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Homelessness Prevention and Re-housing 2 October 5, 2009 Program Plan MOU Family Resource Center, to submit an HPRP grant application for $1.5 million to State HCD, which approved the grant request in late September 2009. HPRP is focused on housing services for homeless individuals and families and those at-risk of homelessness. HPRP funds will provide temporary financial assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services to individuals and families who are homeless or would be homeless without this assistance. The primary goal is to either prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless or help those who are experiencing homelessness to be quickly re-housed and stabilized. In Alameda County, Everyone Home (EOH) is leading the effort to improve homeless and homelessness prevention services by coordinating the implementation of a county-wide Homelessness Prevention and Re-housing Program to simplify client accessibility, streamline services, and provide common performance outcome data and measurable results. In 2006, the City adopted EOH's countywide 15-year plan to end chronic homelessness. This plan outlines a reorientation of housing and service systems to end chronic homelessness and significantly reduce housing crises for vulnerable populations in Alameda County. One of EOH's key strategies is to prevent homelessness and other housing crises. To coordinate regional HPRP services, EOH has held numerous jurisdictional, service provider and countywide community meetings to develop a homeless and homelessness prevention service delivery system that is both effective and efficient for clients. The county HPRP Plan focuses on the development of regional Housing Resource Centers (HRC) that will provide a variety of homelessness prevention and re-housing services, linked through a countywide referral, assessment and outcome tracking system. Each HRC will provide a similar complement of services, including one-time, short- and medium-term financial assistance, case management and housing locator services to prevent homelessness and rapidly re-house those who have become homeless. Throughout the county, Housing Resource Centers will provide the core HPRP and other social services in house and will also provide links to other services not available at an HRC such as enrollment into mainstream benefits programs. Housing Resource Centers are located in north county (Berkeley and two HRCs in Oakland), east county (Livermore), south county (Fremont), and mid county (San Leandro). Eligible Activities Eligible activities are specifically focused on housing: either financial assistance to help pay for housing or services designed to keep people in housing or to find housing. The intent of HPRP assistance is to transition program participants rapidly to stability, either through their own means or appropriate public assistance. HPRP funds may be used for services that assist program participants with housing stability and placement. These services are limited to the following eligible activities: case management; housing search and placement; credit repair; legal services; and, outreach and engagement. HPRP assistance is not intended to provide long-term support for program participants, nor will it be able to address all of the financial and supportive services needs of households that affect housing stability. Assistance shall be focused on housing stabilization,