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CAPER 12 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 Jurisdictions in the HOME Consortium continue outreach to unsheltered persons. Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program funds are provided to the region’s homeless providers to engage and support individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Alameda County coordinated countywide work. Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless persons Year-round emergency shelter capacity within the HOME Consortium consists of 364 for families with minor children and 396 beds for single adults for a total of 760 emergency shelter beds. The overall transitional housing capacity in the HOME Consortium jurisdictions is 234 beds with 86 beds for families with minor children and 148 beds for single adults. Of the 148 beds for adults, 71 of those are grant per diem beds restricted to Veterans. During the rainy season, warming station shelters operated in San Leandro (25 beds), as well as Alameda (6 beds), Fremont (27 beds), Hayward (18 beds), and Livermore (6 beds). The majority of the Continuum of Care’s (COC) homeless population continues to be unsheltered (73% as of the February 22, 2022 Point-In-Time Count). In FY 22-23, the City began negotiations to purchase the 33 unit Nimitz Motel. In collaboration with Building Futures and the Housing Consortium of the East Bay (HCEB). In 2022, the City applied for State Project Homekey Program Round 2 funding for acquisition and rehabilitation of this property. The proposal contemplates a short term-navigation center/drop-in shelter with a conversion in year 5 to permanent supportive housing. This will address urgent housing services needs for unhoused persons at-risk of homelessness. Helping low-income individuals and families avoid becoming homeless, especially extremely low-income individuals and families and those who are: likely to become homeless after being discharged from publicly funded institutions and systems of care (such as health care facilities, mental health facilities, foster care and other youth facilities, and corrections programs and institutions); and, receiving assistance from public or private agencies that address housing, health, social services, employment, education, or youth needs The COC is working with a number of publicly funded institutions of care to ensure that persons are not discharged into homelessness. The Realignment Housing Program has housing specialists working with persons in the County jail on their housing needs prior to their release date and is funded by Alameda County Probation Department to rapidly rehouse those who are or could become homeless. It also participated actively in the Youth Transitions Planning partnership funded by Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that no transitional age youth aging out of foster care exits to homelessness. The