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City Council Referral Directing the SSHRB to Review City Policies and Procedures for Aiding Alameda's Homeless and Make Recommendations to the City Council for Policy Revisions and Additions
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To: Social Service and Human Relations Board
From: Sherice Youngblood, Homelessness Action Pan Work Group
Danielle Thoe, Housing Authority of the City of Alameda
Re: City Council Referral Directing the SSHRB to Review City Policies and Procedures for Aiding Alameda's Homeless and Make Recommendations to the City Council for Policy Revisions and Additions
BACKGROUND
On November 1, 2016, the City Council approved a referral directing the Social Service Human Relations Board (SSHRB) to "review City policies and procedures for aiding Alameda's homeless in order to make recommendations to the City Council for policy revisions and additions." SSHRB tasked its Homelessness Action Plan Work Group to work with Housing Authority and City staff on the referral and to prepare a report for the full SSHRB's review and action.
SSHRB's initial Homelessness Action Plan Work Group included Doug Biggs and Jennifer Williams. Both of these Board members transitioned off the Board and Sherice Youngblood joined the Board and agreed to serve on the Homelessness Action Plan Work Group. Given the importance of the Council referral and its comprehensive scope, former Board members Biggs and Williams agreed to participate on an expanded Work Group to assist in the work. The expanded Work Group was comprised of two SSHRB members (Youngblood and Hyman), two former SSHRB members (Biggs and Williams), and City and Housing Authority staff.
Over the past 15 months, the Work Group met twice and staff gathered information, researched best practices, and talked through policies with local experts. The attached Homelessness Report (Exhibit 1) reflects the research completed to date and presents to SSHRB a number of options to serve individuals exper...
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