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<br />Alameda Countywide Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan <br /> <br />27 <br /> <br />Goal (M): Measure Success and Report Outcomes <br /> <br />Mechanisms for measuring and analyzing outcomes are necessary in order to both identify <br />successful strategies and target resources to best-practice models of prevention, housing, and <br />supportive services. Outcomes should be meaningful, measurable, and realistically within the <br />capacity of both providers and consumers to achieve. In addition, systems and programs should be <br />regularly assessed through collecting and analyzing data that measures effectiveness and efficiency <br />in achieving stated outcomes. <br /> <br />Because the homeless, behavioral health, HIV/AIDS, and social services systems are all in the <br />process of upgrading or adding new functionality to their respective data collection and reporting <br />systems, now is the time to coordinate data collection and reporting and address the many practical <br />and ethical considerations-as well as legal restrictions-that govern how confidential information <br />is captured, recorded, and shared. Cross-system coordination will need to be phased in over time. <br /> <br />i <br />(J).bjective....M;,1..:......t......Goordinate.......colleqtiQI1.....ofCllent......(iat..bEttvlee.f1....$ystEtf'flsi. <br />i . . . . . .. . . . <br /> <br />Strategy M-I-A: ! Convene a working group representing data teams from medical and <br />! behavioral health care (including both mental health and substance <br />: use), social services, homeless agencies, and HIV/AIDS housing and <br />i service providers who will identify common data needs, goals, and <br />I requirements; create a work plan to establish common collection and <br />, reporting protocols; and develop the budget needed to fully achieve <br />1 cross-system data collection and reporting compatibility. <br /> <br />."~"M~__.,._-".,'U,,~~.~.____.,._.w="m",_,._.,___.=.~_-_..,-.,w.==u,._'___._..,.,,~,~_._.__,~.~___"~"m"'=,",.--~~"-"--'-='m""u="....._____....~u. <br /> <br />Strategy M-I-B: Upon formation of the Governing Board (outlined later in these <br />Recommendations), this working group should become a <br />subcommittee of the Inter-Agency Council. <br /> <br />Strategy M-I-C: Ensure that the Sponsoring Agencies Group and later the Inter- <br />Agency Council remain involved in data collection issues, since the <br />types and quality of data collected determines the extent to which <br />outcomes can be measured. <br /> <br />