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Chapter 5: 1997 Plan Priorities <br />Transitional Housing <br />- In North County, new transitional housing priorities include programs <br />targeted to veterans, and mentally ill, alcohol and other drugs, and dually <br />diagnosed. <br />- In Mid County, new transitional housing priorities include single adults of <br />both sexes and possibly youth. <br />- In South County, new transitional housing priorities include families with <br />children, mentally disabled, alcohol and other drugs, and dually diagnosed, <br />possibly combined with emergency shelter opportunities for the same target <br />population. <br />- In East County, new transitional housing priorities include mentally ill, <br />alcohol and other drugs, and dually diagnosed, possibly combined with <br />emergency shelter opportunities for the same target population. <br />• Expand the number of units of permanent supported housing for particular <br />subpopulations/in particular geographic subregions of the county. A high <br />priority under this expansion area is for additional units in North County for the <br />mentally ill, AOD, and/or dually diagnosed populations. Depending on what other <br />opportunities arise the following are priorities: <br />In Mid County, new supported housing priorities include youth. <br />In South County, new supported housing priorities include mentally ill, <br />alcohol and other drugs, and dually diagnosed. <br />In East County, new supported housing priorities include mentally ill, <br />alcohol and other drugs, and dually diagnosed. <br />Incomes and Employment Goals <br />• Maintain existing homeless enterprises established to train and employ <br />homeless people. Support them by providing sole source local government <br />contracts for goods and services they provide. <br />• Expand and improve existing homeless targeted work force development <br />efforts. Increase existing homeless work force development efforts, and ensure <br />they are funded to provide a full range of needed services, including: outreach, <br />vocational counseling and assessment, a range of work skills training and <br />education, work readiness, a range of internship and apprenticeship opportunities, <br />work culture orientation, literacy training, resume preparation, job search and <br />placement support, Job Club activities, and follow-up to track job retention. <br />Alameda County-Wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan: April 1997 <br />69 <br />