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HOMELESS AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS ACTIVITIES See Action Plan Table for this year's activities. Implementation of the County-wide Homeless Continuum ofCaTe Plan and the Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan Alameda County, the City of Berkeley and the City of Oakland and others are actively engaged in a long-term special needs housing planning process known as the Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan because it seeks to address the housing-related needs of persons with serious mental illness, those living with HIV / AIDS, and those who are homeless. The Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan process reflects an increased recognition among health care and services agencies throughout Alameda County that affordable housing is crucial to the achievement of public and mental health program outcomes. Without stable, decent, and affordable housing efforts to promote public and mental health among low income populations in the County are compromised. Public and mental health funding investments may be wasted when their clients lose their housing. The Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan will address the following areas: homelessness prevention - information and access to housing; transitional planning for discharged clients; and crisis intervention. Housing - expanding the supply of housing; description of the potential housing options or models; and linkage of housing and services, closely and long-term. Services - identification of gaps and barriers; services coordination; preparation of clients to housing tenancy; and long-term services provision. Additional recommendations may be developed to address the need for detoxification services, shallow or low-rent subsidy for the prevention strategy; code enforcement to ensure adequate housing quality for health maintenance; and access to wage income and training to improve the quality of social service provision in permanent supportive housing to be developed under the plan. For more detailed information please refer to the Alameda County Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan. OTHER PROGRAMS The Urban County will implement its housing and community development goals through funds generated from federal, state and local sources as well as pubic and private sources. Additional sources not previously mentioned include in-lieu funds, low income housing tax credits, and foundations. Action Plan - FY06 aty of Pleasanton Page 24