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HOMELESS AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS ACTIVITIES See Action Plan Table for this year's activities. Implementation of the County-wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan The Continuum of Care Council continues to be guided by the County-wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan, completed in 1997. The Plan identified gaps in the current service delivery system and is intended to link homeless policies and plans in each of the three HOME jurisdictions in Alameda County: Berkeley, Oakland and the Alameda County HOME Consortium. A comprehensive, year-long community wide process of identifying and prioritizing continuum-wide goals and outcomes culminated in the creation of a Continuum of Care Full Council Workplan in March 2001. This Workplan has guided the activities of all the Continuum of Care Council's committees and has led to the creation of Consumer Rights Standards, assessment and implementation of Health, Safety, and Accessibility Standards for shelters, and advocacy for retaining and expanding critical support services and housing. The Council's Workplan will be updated for July 2004. Additionally, the Council will this year embark on a planning process to update the Continuum of Care Plan to be published in late 2004. OTHER PROGRAMS In addition to the federal sources referenced above (CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, Shelter Plus Care, and others), the City of Pleasanton will implement its housing and community development goals through additional non-federal public and private sources. Included among these are low income housing tax credits, City development fees, and other governmental agency funding sources. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION The City maintains an on-going data base of nonprofit agencies and other parties who have expressed an interest in the CDBG program. The City held two joint application workshops in collaboration with the City of Livermore on January 14 and 18, 2005. Notices regarding the workshops were mailed directly to agencies and persons in the aforementioned data base, and notices were also published in the four local newspapers prior to the workshops. At the workshops (which had identical agendas and formats), staff from each city discussed all aspects of the CDBG program and disbursed application packets along with city-specific policy and procedures manuals. [The workshops were also used to provide information and applications on the City of Pleasanton's "City Grant" program.] CDBG applicants attended meetings before either Pleasanton Human Services Commission (March 2, 2005) or the Pleasanton Housing Commission (March 17, 2005) for funding consideration. The Commissions considered the applications and formulated funding DRAVr - Action Plan - FY05 City of Pleasanton Page 23