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Consolidated Plan CITY OF PLEASANTON 6 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 09/30/2021) 9)HCD comments and revisions meetings; and 10) adoption meetings. Stakeholder meetings involved participation from both non-profit and for-profit groups, including Tri-Valley Haven, Catholic Community of Pleasanton, Tri-Valley REACH, CityServe of the Tri-Valley, Goodness Village, Sunflower Hill, East Bay Housing Organization, Pleasanton VFW Post 6298, Greenbelt Alliance, Pleasanton Unified School District, East Bay for Everyone, and Open Heart Kitchen. The City of Pleasanton collaborates with Livermore and Dublin to hold an annual grant kickoff virtual meeting via Zoom in early December. The City maintains an active database of potential interested parties and uses it to send out notification of grant funding opportunities at the beginning of every application cycle (early December). The list currently includes approximately 250 nonprofit agencies, individuals, and other interested parties. In addition, ads are placed in local newspapers (including the Pleasanton Weekly which is distributed to every household in Pleasanton) and on the City’s web site. Representatives from 34 agencies (primarily non-profit) and other interested parties attended the annual virtual Zoom meeting held in December 2024 and were able to use these opportunities to learn and provide feedback regarding policies and programs of relevance to the Consolidated Plan. Describe coordination with the Continuum of Care and efforts to address the needs of homeless persons (particularly chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans, and unaccompanied youth) and persons at risk of homelessness Stakeholders in Alameda County have been assessing the needs of persons experiencing homelessness and working to improve our response across the county since the founding of Alameda County-wide Homeless Continuum of Care Council in 1997. The collaboration includes cities and Alameda County government agencies representing three separate care systems — homeless services, HIV/AIDS services and mental health services — that share overlapping client populations. Alameda Countywide Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan, known as the EveryOne Home plan and published in 2006, helped to form EveryOne Home into a community- based organization to implement the Plan and served as the County’s Continuum of Care. EveryOne Home coordinates local efforts to address homelessness, seeks to maintain the existing service capacity, build new partnerships that generate greater resources for the continuum of housing, services, and employment, and establish inter-jurisdictional cooperation. EveryOne Home leverages substantial federal, state, and local resources for homeless housing and services, standardize data collection, and facilitate a year-round process of collaboration. EveryOne Home includes representation from HOME Consortium jurisdictions and CDBG entitlement jurisdictions in the County, service providers and advocates, homeless or formerly homeless persons, representatives of the faith community, business representatives, and education and health care professionals. EveryOne Home receives administrative funding through Alameda County’s General Fund as well as contributions from each of Alameda County’s jurisdictions. The EveryOne Home plan is structured around three major goals: 1) preventing homelessness; 2) ensuring safer and more dignified conditions for those experiencing homelessness; and 3) increasing permanent homes. Page 170 of 694