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-- DRAFT -- 2025-2029 ConPlan & FY 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan Page 11 of 90 a variety of governmental, health, and service agencies through a comprehensive approach that prioritizes collaboration and community engagement. The City conducts community outreach and stakeholder surveys to gather insights on housing needs, ensuring that resident input is integrated into its strategies. The City works closely with Alameda County, HOME Consortium members, and nonprofit agencies to address the critical needs for permanent affordable housing, emergency shelters, and transitional housing, while also supporting services like tenant-landlord counseling, fair housing assistance, and legal services. Describe coordination with the Continuum of Care and efforts to address the needs of homeless persons (particularly chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans, and unaccompanied youth) and persons at risk of homelessness EveryOne Home serves as the Alameda County-wide Continuum of Care (CoC) coordinating agency, addressing the housing needs of individuals experiencing homelessness and extremely low-income residents, including those with serious mental illness or living with HIV/AIDS. In 2020, the “Centering Racial Equity in Homeless System Design Report” (CRE) highlighted the necessary steps for creating a more equitable and effective response to homelessness. This led to the CoC’s involvement in the Home Consortium. Together 2026 Community Plan, a five-year strategic initiative focused on racial equity and aimed at reducing homelessness. The plan outlines goals such as preventing homelessness, connecting people to shelter and resources, increasing housing solutions, and improving system coordination and capacity. Though the CoC reports annual progress on the plan, it is currently in its second year, showing positive outcomes, including increased housing placements and reduced racial disparities. However, despite these successes, resource shortages continue to hinder the system’s ability to meet growing demand. Without a significant increase in resources and housing, the community will struggle to meet the Home Together goals. Alameda County’s homelessness response efforts began with the EveryOne Home Plan, developed through county-wide planning in 2004 and published in 2006. Since then, the plan has been adopted by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and all 14 cities within the county, including San Leandro, and supported by numerous community organizations. In 2018, the plan underwent a strategic update, endorsed by over 136 cities, governmental agencies, and nonprofits. The City remains committed to the plan, continuing to provide pro-rata funding to support its implementation and administration. Describe consultation with the Continuum(s) of Care that serves the jurisdiction's area in determining how to allocate ESG funds, develop performance standards and evaluate outcomes, and develop funding, policies and procedures for the administration of HMIS Alameda County Housing and Community Development (HCD) works closely with the CoC in determining how to allocate Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds, develop performance standards, and evaluate outcomes. The CoC, led by EveryOne Home, coordinates these efforts by implementing county-wide models for homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing programs, funded through sources like ESG. The Alameda County Housing Crisis Response System Manual outlines the standards for assistance,