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Action Plan - FY1998 City of San Leandro Page 8 In 1996 HCD, in partnership with the City of Oakland, completed a multi -year AIDS housing plan for Alameda County. The plan provides more complete information about the need for AIDS housing, presents recommendations for how HOPWA funds should be allocated over the next five years, and seeks to improve coordination between HOPWA and other AIDS- and housing -dedicated funds. The Plan was completed in January 1996 and taken to a number of local boards and coalitions for endorsement, including the Ryan White Title I Planning Council, the Ryan White Title II CARE Consortium, the AIDS Advisory Board, The HOME Technical Advisory Committee, the Urban County Technical Advisory Committee, the Southern Alameda County HIV Task Force, the Emergency Services Network, East Bay Housing Organizations and the Housing and Community Development Citizens' Advisory Committee. The Plan was adopted by the Board of Supervisors on April 9, 1996. In FY95, $945,711 in HOPWA funds were made available to cover five priority areas for the plan. These areas were: Housing Information and Referral; Transitional Housing; Permanent Housing Set -Asides; Planning for a Long-term Care Facility; and Technical Assistance. To date commitments have been made, and work has begun, on the development and operation of an AIDS Housing information hotline (operating out of Hayward), development of transitional housing for people with AIDS and mental illness in Oakland of which no fewer than six beds will be dedicated to people with AIDS, and planning for a licensed long-term care facility or facilities. Negotiations are underway for as many as 28 units of permanent housing set -aside for families in Oakland, Alameda and Livermore, and for technical assistance to three Oakland -based AIDS housing providers. In addition to activities funded with FY95 HOPWA funds, several other aspects of the plan have been carried out using other funding sources, or at no cost. These include the start Up of PROJECT INDEPENDENCE, a HOPWA Special Project of National Significance funded directly by HUD to provide shallow rental assistance and accessibility modifications to people living with HIV/AIDS throughout Alameda County. Three agencies are administering the rental assistance and support service component of this program: The Ark of Refuge and AIDS Project of the East Bay in Oakland and the Tri-City Health Center in Fremont. Alameda County also received funding in 1996 for additional Shelter Plus Care rpertificates to be targeted specifically to homeless persons with AIDS and related disorders. This program is expected to begin operation in Spring 1997. HCD also completed draft standards of care for AIDS housing to be used in both counties of the Eligible Metropolitan Area. Alameda County HCD has just entered into a contract with the City of Oakland for $1,055,528 in FY1996 HOPWA funds. These funds will be used to meet other priorities set forth in the AIDS Housing Plan, including supporting the operation of service -enriched emergency shelter for homeless people with AIDS; the development of permanent,