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Chapter 8: Support Services <br />• Re-entry services <br />• Client education and adult literacy <br />• Spiritual nurturing <br />• Domestic violence assistance <br />• Respite care <br />• Client organizing and advocacy work <br />- To the extent resources allow it, fund proposals to expand counseling and life <br />skills activities, in conjunction with the establishment/maintenance of multi- <br />service centers, shelters and transitional housing. <br />- Support efforts among peers and providers now counseling homeless people to <br />build cooperative networks among themselves. <br />- Establish volunteer pools of students and professionals to provide free <br />counseling for mental health, family and marital issues, domestic violence, <br />money management, child development, addiction, and other issues. <br />- Provide training and technical assistance materials to homeless service agency <br />front-line staff to enhance their sensitivity to clients in crisis. The training <br />should also cover issues of culture, diversity, gender, sexual harassment, and <br />disabilities <br />Alameda County-Wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan: April 1997 <br />111 <br />