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Chapter 2: Vision/Mission & Guiding Principles MISSION STATEMENT AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES This section contains the mission statement and guiding principles which were adopted by the Continuum of Care Working Group to guide the development of this plan. They are very broad goal statements which set the context for the specific recommendations and action steps in the plan. Most of the committees which developed the recommendations in different sections of the plan also adopted guiding principles specific to their topic areas to frame their recommendations. The committee guiding principles are contained in Appendix 3. Mission Statement The Continuum of Care Working Group is a team of strategic thinkers committed to using a comprehensive, multijurisdictional, community-based approach in its efforts to significantly reduce, prevent, and end homelessness and the institutionalization of human suffering, and to secure economic, social, and racial justice. Guiding Principles These Guiding Principles are goal statements to be reasonably interpreted in an ef,~ort to make each Guiding Principle a reality within the five years of this plan. These Guiding Principles are used to frame and interpret the recommendations set forth later in the plan. 1. Unified Strategy through Multi~Turisdictional Cooperation Alameda County and the cities within the county will have one unified plan to prevent, reduce and eventually end homelessness, which is supported by the Board of Supervisors, the mayors, city councils, city and county departments, housing and service providers, homeless and formerly homeless people, advocates, and business and neighborhood groups. Cities and coalitions of providers may have additional plans that will be designed and implemented to complement county-wide plans. Alameda County-Wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan: April 1997 7