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<br />EveryOne Home Plan <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />November 20,2006 <br /> <br />. Find and access untapped or new funding sources. Examples include the County Mental <br />Health Services Act (Proposition 63) and the Governor's Homeless Initiative. <br />. Coordinate with new programs such as the County Behavioral Health Care Services <br />mobile outreach and housing voucher program administered through Bonita House. <br /> <br />3. Deliver flexible services to support stability and independence. <br />Support services must accompany housing to help formerly homeless tenants be successful in <br />housing. Examples of the plan strategies include: <br />. Expand the availability of clinical services in Alameda County. <br />. Ensure coordination and accessibility of services. <br /> <br />Possible City Actions: <br />. Hold Homeless Summit with key stakeholders to assess and enhance homeless service <br />delivery system. <br />. Explore expanding financial assistance to community-based organizations for support <br />services and facilities t6 assist the homeless and at-risk populations. <br /> <br />4. Measure success and report outcomes. <br />Mechanisms for measuring outcomes are necessary to identify successful programs and target <br />resources toward best practices. <br />. Coordinate collection of client data between systems. <br />. Track outcomes to measure programs. <br /> <br />5. Develop long-term leadership and build community support. <br />The EveryOne Home Plan represents a shift from managing homelessness to ending <br />homelessness. Implementation will require unprecedented levels of communication among <br />stakeholders. The development of a long-term leadership structure and community support will <br />be critical to implementing the plan over the next fifteen years. <br /> <br />Possible City Actions: <br />. City Council and staff can play an active, on-going role in the Plan's leadership structure. <br />. Commit staff support to work collaboratively with the County and stakeholders to <br />implement the Plan and related City goals and priorities. <br /> <br />The following questions were raised at the October 23 Work Session: <br /> <br />1. How is the EveryOne Home Plan different than the City's HUD Consolidated Plan and <br />Housing Element? How would all of these plans work together if the EveryOne Home <br />Plan was adopted? <br /> <br />The EveryOne Home Plan does not replace the Housing Element, which is still the <br />primary housing plan for the City. The EveryOne Home Plan focuses mainly on <br />providing supportive housing for extremely low income individuals and families. The <br />EveryOne Home Plan also does not conflict with the City's HUD Consolidated Plan. <br />The City's HUD Consolidated Plan, which focuses on the allocation of CDBG funds, <br />contains goals and objectives that have been prepared in coordination with the Alameda <br />County HOME Consortium to address homelessness as a regional issue. The City's <br />