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2. Increase housing opportunities for homeless and extremely low-income households. 15,000 additional supportive housing units will provide affordable housing and services to extremely low-income persons and families. 3. Deliver flexible services to support stability and independence. Culturally competent, accessible, and coordinated support services must accompany housing. Such services will help people increase their independence, improve their quality of life and retain their housing even through crises. Over time, these services create a significant reduction in the use of costly emergency medical and social services. 4. Measure success and report outcomes. Evaluating outcomes will ensure accountability to the broader community and allow participating agencies and government entities to measure success and target resources toward best practices. 5. Develop long-term leadership and build political will. Success will be achieved by establishing a leadership structure and community engagement to support creative solutions to homelessness and sustain systems change activities. Progress so far: Since the launch of Everyone Home, partners have: • Secured 353 additional housing vouchers or operating subsidies • 127 new units under development • Dedicated $7 million additional dollars to services for the targeted populations. Everyone Home will achieve the following Objectives for FY 08-09: • Increase the number of cities with local implementation strategies from 2 to 10 • Partners bring on line 1,000 new homes through vouchers and/or capital development • 2,000 homeless households obtain permanent homes • Decrease by 15% the average number of days people spend homeless before finding homes by 6/30/09 • Launch a new Homeless Prevention Program that will serve 200 households annually • Convert 1,200 General Assistance recipients to Supplemental Security Income • Implement program(s) similar to Direct Access to Housing (DAH) and/or a Safe Haven • Plan for an evolution of the Emergency Care system with providers & funders • Create a consumer housing data base Local Support of Everyone Home Plan The City of San Leandro was the first jurisdiction in the HOME Technical Advisory Consortium (HOMETAC) to adopt Alameda County's Everyone Home Plan. The Human Services Commission (HSC) approved the Everyone Home Plan on July 26, 2006. The City Council adopted the Everyone Home Plan on November 20, 2006. The City will be working with a local expert on homelessness, Building Futures with Women and Children, to draft its own Homeless Plan to align with the major goals of the County's Everyone Home Plan, although objectives will vary according to the City's needs. The City will Draft Action Plan - FY2008-09 City of San Leandro Page 11