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• DSFRC has established a Strategic Planning process to improve the agency's internal information and technology systems. DSFRC staff hope to incorporate the data required by the Alameda County's Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) into its client intake process in FY2008-09. Priority # 7. Build on inter -jurisdictional cooperation and further coordination and improvement of the homeless Continuum of Care System. [THIS SECTION IS CURRENTLY BEING REVISED BY ALAMEDA COUNTY HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.] Activities: ♦ Continuum of Care Council Responding to the need for comprehensive planning and coordination of services for the homeless, the 45 -member Alameda County -wide Homeless Continuum of Care Council was formed in 1997. The Council coordinates local efforts to address homelessness, seeks to maintain the existing service capacity, builds new partnerships that generate greater resources for the continuum of housing, services, and employment, and establishes inter jurisdictional cooperation. Recognized as 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 Countys General Fundus 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 currently 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. Final Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY2007-2008 City of San Leandro Page I l