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Chapter 5: 1997 Plan Priorities This first year summary brings together the recommendations of all five of the topic-specific chapters to establish overall Plan priorities for the first year of implementation. Given that, it is important to recognize that successful plan implementation is a combination of good _ planning and seizing opportunities as they arise. As we work together to implement this Plan. we must be flexible and adapt annual objectives to opportunities that come along. The closure and conversion of military bases in Alameda County is one such time-limited opportunity. -- ~ther examples include the availability of funding sources with specific funding targets, or increased political support for one piece of the continuum at any given time. The priorities in each section and the overall Plan priorities were determined by balancing recommendations from the working committees and the Continuum of Care Working Group; views expressed in the homeless surveys and in public comment settings; and current _ opportunities. Each year the Continuum of Care Council, recommended in the Plan Administration chapter below, will review the progress on achieving the goals of the Plan and create an annual list of priorities to take into account progress, changed realities, and new opportunities. Some priorities are county-wide (e.g. systems changes in health care) while some focus on specific geographic subregions of the county and/or subpopulations (e.g. multiply diagnosed single individuals in East County). Some of the goals identified in the first year will take more than one year to achieve. In those cases, the intent is to begin work on the action steps or, at a minimum, to explore feasibility in greater depth during the first year. Structure of Goals and Actions The goals of the Plan fall into four main categories: • Maintenance of current capacity • Improvement/strengthening • Expansion • Advocacy Alameda County-Wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan: April 1997 _. ss