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Action Plan-FY1999 City of San Leandro Page 15 Housing/Jobs Linkages Program, and several new projects, including transitional housing for women and an SRA Shelter Plus Care program at the Alameda Naval Air Station, a mobile homeless outreach team in the City of Fremont, and permanent housing for people with disabilities in the City of Hayward. Alameda County Base Closure Collaborative On October 25, 1994, President Clinton signed into law the Base Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994, S 2534. This Act authorizes HUD to determine whether a base reuse plan for the reuse of an installation proposed by a local reuse authority balances the community development, economic redevelopment and other development needs of the communities in the vicinity of the installation with the needs of the homeless in those communities. Established in 1994, the Alameda County Homeless Base Conversion Collaborative (The Homeless Collaborative) grew out of a common vision of homeless providers that the conversion of military bases in the East Bay afforded the entire community an opportunity to access base resources in a manner that integrated the needs of the homeless with the needs of the greater community. In addition, by forming such a collaborative, the opportunities presented as a result of base conversion could be maximized by enabling the homeless community to speak as one voice. The Collaborative is participating in conversion activities at Alameda Naval Air Station, Oak Knoll Medical Facility, Alameda Fleet Industrial Supply Center, and the Oakland Army Base. The Homeless Collaborative,with support from HCD,has achieved on Alameda Naval Air Station (NAS)the largest single commitment of resources to meet the growing needs of the homeless in the county's history. In its March 1996 publication, Guidebook on Military Base Reuse and Homeless Assistance, HUD cites the reuse planning process at NAS as a model for how a community goes about the process of balancing the economic redevelopment, other development and homeless assistance needs of the community in the vicinity of the installation. The NAS Plan includes housing for 386 families and single individuals, a child care facility for up to 60 children, economic development and job training opportunities, a multi-service center, and a first source hiring program for all new businesses locating at the former Naval Air Station. Pre- development activities have begun at Alameda Point, and the Collaborative expects to finish rehabilitation and begin operation of approximately 75 units of housing, a portion of the multi- service center, and the child care facility by the middle of 1999. The Collaborative is also under discussion with the City of Alameda regarding the relocation of a portion of the Alameda Point units next door at the Alameda Naval 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