A Domestic Violence Center, Senior Center and homeless shelter partnership is looking for solutions to the countywide homelessness crisis in Santa Clarita.

At a time when homes with multiple generations of adults are becoming more common, these Santa Clarita nonprofit agencies are looking to see where there’s potential to do more to help women of all ages find housing.

Volunteers are being sought for Sisters in Time, which is right now in the very beginning phases, but hopes to help place women in homes sooner than later, organizers said.

The idea began with a phone call from Gigi Alexander, a concerned community member, who reached out to the Domestic Violence Center — and DVC Executive Director Linda Davies also saw the need.

“She really felt bad that seniors are living with such little money and because of that, the quality of life and isolation has hurt them,” Davies said, sharing the conversation “and, ‘What if there could be some way of sharing housing with other seniors and other women?’”

Davies reached out to partner organizations Bridge to Home, which runs Santa Clarita’s homeless shelter, and the SCV Senior Center.

The idea began to take shape: What if there was housing available that matched isolated senior women with younger women who were also looking for a home? Afterall, the health effects on a senior living alone is equivalent to smoking nearly a pack a day, according to AARP research, Davies said.

“People need each other, and we don’t need to be ashamed to say that,” Davies said, “and if you can get two groups to help each other, how wonderful would that be?”

Right now, the program is in the planning phases, and the nonprofit agencies are working on research that would find out what the potential hosts would need, and what the housing and potential needs are for their potential housemates.

“It doesn’t need to be (a domestic violence survivor),” Davies said, “it could any woman in our community, younger women or senior women — somebody who’s struggling because it’s so expensive in Santa Clarita, and someone who’s looking to share housing in our community.”

Once that information is acquired, the groups can look at how the partnership might take shape.

For now, the agencies are looking for feedback on how this kind of partnership might work, based on models being used in other communities around the country.

Once it’s understood how the partnerships can work, the agencies hope to seek grant funding for case management, “so we can look at how we can be successful (with the partnership),” Davies said.

For those who would like to give input and feedback, there will be two focus groups and discussions on September 13, at the Savia Community Center. The groups are meeting up from 9-10:30 a.m. and from 6:30-8 p.m.

The Savia Community Center is located at 23780 Newhall Avenue, in Newhall.

To RSVP, contact Robin Clough at rclough@scv-seniorcenter.org or call Clough at 661-259-9444.

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