Reso 2020-140 FY 2019 2020 CAPER

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For several years, the City of Hayward has used part of its HOME allocation to fund Project Independence, an Abode Services program that provides tenant -based rental assistance (TBRA) to emancipated transition -age youth (ages 18-24). Hayward's HOME funds provide rental subsidies to program participants, who also receive wrap -around services from Abode. In FY 2019-2020, the program served 27 households, for a total of 45 individuals, including the dependent children of program participants. The City of San Leandro plans to add their HOME funding for FY 20-21 to the tenant based rental assistance program managed by Alameda County. Helping homeless persons (especially chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth) make the transition to permanent housing and independent living, including shortening the period of time that individuals and families experience homelessness, facilitating access for homeless individuals and families to affordable housing units, and preventing individuals and families who were recently homeless from becoming homeless again Alameda County is building a Housing Crisis Response System that prevents homelessness whenever possible, provides dignified homeless safety net services, and maintains people in permanent homes with ongoing subsidies and services. The Coordinated Entry System (CES) is the front door and central organizing feature of the Housing Crisis Response System. The purpose of Coordinated Entry is to quickly assess the needs of people in crisis, connect them to available support, and track the outcomes and performance of the system. Coordinated Entry provides a standard and transparent way for the Housing Crisis Response System to effectively identify people in Alameda County who are experiencing a housing crisis and assess their needs, then prioritize and match them to the most supportive services and housing programs for which they are eligible. To do this, Everyone Home manages a Countywide By - Name -List, which is maintained in HMIS and governed by all applicable privacy and security policies. Coordinated Entry is the Continuum of Care's primary focus for bringing an end to chronic homelessness. According to the 2019 Point -In -Time Count, the number of persons experiencing chronic homelessness has increased from 1,652 in 2017 to 2,236 in 2019. That is an increase of 35% in total people even though the chronically homeless remain just under 30% of the overall homeless population. As of August 1, 2018, all PSH units are filled using the Countywide By -Name -List (BNL). Eventually housing navigation, emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid -rehousing, and tenancy sustaining services will also be resources matched to the highest priority household based on need, length of time homeless, and other vulnerability factors. Operation Vets Home is the collaborative Continuum -wide effort to bring an end to veteran homelessness. Members consist of VA staff, veteran housing providers, and CoC staff. Other providers and elected officials participate sporadically. The group worked a By -Name -List of homeless veterans since the fall of 2015. As of September 2020, the BNL for homeless veterans stands at 548 individuals. Vets remain under 10% of the total homeless population, but the numbers grew in proportion to the overall growth in numbers. The number of chronically homeless vets is greater than last year even with increased VASH vouchers. CAPER 20 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018)