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CR -25 - Homeless and Other Special Needs 91.220(d, e); 91.320(d, e); 91.520(c) Evaluate the jurisdiction's progress in meeting its specific objectives for reducing and ending homelessness through: Reaching out to homeless persons (especially unsheltered persons) and assessing their individual needs The City uses CDBG funds and City General Funds to provide support services to homeless persons. The City funds the following social services agencies to provide emergency shelter and/or supportive services to homeless persons: Building Futures with Women and Children and Davis Street Family Resource Center "Basic Needs" Program. The City also supports the following social service providers who assist residents from being displaced or becoming homeless: Davis Street Family Resource Center - Affordable Housing Services, ECHO Housing -Rental Housing Counseling, and Single -Family (Owner - Occupied) Housing Rehabilitation Grant Program. The City of San Leandro is an active participant in Everyone Home (EOH), formed to coordinate the implementation of the Alameda County EOH Plan. The EOH Plan is a blueprint to end homelessness, including chronic homelessness, by the year 2020. EOH is responsible for Alameda County's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program funding allocated by the federal department of Housing and Urban Development. EOH conducts a competitive process that rates and ranks applicants seeking to provider homeless assistance and prevention services. As a CoC coordinating entity, EOH conducts a Point -In -Time count of individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Every two years this count is conducted nationally at the end of January by all CoC Programs. In January 2017 the Point -In -Time count found that in Alameda County there were 5,629 homeless individuals -a 39% increase in population from the last count conducted in 2015. Of these individuals, there were 1,766 (31%) that were sheltered and 3,863 (69%) that were unsheltered. EOH found that 82% resided in Alameda County prior to becoming homeless. The Point -In -Time count in San Leandro found that there were 54 sheltered individuals and 55 unsheltered individuals. In FY 2017-18 EOH established a Coordinated Entry Program that is a requirement of all CoC Programs. The Coordinated Entry Program's primary goal is to create a simple way for anyone experiencing a housing crisis to understand and receive the support available to them through agencies funded by the CoC. The Coordinated Entry Program works to match the most intensive resources to the people with the highest needs. In FY 2017-18 the Program was piloted in two Alameda County cities. In February of 2017 Alameda County issued an RFP to expand street outreach by an additional 6 FTEs across the County. The expansion is funded by Medicaid Waivers as well as County general funds to double street outreach capacity across the County, including the HOME Consortium jurisdictions. Contracts will be executed in September 2017, with services beginning in October of this year. The HOME Consortium jurisdictions are covered by the CoC-funded program AC Impact operated by City of San Leandro FY 2017-18 CAPER 15 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018)