric emergency services systems. The CFRC infrastructure plays a key role in developing a community pathway model that will allow for local support and access to federal Title IV-E dollars for prevention efforts.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Integrated Medication Assisted Treatment Program
Agency: County Health
The Integrated Medication Assisted Treatment program offers vital addiction and harm reduction services for those with addiction challenges, including outreach, assessment, and much more.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Internship Program for Youth (STEP)
Agency: Human Resources Department
The Supported Training & Employment Program (STEP) is an internship program, managed collectively by the Human Resources Department and the Human Services Agency (HSA), to prepare and train current or former foster youth ages 18-24 to transition into the workforce, as well as introduce these young adults who are at risk of underemployment to "the world of professional work."
Emergency Preparedness
La Honda Fire Brigade
Agency: Department of Emergency Management
Grant funds are being used to purchase five Advanced Resource Containers (ARC) and four Conex boxes, which will be equipped with critical emergency supplies and Starlink technology to provide emergency internet access during extended outages. These containers will support CERT responders, HAM radio operators, and Red Cross volunteers in both training and emergency response. Strategic placement in high-priority coastal locations will enhance preparedness and ensure rapid deployment capabilities in the event of a disaster.
Housing & Homelessness
Local Housing Subsidy Program (Vouchers)
Agency: Department of Housing
This program provides rental subsidy assistance to formerly unhoused and extremely low-income households that reside in County-sponsored housing development.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Maintenance & Operations
Agency: Parks Department
PRKOP is used to maintain and modernize park facilities, including trails, campgrounds, playgrounds, picnic sites, restrooms, and utilities; without this funding, park facilities would fall into a state of disrepair and be unable to serve the public.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Master Plan on Aging Development
Agency: County Health
Design a plan to advance programs and activities that increase social connectedness and wellness through accessible educational, health and wellness, and social and recreational opportunities for older adults and adults with disabilities in San Mateo County.
Housing & Homelessness
Mental Health Emergency Services
Agency: County Health
Emergency shelter and related services for adults.
Housing & Homelessness
Mobile Health Street Medicine
Agency: County Health
The expanded Street Medicine team provides primary, urgent, and mental health care directly in homeless encampments and living facilities. By building trust with unhoused residents, the team delivers low-barrier medical assessments, health education, and referrals for psychiatric or specialty care, ensuring accessible, high-quality treatment where individuals live or can be reached during the day.
Housing & Homelessness
Motel Voucher and Overflow Shelter
Agency: Human Services Agency
The Overflow Shelter Program provides short-term shelter and case management for eligible families experiencing homelessness, until a space becomes available at a family shelter site.
Emergency Preparedness
Natural Resource Management
Agency: Parks Department
The San Mateo County Parks Department utilizes funds within this program to preserve biodiversity, protect and restore native habitat, and reduce wildfire threats within the County parks system.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Parkwide Asphalt Paving
Agency: Parks Department
The San Mateo County parks system has many trails, parking lots, and drive aisles that are in poor condition due to deferred maintenance; these funds will be used to address deferred maintenance of paved facilities in the parks.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Pilot , Children from Homes in Conflict (SPARK)
Agency: District Attorney's Office
The goal of the SPARK program is to prevent future cycles of abuse and victimization by providing mental health services to children exposed to domestic violence.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Pre To Three , Behavioral Health
Agency: County Health
Offers assessments, therapy, case management, and services to children aged 0-5 and their families.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Pre to Three , Family Health Services
Agency: County Health
Refers eligible, underserved or disenfranchised families to evidence-based home visiting programs, which provide education and support to parents and caregivers regarding parenting, infant attachment and bonding, and links families to medical, dental and other services as necessary.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Psychiatric Emergency Youth Case Management
Agency: County Health
The Transitional Age Youth team triages 18-22-year-olds entering Psychiatric Emergency Services at San Mateo Medical Center, ensuring their connection to ongoing mental health services.
