Title
Resolution to Endorse Alameda County's Home Together 2026 Implementation Plan
Staff Report
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the City Council endorse Alameda County's Home Together 2026 Implementation Plan (Home Together 2026).
BACKGROUND
Home Together 2026 is a five-year homelessness response community-wide plan for Alameda County which lays out the goals, strategies, and investments needed to dramatically reduce homelessness by 2026 and reverse racial disparities in homelessness through fully centering equity.
Analysis
The County of Alameda's Home Together 2026 Implementation Plan (the Plan) is a community-wide plan which lays out the goals, strategies and investments needed to dramatically reduce homelessness by 2026 and reverse racial disparities in homelessness through fully centering equity. The Plan's overarching goals and time frame align with Vision 2026, Alameda County's comprehensive effort to set a course for the next decade that anticipates community challenges and maximizes the County's ability to meet residents' needs in a rapidly changing world. One of the primary objectives of Vision 2026 is to "ensure the availability of diverse and affordable housing for all residents with the goal of eliminating homelessness in Alameda County."
Home Together 2026 builds upon many sources and efforts, particularly the 2020 Centering Racial Equity in Homeless System Design report (CRE) prepared by community partners and informed by system modeling and extensive interviews and focus groups with persons of color who have experienced homelessness. The CRE process modeled what an optimal system to respond to all homelessness and reduce racial disparities would look like and what gaps need to be filled. Home Together 2026 is also responsive to requirements laid out in the California Comeback Plan to draw down key State housing and health funding. It is informed by and consistent with other local and regional efforts, including the All Home R...
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