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Implementation of the Plan is coordinated by a community-based organization of the same name. It is guided by a Leadership Board comprised of jurisdictional appointed members and key community constituencies such as consumers, cities, nonprofit service providers and housing developers, businesses, law enforcement, housing authorities,and faith-based organizations. EveryOne Home envisions a system of housing and services in Alameda County that, by 2020, ensures all extremely low-income residents have a safe,supportive and permanent place to call home,with services available to help them stay housed and improve the quality of their lives. EveryOne Home partners are working on five core strategies: 1) Prevent homelessness and other housing crises;2) Increase housing opportunities for homeless and extremely low-income households;3) Deliver flexible services to support stability and independence;4) Measure success and report outcomes;.and 5)Develop long-term leadership and build political will. Alameda County will continue to implement a program using State funds at the County level that uses rapid rehousing strategies to assist homeless individuals leaving State correctional facilities to'avoid homelessness. The THP+program provides transitional housing for youth aging out of foster care. In addition,the Social Services Agency in the County, in collaboration with local'providers, is development an 'Emancipation Village'with housing and services for emancipating foster youth. While the Village is located in Oakland, it will serve youth coming from the entire County. Stakeholders in Alameda County have been assessing the needs of persons experiencing homelessness and working to improve our response across the county since the founding of Alameda County-wide Homeless Continuum of Care Council in 1997. The collaboration includescities and Alameda County government agencies representing three separate care systems-"homeless services, HIV/AIDS services and mental health services —that share overlapping client populations. Alameda Countywide Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan, now known as the EveryOne Home plan, helped to form EveryOne Home into a community based organization to implement the Plan and now serves as the County's Continuum of Care. i EveryOne Home coordinates local efforts to address homelessness,seeks to maintain the existing service capacity, build new partnerships that generate greater resources for the continuum of housing, services,and employment,and establish inter-jurisdictional cooperation. EveryOne Home leverages substantial federal,state,and local resources for homeless housing and services,standardize data collection, and facilitate a year-round process of collaboration. EveryOne Home includes representation from HOME Consortium jurisdictions and CDBG entitlement jurisdictions in the County,service providers and advocates, homeless or formerly homeless persons, representatives of the faith community, business representatives,and education and health care professionals. EveryOne Home receives administrative funding through Alameda County's General Fund as well as contributions from each of Alameda County's jurisdictions. Consolidated Plan PLEASANTON 7 OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.07/31/2015)