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CAPER 13 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 09/30/2021) 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 20/21 while dealing with the COVID pandemic. With funding from the State’s Project Roomkey program has made more than 1,000 hotel rooms available for homeless and at-risk households in response to COVID-19. The Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program provides funding to engage and support individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Alameda County initiated a coordinated, countywide COVID-19 emergency response, working with all jurisdictions in the county, to prioritize those unhoused individuals as most at risk for COVID-19 into Project Roomkey hotel sites (temporary, non-congregate shelter) and to prioritize their exits to permanent supportive housing. Emergency Solutions Grant CARES Act funds were used to support rapid-rehousing rental assistance to those individuals who are currently residing in Project Roomkey sites within Operation Comfort and Operation Safer Ground, and identified through Coordinated Entry, as they transition to permanent housing. (Operation Comfort short-term emergency isolation and quarantine housing is for people experiencing homelessness who test positive for COVID-19, active symptoms of COVID-19, or who have had verified contact with a person with a known COVID-19 infection. Operation Safer Ground is safe housing available for homeless individuals who are over the age of 65, or otherwise at high-risk with a variety of health conditions (medically fragile), or both.) This rapid re-housing effort is part of a countywide, emergency response for COVID-19, and collaborative jurisdictional efforts. Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless persons Year-round emergency shelter capacity within the HOME Consortium during FY20 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 45-bed Housing Navigation Center in Hayward provides shelter and individualized housing services for individuals experiencing homelessness. Administered by Bay Area Community Services (BACS), staff conduct outreach in local encampments and partner with law enforcement to identify individuals in need of services.