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The City Council then considers and approves the final funding recommendations. Once approval is given, the City enters into contracts with each subrecipient, detailing the Scope of Work and Budget for use of CDBG funds. CAP grants for public services have a two-year funding cycle, while CDBG subrecipients are required to enter into an annual grant for the two-year period. HOMELESS AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS ACTIVITIES See "Table I - FY 2007-08 HUD Annual Action Plan: CDBG and HOME Funds" on Page 8 for this year's activities. Implementation of the Everyone Home Plan Alameda County, the City of Berkeley and the City of Oakland and others are actively engaged in a long-term special needs housing planning process known as the Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan because it seeks to address the housing-related needs of persons with serious mental illness, those living with HIV/AIDS, and those who are homeless. The Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan process reflects an increased recognition among health care and services agencies throughout Alameda County that affordable housing is crucial to the achievement of public and mental health program outcomes. Without stable, decent, and affordable housing efforts to promote public and mental health among low-income populations in the County are compromised. Public and mental health funding investments may be wasted when their clients lose their housing. The creation of an integrated, regional response offers a number of measurable, outcome-oriented alternatives to the current model. Alameda County has a history of collaborative efforts, but until now they have been focused primarily at the consumer or provider level - not at the systems level. Making adjustments and changes at the systems level will require active participation by top community leaders and government representatives. Moving towards this preferred future requires that elected officials, as well as civic, business, and faith leaders recognize and commit to a regional approach that will include such outcomes as: 1. Increased efficiency and effectiveness of local and regional housing and supportive service programs through sharing of information, planning, clients, resources, and responsibility across the multiple systems that must work together to address common issues. 2. More coordination of government and philanthropic funding. National research has demonstrated that an integrated approach to long-term homelessness can significantly reduce overall expenditures. 3. Increased local capacity to attract competitive grants from federal, state, and philanthropic sources that can augment existing housing and service systems and support the replication of emerging promising practice models. Draft Action Plan - FY2007-08 City of San Leandro Page 10