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<br />22 <br /> <br />focusing most resources on housing additions to ensure movement from shelter to housing. It is the <br />goal of the Home Together plan to gradually repurpose non-congregate shelter sites to be used as <br />housing. <br />Behavioral health services are a critical component of service delivery in all areas of homelessness <br />response. Efforts are being made to increase clinical support available through Street Health, Shelter <br />Health, and other teams as part of Healthcare for the Homeless programs, and in housing planning, and <br />tenancy sustaining services, preventing returns to homelessness. Connections to mental health services <br />are built into pathways to housing in the homeless system through Emergency Shelter, Rapid Re- <br />Housing and Permanent Supportive Housing. <br /> <br />1. Provide neighborhood-based access where people are most likely to lose housing  <br />a. Expand resources in neighborhood-based access points, targeting neighborhoods with the <br />highest numbers of people with insecure housing situations. <br />b. Add access point outreach staff to connect people to these services in the field. <br />c. Set up monthly training for 211 operators  <br />d. Develop the capacity for 211 to track and follow up with people seeking resources <br />2. Lower programmatic barriers to crisis services such as prevention, problem solving and shelter <br />a. Add additional laundry, hygiene, and storage options <br />b. Ensure that emergency shelters reduce unnecessary program requirements <br />c. Improve communication to advertise the availability of these resources <br />d. Provide training systemwide on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Harm Reduction, Housing <br />Strategies, and other foundational topics <br />3. Prevent discharge from mainstream systems to homelessness <br />a. Increase medical and mental health respite with defined housing; pathways; HCSA <br />estimated need of 250-300 added beds length of stay. <br />b. Stabilize and expand board and care portfolio through new state funding and land trust to <br />correspond with behavioral health system gaps analysis. <br />c. Implement exit strategy for all homeless criminal justice clients with shelter, housing, and <br />supportive services. Evidence indicates a promising model in low-barrier non-congregate <br />shelter for people exiting criminal justice settings, paired with housing navigation and <br />tenant-based vouchers. <br />d. Connect transition age youth leaving foster care to youth-dedicated rapid and supportive <br />housing programs through ongoing dedication of resources targeted to youth nearing exit <br />from care. <br />4. Significantly increase the availability of shelter, especially non-congregate models, to serve <br />vulnerable adults and families with children and to reduce unsheltered homelessness <br />a. Add 1,625 temporary additional shelter beds, especially non-congregate models, to serve <br />vulnerable adults and families with children. <br />b. Focus resources on a short-term increase in shelter to double the amount of shelter currently <br />available and reduce unsheltered homelessness