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PAGE 87EASTERN ALAMEDA COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES NEEDS ASSESSMENT X. APPENDICES Appendix 1. Social Services Inventory The social service inventory was created from several sources including organizations engaged or mentioned during initial interviews (n=13); staff from the three cities identifying core provider organizations; the Tri-Valley Pocket Guide, a list of organizations from the 2011 Needs Assessment; a targeted search; and lists or mention of organizations provided after community interviews and focus groups. Organizations were also identified through the Alameda County Food resource map and an assessment to determine which were still operational. [Note: this represents a point-in-time count and findings may be out of date (e.g., closed from COVID-19).] The Steering Committee gave input on missing social service organizations. While compiling this list, we encountered a number of challenges in the collection and communication of resources to community members. As soon as resource guides are created and published (e.g., the pocket guide), they quickly become out of date. Within the Tri-Valley, outside the Pocket Guide there is no central clearinghouse of up-to-date information. Further, some resources (e.g., Lawyer in the Library) are often not cross-posted. Thus, finding services requires time, capacity, and knowledge to identify and review resource lists. Organizations were initially classified using the Kaiser Foundation Model, though there is likely to be significant cross-over and conceptual overlap between and across categories, and any singular organization may be providing services across multiple categories. Specific programs (e.g., senior services) were easier to categorize; some programs are far more complex and provided services across multiple social determinant categories. In reviewing this guide and later noted by community members and nonprofit participants, there are a significant number of food resources in the Tri-Valley. Page 145 of 554