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Chapter 1: Introduction and Plan Development and funding efforts around homelessness, especially the Homelessness in Alameda County Plan (1987) and the Oakland Homeless Plan (1993), as well as county-wide collaborative funding applications such as the 1992 and 1993 Shelter Plus Care programs and the 1995 and - 1996 collaborative McKinney SuperNOFA responses. All of these efforts and others have contributed to the development of a collaborative environment ready to develop a continuum of care. - In preparation for launching the formal Continuum of Care planning process, a series of idea- gathering meetings were held with service providers, city staffs, elected officials, local HUD - representatives, and other fenders to discuss the concept of the county-wide plan. This process began in March 1995 with anopen-invitation meeting attended by almost 50 people representing more than- two dozen organizations and jurisdictions. A follow-up meeting was - held in May which further developed the recommendations. During the second half of 1995 and early 1996, a multi jurisdictional task force considered the recommendations which came out of these community meetings and established the parameters for acounty-wide planning - process. The Emergency Services Network (ESN) and East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO) which together represent more than 300 providers of homeless and low income _ housing and services, discussed the concept at a series of general membership meetings and each voted unanimously to endorse and assist the effort. These discussions led to a county- wide consensus to formalize the planning process through the establishment of a working - group to oversee the development of a county-wide plan and the hiring of consultants to assist in carrying out the planning effort. The Continuum of Care Working Group The Continuum of Care Working Group (CCWG) composition was developed based on ~- HUD's proposed McKinney block grant legislation and local priorities for representation articulated in the community meetings described above. It includes representatives of each of the county's CDBG entitlement jurisdictions (10 in all), three County departments, service providers and advocates, homeless or formerly homeless persons, representatives of the faith community, business and labor representatives, foundations, and education and health care professionals. Jurisdictional members of the working group were appointed by the jurisdictions which they represent. Service providers and community members were elected by the membership of ESN and EBHO, and selected appointments were made by the _. community as a whole at planning meetings. CCWG composition is also intended to ensure collaboration with the other planning efforts currently underway in the county. A major effort is in process to redesign the County's welfare programs General Assistance and TANF - (formerly AFDC), into a comprehensive integrated service delivery system, capable of Alameda County-Wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan: April 1997 4 -