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Chapter 7: Income <br />- Ensure that Self-Sufficiency Centers established under Alameda County Welfare <br />reform efforts, PIC One-Stop Centers and other County training/placement <br />programs provide information and referrals, job listings, resume services and - <br />linkages to life skills support and basic education in a manner that meets <br />homeless peoples needs. <br />- Encourage private sector businesses to train and employ homeless people, _ <br />including providing technical assistance and placement services. Some hotels <br />have been successful in operating training programs as part of homeless hiring <br />programs. ~' <br />- Work with area hospitals and community colleges to establish a medical <br />professions training and placement program, serving homeless people and those <br />leaving welfare. <br />- Encourage area universities, community colleges, and schools to design <br />programs tieing homeless adult education and training programs with life skills <br />training and service provided by homeless service providers. Programs with <br />expertise and experience in addressing the needs of homeless persons seeking <br />training should partner and provide technical assistance in designing these <br />programs. <br />- Create incentives or provide training to health organizations to employ homeless <br />and formerly homeless people to conduct outreach and peer counseling on _. <br />alcohol and drug, mental health, HIV/AIDS and other issues. <br />- Advocate changes to JTPA program requirements and guidelines that block <br />homeless access to JTPA programs. Barriers include lack of emphasis on <br />funding basic supports, such as housing and food, and enrollment guidelines <br />which discourage homeless people from filling many slots. <br />- Advocate for lengthened training time for those on GA or TANF so they can --- <br />realistically achieve work readiness and employment goals <br />• Expand provision of the support services that homeless people need to effectively <br />benefit from work force preparation activities. <br />Action Steos <br />Increase funding to existing homeless work force developers to match training _ _ <br />and placement with a range of needed support services for homeless people, <br />including: transportation, child care, food, mental health and substance abuse <br />treatment and counseling, shelter and housing referrals and placement, phones, _ <br />voicemail, mail box, identification, clothing, and tools. <br />Alameda County-Wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan: April 1997 <br />96 <br />