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Provide a concise summary of the jurisdiction's activities to enhance coordination between public and assisted housing providers and private and governmental health, mental health and service agencies (91.215(1)). EveryOne Home is a collective impact initiative founded in 2007 to facilitate the implementation of Alameda County, California's plan to end homelessness, known as the EveryOne Home Plan. In 2018, EveryOne Home updated that Plan now known as the Strategic Plan Update: Ending Homelessness in Alameda County.The Strategic Update recommends actions aimed at reducing homelessness by 1) preventing homelessness; 2) ensuring safer and more dignified conditions for those experiencing homelessness;and 3) increasing permanent homes. The EveryOne Home Governance Charter memorializes how stakeholders govern the collective impact initiative to end homelessness and meet the federally-defined responsibilities of operating a HUD Continuum of Care as found in the Continuum of Care Program Rule at§578. In fulfillment of those agreements EveryOne Home convenes stakeholders, develops policies for the housing crisis response system, and tracks outcomes through the following committees: EveryOne Home Membership, Leadership Board, Results Based Accountability, HUD CoC Committee, HMIS Oversight Committee, System Coordination Committee, and Youth Action Board. Stakeholders include people with lived experience of homelessness,elected officials,advocacy groups, and service providers as well as county and city government administrators. In 2020, EveryOne Home, with the support of HUD technical assistance from Abt Associates convened and facilitated a community process aimed at developing a model homeless response system through the framework of racial equity.The process resulted in specific crisis and permanent housing inventory recommendations. In 2021, leadership across the Continuum of Care are working together to implement this optimal system design that will effectively address the crisis needs of people experiencing homelessness and their permanent housing needs. Community stakeholders have agreed to use the racially equitable system model to guide strategic funding decisions for existing and new federal, state, and local resources. 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. 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 includes cities and Alameda County government agencies representing multiple systems of care that share overlapping client populations, including but not limited to homelessness services, HIV/AIDS services, behavioral health services,foster care, veteran's services, health care services,and probation/parole.Alameda Countywide Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan, now known as the EveryOne Home plan, helped to form Everyone DRAFT Annual Action Plan 8 2023 OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.09/30/2021)