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a national model, the Council leveraged substantial federal, state, and local resources for homeless housing and services, standardized data collection, implemented Health, Safety and Accessibility Standards of Service for shelter facilities, and facilitated a year-round process of successful collaboration. The Council included representatives from each of the HOME Consortium jurisdictions and CDBG entitlement jurisdictions in the County, service providers and advocates, homeless or formerly homeless persons, representatives of the faith community, business and labor representatives, and education and health care professionals. The Council receives administrative funding through Alameda County's General Fund as well as contributions from Alameda County's jurisdictions. County-wide activities during this fiscal year included: · EveryOne Home, the Alameda County Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan was completed in 2005. EveryOne Home includes a chronic homeless plan, including a comprehensive plan on behalf of homeless people and families, and prevention planning for marginally housed individuals with disabilities. EveryOne Home is cUlTently in the implementation phase and has been endorsed or adopted by nearly all of the jurisdictions in Alameda County. EveryOne Home is a joint effort by the Continuum of Care Council, Alameda County Departments of Public Health (Office of AIDS), Behavioral Health Care Services, Social Services, and Housing and Community Development, as well as the Cities of Oakland and Berkeley. · The Council continues the implementation of HMIS countywide. At the end of the fiscal year, twenty-four agencies providing a broad range of homeless-dedicated housing and support services were set-up and trained to operate the HMIS software, with nearly 800 staff from these agencies certified in Privacy and Security Standards (approximately 250 were certified in FY07). As a result, more than 10,000 unduplicated clients were entered into HMIS by June 30, 2007. Of these, 5,463 clients were entered in calendar year 2006. · Agencies in the Alameda County-wide Continuum of Care maintained a permanent housing stock of over 2,050 beds, with 150 more beds under development. Despite declining revenue for supportive services, our community has maintained existing housing and successfully moved hundreds of clients into permanent housing and services. · The Superior Court of California, Alameda County's Community Focused Court Committee, and the Continuum of Care Council continued its successful partnership for the Homeless Caring Court, a specialty project for Superior Court to resolve misdemeanor legal issues that prevent homeless people from securing employment and tenancy. The Court expanded to monthly sessions in April 2007 to accommodate the increasing demand for this program and to best serve participants. The Court continues to rotate throughout the County and assisted nearly 90 defendants, dismissing 233 charges over a year's time. · Continuum of Care Council Members continue to provide technical assistance to aid organizations in correctly interpreting and complying with federal program regulations and developing systems to ensure that organizational capacity and programmatic perfonnance are of high quality. Final Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY2006-2007 City of San Leandro Page 10