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Chapter 6: Housing and Shelter <br />• Support and improve the existing permanent supported housing system. <br />Action Stens <br />Maintain the existing supply of permanent supported housing. Annually <br />monitor expiration of federal grants and plan to fill projected gaps in service as <br />needed. Future expiration of Shelter Plus Care grants is of particular concern <br />due to the high numbers of people served under these grants and the long-term <br />needs of their target populations. <br />Support collaborative efforts among providers to develop long-term sources of <br />funding, such as Medical and other managed care sources, for support services. <br />Establish mobile multidisciplinary teams where needed in the county, to travel <br />from building to building providing a range of support services, such health, <br />substance abuse, and mental heath treatment, vocational, housing placement, <br />peer support, and child care. (For details on planning and implementation, see <br />the Health Chapter recommendation for multidisciplinary health teams.) <br />• Expand the supply of additional permanent supported housing for underserved <br />sub-populations and where needed geographically. <br />Action Steps <br />- In North County, new supported housing priorities include programs targeted to <br />mentally ill, alcohol and other drugs, and dually diagnosed. <br />- In Mid County, new supported housing priorities include youth. <br />- In South County, new supported housing priorities include mentally ill, alcohol <br />and other drugs, and dually diagnosed. <br />- In East County, new supported housing priorities include mentally ill, alcohol <br />and other drugs, and dually diagnosed. <br />- Within the subgeographic and homeless population targets above, provide a <br />variety of different supported housing models and options to meet the care <br />needs and preferences of all homeless people who need supported housing, from <br />lightly supported to 24-hour care and from group living to supervised board and <br />care. Ensure that the severely mentally ill can receive appropriate care without <br />leaving their own community, and that those with AIDS can receive appropriate <br />care without leaving the county. <br />- Support efforts to take advantage of time-limited opportunities afforded by <br />military base closures and other surplus properties to convert appropriate vacant <br />housing units to permanent, supportive housing. <br />Topic 6 Neighborhood and Community <br />Alameda County-Wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan: April 1997 <br />89 <br />