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Action Plan - FY2000 City of San Leandro Page 36 The NAS Plan includes housing for 239 families and single individuals, a child care facility for up to 60 children, economic development and job training opportunities, a community e center, and a first source hiring program for all new businesses locating at the former Naval Air Station. The Alameda Point Collaborative, Inc. has completed 12 units of transitional housing at Alameda Point, begun construction on another 75 units and expects to finish rehabilitation and begin operation of a total of 200 units by the end of 2000. Likewise, pre - development activity has begun for the community center, the child care facility and an 85,000 sq. ft. warehouse. The Alameda Point Collaborative has also reached agreement with the City of Alameda to create 39 new units of transitional housing for families, to be developed with the City of Alameda Housing Authority, at a portion of the former Alameda Fleet Industrial Supply Center. As part of its agreement related to the Oak Knoll Medical Facility in Oakland, the Homeless Collaborative has received a grant of $2 million for homeless activities in Alameda County. The funds received are held in trust by HCD, but are expended under the guidance of the Collaborative. The funds have been used in assisting with pre - development of Alameda Point including hiring project managers, assisting in the development of an integrated service plan, and hiring architects. The Collaborative expects to expend the funds as part of its implementation activities at Alameda Point and the Oakland Army Base. Lastly, the Collaborative has reached an agreement with the City of Oakland and the Oakland Base Reuse Authority to serve the homeless through the creation of a workforce development campus at the now closed Oakland Army Base. Because the Continuum of Care model developed by HUD and included as part of its review of every Local Reuse Authority §s base reuse plan includes more than the provision of housing, the Oakland Army Base is seen as potentially offering a significant number of employment and economic development opportunities for homeless providers county -wide. The mission of the Workforce Development Campus at the Oakland Army Base is to ensure the capture of employment opportunities at the Oakland Army Base and in the surrounding community, for the East Bay's hardest to 'serve. This mission will be accomplished through the creation of a partnership between homeless service providers, West Oakland organizations and other community -based organizations, and local, public and private agencies to provide job linkage, employment and supportive services at the Oakland Army Base and other employer -based sites. The emphasis of the employment training and supportive services will be to enhance the long -term employability and earnings of persons served by the program. This objective will be accomplished through the provision of education and training programs that meet industry demand; by motivating the local community, participating agencies and their clients to learn new skills and practice good work habits; and by demonstrating to employers that it is good business to give opportunities to workers who, in the past, faced barriers to employment.