Reso 2020-140 FY 2019 2020 CAPER

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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 HOME Consortium jurisdictions continued their outreach to unsheltered persons in FY 19-20. Abode's mobile outreach team covers all of South and East County and works closely with the human services and law enforcement departments of the cities to identify and contact unsheltered persons. In the last program year, Abode's outreach team reached 813 persons, and helped 20 homeless persons find permanent housing. Street outreach worked with law enforcement in Fremont, Livermore, Hayward and Oakland to focus on chronically homeless persons whom law enforcement had identified as highly vulnerable and having particularly problematic street behavior. The City of Albany continued to fund the Berkeley Food and Housing Project to conduct outreach in its jurisdiction, serving 37 individuals including helping 27 to achieve positive housing outcomes with rapid rehousing. Building Futures with Women and Children to conduct street outreach throughthe Coordinated Entry System (CES), serving 350 individuals. The City of Hayward continued funding the Alameda County Impact program, which provides outreach and housing services to individuals identified as "high users" of county and city emergency services. Making over 600 outreach contacts, the AC Impact program provided ongoing housing and services for 12 residents in FY 2019-2020, exceeding their goal of 10. Hayward also funds an economic development program, Downtown Streets Team, that provides job training and work experience in conjunction with housing services for individuals experiencing homelessness. The Downtown Streets Team partners individuals experiencing homelessness with work opportunities while providing education, employment, and housing services. The program received an extension in FY 19-20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at the end of the year they had served 37 individuals on the Work Experience Team. Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless persons Year-round emergency shelter capacity within the HOME Consortium during FY 19-20 consisted of 79 beds for families with minor children and 235 beds for single adults. The overall transitional housing capacity in the HOME consortium jurisdictions is lower than last fiscal year. It consists of 28 beds for families and 94 for unaccompanied adults. Of the 94 beds for adults, 71 of those are grant per diem beds restricted to Veterans. During the rainy season, warming station shelters operated in Alameda (30), Fremont (36 beds), Hayward (25 Beds), Livermore (25 beds), Castro Valley (50) and San Leandro (35 beds). Castro Valley Shelter added new capacity this year. The City of Hayward leveraged CDBG funds along with State funds, the City's General Fund, and private donations to open a Housing Navigation Center in November 2019. The 45-bed Housing Navigation Center provides shelter and individualized housing services for individuals experiencing homelessness. CAPER 18 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018)