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Homelessness Prevention and Re-housing 6 October 5, 2009 Program Plan MOU Applicable General Plan Policy The current Administrative Draft of the Housing Element of the General Plan contains several policies applicable to the HPRP Plan: Goal 58: Special Needs Populations -Proactively address the special housing needs of the community, including seniors, disabled individuals, single parents, large families, and the homeless. Policy 58.07: Extremely Low Income Persons -Continue programs that meet the needs of extremely low income persons (defined as 30 percent or less of the area-wide median), including the Section 8 voucher and certificate program. Explore other programs that create additional capacity for the working poor and other extremely low income households who cannot find adequate housing in the local marketplace. Policy 58.08: Assistance to Homelessness Residents -Continue to support programs that prevent or end homelessness in the Bay Area. Work with local non-profits, other public agencies, and community organizations to provide food, shelter, rapid re- housing, and other services to men, women, and children who are homeless, at risk of becoming homeless, or transitioning out of homelessness. Action 58.08-A: Assistance to Homeless Service Providers Continue to provide financial support to Building Futures with Women and Children's San Leandro Shelter and domestic violence shelter, the Davis Street Family Resource Center, and similar organizations assisting the homeless and persons at risk of becoming homeless. Appropriate organizations to fund include those that provide emergency shelter, case management, hot meals and groceries, motel vouchers, medical care, adult literacy, and other services which assist those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Policy 58.09: Ending Homelessness -Develop local strategies with community stakeholders to provide permanent supportive housing for the homeless, people at risk of homelessness, and others with special needs. Action 58.09-A: Everyone Home - Develop a local implementation strategy for the Alameda County Everyone Home program. Everyone Home is the community-based organization formed to implement the Alameda County Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan (also known as the Everyone Home Plan). The Plan is a comprehensive blueprint to end homelessness by 2020 and address the housing needs of homeless and extremely low income persons and those living with serious mental illness and/ or HIV/ AIDS. The San Leandro City Council has adopted the Everyone Home Plan and made a commitment to develop a strategy to implement it at the local level in the coming years. This could entail additional efforts to prevent homelessness, increase local housing opportunities for extremely low income households, deliver additional services to support stability and independence, and provide technical and financial assistance to organizations that assist those who are