Housing & Homelessness
Rapid Rehousing Services
Agency: Human Services Agency
More than half of this funding pays for housing costs associated with rehousing unhoused people. These include move-in costs, time limited rental subsidies and moving expenses. The rest of the funding supports Abode Services in providing housing locator services for unhoused households and case management to support their transition.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Ravenswood Health Network
Agency: County Health
San Mateo County Health's contract with Ravenswood Family Health Network (RFHN) implements the Pipeline to Peak Performance Training for Workforce Preparedness project to fully develop and sustain a robust pipeline of highly qualified staff in three paraprofessional categories: Dental Assistants, Medical Assistants (MAs), and Front Office Staff (FO Staff). This project builds a solid paraprofessional pathway for young people from the communities RFHN serves , low-income, people of color.
Emergency Preparedness
RCD Grant
Agency: Parks Department
A grant agreement with the San Mateo Resource Conservation District ("RCD") to identify, facilitate, and develop plans and permits necessary for the implementation of at least four projects along critical emergency access corridors and roads; to provide program oversight, coordination, and administration; and to provide technical assistance services to San Mateo County land managers and/or residents.
Housing & Homelessness
RRHHL Interim Housing Capacity
Agency: Human Services Agency
The Navigation Center is a non-congregate shelter that serves adults experiencing homelessness. This contractor provides shelter operations, including housing-focused case management and service linkage, and providing a safe and welcoming environment for residents to stay while providing them with intensive services to help them move to permanent housing.
Housing & Homelessness
Safe Harbor Shelter Bridge
Agency: Human Services Agency
Safe Harbor Shelter is a congregate shelter in South San Francisco for adults experiencing homelessness.
Children, Families, and Seniors
School Safety
Agency: Sheriff's Office
The Sheriff's Office School Safety program provides a partnership with parents, school administrators, and faculty to address safety and behavioral concerns, problem solve, and mentor and empower youth to become responsible, productive student body members.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Second Harvest
Agency: County Executive's Office
This funding is to provide food assistance services, such as meals and groceries, to low-income residents of the county.
Housing & Homelessness
Shelter Operations
Agency: Human Services Agency
Coast House, Navigation Center, and Pacific Shelter provide non-congregate shelter for households experiencing homelessness.
Housing & Homelessness
SMCHealth-HPSM-House-Retention
Agency: County Health
Under the Memorandum of Agreement with Health Plan of San Mateo, supports vulnerable homeless individuals through direct rental subsidies and housing location and retention service.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Special Olympics
Agency: County Health
Provides outreach and establishes events for Special Olympics in the county for youth and young adults with disabilities.
Housing & Homelessness
Staff Support
Agency: Department of Housing
Measure K Staff Support helps to fund staff and admin costs related to administration of the Affordable Housing Fund.
Housing & Homelessness
Support and Technical Assistance Services
Agency: Department of Housing
Home for All promotes housing for all income levels and ages across San Mateo County. Measure K funds support programs including: 21 Elements for city housing elements and RHNA goals; Faith Community Housing Liaison to help congregations develop affordable housing; partnerships with HIP Housing for permanent placements; start-up funding for an ADU nonprofit; and countywide trainings for officials and stakeholders on emerging housing trends and solutions.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Taxi Voucher , Elderly 70+
Agency: County Health
Provides taxi vouchers to older adults and adults with disability contracted through Peninsula Family Services.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Teen Clinics
Agency: County Health
Funding for teen clinics located at Jefferson Union High School and Sequoia High school providing needed preventative and reproductive care.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Veterans Services
Agency: Human Services Agency
Veterans Services Office supports Veterans with accessing VA benefits.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Visitor Services
Agency: Parks Department
Because of Measure K, the Parks Department has been able to introduce community programming events, including in-class curriculum for underserved school districts, the Take A Hike program, Coyote Point SummerFest, and Volunteer Stewardship events; without Measure K, these programs would be unsustainable.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Youth Outpatient Case Management
Agency: County Health
This funding supports clinicians at Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) clinics who provide youth outpatient services such as individual, group, and family therapy.
Children, Families, and Seniors
Youth School-Transition Age
Agency: County Health
Collaboration with the County Office of Education to address mental health needs of young people and transitional age youth. Planning stage has concluded and in FY 25-26 funding will be utilized for grants will be awarded for services.
Housing & Homelessness
Youth Shelter
Agency: Human Services Agency
Daybreak shelter is the County's only shelter serving transition-aged youth experiencing homelessness. These funds cover shelter operations, housing-focused case management and service linkage.
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Page last updated November 6, 2026