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Alameda Countywide Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan 21 Goal (S): Deliver Flexible Services to Support Stability and Independence For many people who are homeless and/or have a mental illness and/or are living with HIV/AIDS, affordable housing alone is not enough to ensure housing success. They will need support services at times. Rather than inducing or requiring dependence, the service delivery system should support consumers to adapt and/or recover and reach their greatest potential. For most this means living, working, learning, and participating fully in community life; for some it will entail eliminating, or simply reducing, the symptoms they exhibit related to mental illness or addiction. Services should also be culturally appropriate for Alameda County's diverse populations-including those who have experienced long-term homelessness-and delivered in partnership with consumers' families and social-support networks. Achieving these goals will require both the capacity to deliver services of varying intensities and over varying durations and a sincere commitment to promoting excellence in support service delivery through appropriate levels of training and compensation for program staff. ObjectiVe.S~.1...:...i.. Expan.d...theiava.ilabillty.~fn;Qedl;l~i~ll""QEd$e~;ICe~.th~t.......caf1 i.prOVic:fe..;..cu..I.tural.ly....and..aQ~'"~ppr<?p~iatElcare...tqAlar11eda ! ...Gounty'sdiversepopu1atipns. Strategy Sol-A: Create a substance abuse detoxification facility in Alameda County and connect it to appropriate treatment and housing opportunities. Strategy S-I-B: Make medical and behavioral health clinical services, including both mental health and substance abuse treatment, readily available to all chronically homeless people who need them, regardless of their ability to payor to meet SSIIMediCal eligibility criteria. Strategy S~l-C: Expand access to mental health services in South and East County through co-locating services in local one-stop assistance centers and establishing mobile service teams that provide seamless coverage for all communities. Strategy S-I-D: Build the capacity of community-based organizations working with the target populations of this plan to screen consumers and link them with Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services (BHCS) for assessment. Strategy S~l-E: Expand mental health resources to serve those who have diagnoses that are not currently eligible for BHCS reimbursement, including people with post-traumatic stress disorder, mood disorders, and chemical addictions. Strategy S-I-F: Explore and pilot models of the provision of care and services by community-based providers to members of the plan's target populations whose mental health or substance use conditions negatively impact housing stability but whom BHCS is unable to serve due to funding or eligibility restrictions.