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Action Plan - FY2001 City of San Leandro Page 11 HOMELESS AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS ACTIVITIES Implementation of the County-Wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS (HOPWA) Alameda County Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) administers the HOPWA program for Alameda County, under contract from the .City of Oakland. Oakland receives the HOPWA entitlement as the largest city in .the Eligible Metropolitan Area. HOPWA funds can be used for a variety of housing and service activities for persons living with .HIV and AIDS and are intended to serve residents throughout Alameda County. In 1996 HCD, in partnership with the City of Oakland, completed the Alameda County Multi- Year AIDS Housing Plan. The Plan provides comprehensive information about the need for AIDS housing, presents recommendations for how HOPWA funds should be allocated for the next five years, and seeks to improve coordination between HOPWA and other AIDS- and housing-dedicated funds. The Plan was adopted by the Board of Supervisors in April 1996 and updated in 1998. Since the passage of the Plan, HOPWA funds have been made available to cover all priority areas recommended. Shelter Plus Care Alameda County HCD is the grantee for five competitive 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 Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, 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, AIDS and related disorders, who are living on the streets, in other places not fit for human - habitation, or in emergency shelter. Shelter Plus Care provides assistance to clients through rental assistance payments and a broad range of supportive services provided by a network of over 40 community-based organizations 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. Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: Alameda County Housing/Jobs Linkages Program (Supportive Housing Program)