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27 With resources from a notable budget surplus, the State of California has committed to a one-time investment of more than $12 billion in homelessness and another $10 million in affordable housing. Alameda County and the City of Oakland both anticipate receiving a significant increase from this in funds for the HHAP, Homekey and new programs such as the Encampment Resolution Funds and Family Homelessness Challenge Grants. These new funds will build on investments already in the pipeline from the State’s No Place Like Home program and Alameda County’s Measure A1 which contribute to new housing units set to open in the first few years of the Plan. Due to the advent of COVID-19, a range of onetime funds to provide shelter and housing have also already been put to work. The federal FEMA program, State Project Roomkey and matching local funds opened hundreds of hotel rooms for people impacted by or at risk of COVID and the State’s Project Homekey and federal Emergency Housing Vouchers have helped transition some of these hotels to permanent housing while providing housing vouchers for 900 people. The investment from these programs expanded capacity for more than 1,300 people in permanent housing, just from the initial allocations through 2021. Altogether, this unprecedented infusion will help to jump start the plan goals for both housing and shelter expansion, but the one-time nature of most the funding and the growing gap in the later years of the plan still leave a significant gap that will need to be filled locally. In addition to the need for significantly more funding and resources to expand housing and program capacity, resources will need to be distributed throughout the County, aligned to these joint goals and with built-in accountability. In 2021, representatives from cities and county agencies proposed a method for allocating funds that pass through the county, intended for homelessness response. Because the County is a direct recipient of many funds and has the ability to support efforts throughout the entire geography, Alameda County will coordinate a countywide effort to leverage city and county resources. The cities will play a critical role, both through the provision of local and some dedicated federal and state resources and as overseers of land use planning for shelters and permanent housing. Together these partners will work to align efforts and stretch both the existing resources and new funding as it emerges. Project funding through this collaborative allocation plan will be tied to the programs meeting the performance goals outlined in this Plan or that show a plan for targeted capacity for small, emerging and/or BIPOC led (and serving) agencies or new, innovative programs. Completing a full inventory of current and anticipated resources is a next step to access State funding and to track investments in the Plan. Once completed, the resource tracking will be incorporated as an appendix to this plan and reported on annually. The County and city partners will create action plans with two-year cycles including anticipated investments and timelines for unit and program creation, which will be updated and reported during each two year cycle. 8. Tracking and Monitoring Close tracking and monitoring of the impacts of the implementation of programs and strategies in the Home Together Plan are critical to achieving reductions in homelessness in Alameda County. Data for these measures will be consistently disaggregated by race to enable tracking for equity impacts and improvements as well as overall system improvements.