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McKinney/Vento Homeless Assistance: Shelter Plus Care Alameda County HCD is the grantee for five competitive and renewal grants under HUD's Shelter Plus Care Program, which provides rental subsidies and supportive services on a long- term basis for homeless persons with disabilities. HCD administers the program in cooperation with the Oakland Housing Authority and the Alameda County Housing Authority. The program serves homeless individuals with one or more of three targeted disabilities; serious mental illness, chronic alcohol and drug problems, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or related diseases, who are living on the streets or in other places not fit for human habitation. Shelter Plus Care provides assistance to clients through rental assistance payments and a broad range of supportive services provided by a network of over 50 community-based organisations and County-operated programs. These services include alcohol and drug treatment, mental health services, primary medical care, AIDS services, service coordination and case management, benefits counseling and advocacy, money management services, housing search assistance, and crisis support. HUD makes Shelter Plus Care Program grants for new programs on a competitive basis to local jurisdictions and agencies. McKinney/Vento Homeless Assistance: Transitional and Permanent Housing In FY95, Alameda County HCD received athree-year Supportive Housing Program grant from HUD for $2.5 million for the Alameda County Housing/Jobs Linkages Program. This program received renewed funding in FY 00-O1 for two additional years. This grant proposal was a joint effort of HCD and seven community-based participating agencies that form the Linkages Collaborative. The Linkages program provides transitional rental assistance, job development and support services for homeless families connected with one of six shelters in the HOME Consortium. The participating shelters are Building Futures with Women and Children, Family Emergency Shelter Coalition (FESCO) and Emergency Shelter Program (ESP) in Hayward, Tri-City Homeless Coalition and Shelter Against Violent Environments (SAVE) in Fremont, and Tri-Valley Haven in Livermore. Under contract to HCD, Allied Housing (Hayward) administers the rental assistance component. Economic Development Initiative In FY 2005-06, HCD will continue to administer a $600,000 Economic Development Initiative for the rehabilitation of a building at the former Alameda Naval Air Station into aMulti- Service Center for residents of the former base. As part of the reuse planning for the base, 200 units of housing are being made available to house the homeless (including the units discussed above). The Multi-Service Center will offer services to all residents, including counseling, case Action Plan - FY2~05-06 City of San Leandro Pale n