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Alameda Countywide Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan iii Starting in 2005, the Sponsoring Agencies and community stakeholders will seek adoption, endorsement, and support of this plan from key stakeholders reflecting the diversity of the county. Civic and faith-based groups, businesses, housing and service providers, consumers and their advocates will all be asked to endorse the plan. Elected officials, localities, and the County will be asked to formally adopt the plan, participate in its implementation, and consider what steps they can take to forward the plan's goals. The Sponsoring Agencies will also initiate the development of an Advisory Council that includes the participation of community leaders with diverse backgrounds. Together, by 2007, they will create a permanent Governing Board composed of influential community leaders responsible for overseeing the plan's implementation. The Sponsoring Agencies and Advisory Council will also create a countywide [nter-Agency Council that includes funders and key housing and service providers from the homeless, Ii[V/AIDS, and mental health systems, as well as the leadership of mainstream housing and service systems. The Inter-Agency Council will support and advise the work of the Governing Board, develop detailed implementation plans, and incorporate the strategies of this plan into a revised service delivery system. The Inter-Agency Council will solicit consumer input on programs and priorities through a Consumer Advisory process. During the next fifteen years, these three groups will work together to implement the plan's recommendations in order to ensure these outcomes by 2020: ^ More than 35,000 individuals and families in Alameda County who have experienced homelessness or are extremely low-income and living with serious and persistent mental illness and/or I[IV/AIDS in inappropriate or precarious housing situations will achieve long-term, appropriate housing situations. ^ People experiencing a crisis or in need of basic medical, behavioral health and/or social services are able to access user-friendly and up-to-date information and obtain assessment services through any provider of such services in the county. ^ People throughout Alameda County, including elected officials, community leaders, and the general public demonstrate, through their charitable contributions, volunteer service, funding decisions, and state and federal advocacy, an accurate understanding of how to prevent homelessness and a solid commitment to remedy the complex social and health issues faced by extremely low-income people living with HIV/AIDS, serious and persistent mental illness, chemical dependency, and other disabling conditions.