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60 Alameda Countywide Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan housing people with mental illness are the City of Berkeley's AB 2034 program and related general funds, and a SAMHSA grant to Bonita House. These sources totaled $1.6 million in 2004.62 Table 2 summarizes the units of housing for people with mental illness in Alameda County. The count of family beds represents the number of individuals who can be accommodated in the family units; these cannot be added together. With the notable exceptions of residential care facilities and licensed Board and Care homes, nearly all of these units also appear in the homeless housing inventory. Table 2: Inventory of Housing Units for People with Mental Illness, by Housing Type Housing Type Family Family Individual Units Beds Beds Residential and 24-hour Care Facilities - - 375 Emergency Housing - - 50 Transitional Housing 4 10 83 Permanent Housing - Solely for people with mental illness 2 6 140 Health, Housing, and Integrated Services Network (HHISN)* - - 118 Licensed Board and Care Homes - - 650 Total 6 16 1,416 Sources: Inventory was compiled for use in this plan. See detailed inventory tables in Companion Materials, 9. Behavioral Health in Alameda County: Expanded Version, for complete sources. *The HHISN sites are permanent housing. While not exclusively for people with mental illness, they are a substantial resource for people with mental illness. The number above is an estimate of the number of mentally ill tenants in 2004, representing 20% of total units. Board and Care Homes No discussion of housing for people with mental illness in Alameda County would be complete without a discussion of Board and Care homes, also called Adult Residential Care Facilities (ARPs), and unlicensed boarding homes. Board and Care homes (ARFs) provide 24-hour non- medical care, including assistance with daily living activities and dispensing medications, for adults with physical, mental, or developmental disabilities. They are licensed and regulated by the State of California Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing Division. Boarding homes can provide room and board, but it is illegal for them to provide the non-medical care that Board and Care homes do. Boarding homes are unlicensed and unregulated. Many people are not aware that there are two different types of facilities, and that one type is licensed and regulated, while the other is not. However, it is very important to distinguish between the two, because the laws and policies affecting them are so different. Throughout this plan, "Board and Care home" is used to indicate licensed facilities, and "boarding home" is used to indicate unlicensed facilities. 62 City of Berkeley Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, e-mail communication with AIDS Housing of Washington staff, October 4, 2004. Bonita House and Corporation for Supportive Housing: Health, Housing, and Integrated Services (HHISN) proposal, p. 2.