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Chapter 6: Housing and Shelter <br />First Year Goals <br />• Maintain the current capacity of the system: Review funding streams of shelters, <br />transitional housing, and permanent supported housing annually to pinpoint expiring <br />federal grants and assist in planning to fill projected service gaps. Future expiration of <br />Shelter Plus Care grants is of particular concern due to the high numbers of people <br />served under these grants and the long-term needs of their target populations. <br />• Expand Prevention Activities: Expand existing programs providing short-term rental <br />assistance, rental guarantee, move-in costs, and "housing scholarships", to homeless <br />and very low income people. <br />• Expand the number of shelter beds/transitional housing units for particular <br />subpopulationslin particular geographic subregions of the county. A high priority <br />is the development of shelter beds/transitional housing in South and/or East County <br />which are targeted for families of the mentally disabled, AOD or dually diagnosed <br />individuals. All general shelters should review their programs for how they can better <br />serve people with HIV and other disabilities and veterans. <br />• Expand the number of units of permanent supported housing for particular <br />subpopulations/in particular geographic subregions of the county. A high priority <br />under this expansion area is for additional units in North County for the mentally ill, <br />AOD, and/or dually diagnosed populations. <br />Five-Year Strategies and Action Steps <br />Topic 1 Prevention Activities & Short-Term Rental Assistar-ce <br />Prevention activities target help to those who are currently housed but are facing a crises <br />which, without assistance, may lead to the household imminently becoming homeless. <br />As shown in Chapter 4, current investment in prevention efforts constitutes less than one <br />percent of funds spent on homeless services. An increase in prevention efforts may save <br />money from more costly programs needed once a household has become homeless, and will <br />save individuals and families from going through the pain and dislocation resulting from an <br />episode of homelessness. <br />Alameda County-Wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan: April 1997 <br />77 <br />