Hometown Homeless is a collaborative documentary project based in Santa Cruz California. The film itself is the culmination of six years of work that I have done within the encampments in Santa Cruz. This work started in the city sanctioned Benchlands encampment as an interview and portrait project that was geared towards highlighting community driven solutions. As this work progressed it turned into a very short documentary that explored the meaning of home. This short then inspired my current documentary and laid the foundation for the relationships and deep admiration I have for the current participants of my documentary Hometown Homeless. The money from this grant will be used to fund the post production of this film. I will put it directly towards sound mixing and coloring the film which are two very important components of post production.This money would allow the film to be completed and ready to screen locally so that it can perpetuate positive change within our community.