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Recommendation to Accept the 2024 Progress Report on The Road Home. (City Manager 10021833)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council has identified addressing homelessness as one of its key priorities in the City of Alameda (City) Strategic Plan and through the October 2021 adoption of The Road Home: A 5-Year Plan to Prevent and Respond to Homelessness in Alameda (The Road Home). In the three years since The Road Home was adopted, the City has made progress on every goal. The City Charter assigns the Social Service Human Relations Board (SSHRB) with the responsibility of assessing and responding to the needs of individuals and families experiencing homelessness. To fulfill that responsibility, SSHRB has evaluated The Road Home progress every six months. This is the first annual report to City Council and will now be provided each year. The 2024 Progress Report on The Road Home (Progress Report) details efforts, initiatives, and progress made by various City departments and the City's social service providers.
BACKGROUND
In January of 2021, work began on a five-year plan to address homelessness in Alameda. As part of the strategic planning process, Homebase, an organization nationally recognized as experts on homelessness with extensive technical assistance and facilitation experience, completed an assessment of existing programs and systems in Alameda and conducted extensive stakeholder engagement. In spring of 2021, staff brought a series of preliminary goals and strategies to SSHRB and City Council for review and feedback. The plan was accepted and adopted in October 2021.
Three years later, Homebase, in coordination with City staff, prepared the Progress Report (Exhibit 1) through interviews and contributions from City staff, community stakeholders, The Road Home/People Experiencing Homelessness SSHRB work group, and Dignity Village residents. The Progress Report ...
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