Contra Costa County Grand Jury
• 2011-2012
A Report by the 2011-2012 Contra Costa County Grand Jury
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Findings and Recommendations 7 findings
F1
There are an inadequate number of shelter beds in the County for the homeless youth population.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The Board of Supervisors should consider exploring the development of additional shelter services for homeless youth and transitional housing for individuals leaving foster care.
F2
Adding to the problem of an inadequate number of youth shelter beds, there are no youth shelters outside of West Contra Costa County, which does not serve the needs of the rest of the County.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The Board of Supervisors should consider exploring the development of additional shelter services for homeless youth and transitional housing for individuals leaving foster care.
F3
Little has been done to educate the public about homelessness even though it is identified as one of the three main tasks of the County's Homeless Program.
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
The County should develop educational outreach beyond the information included on the County's website to strengthen public awareness of homelessness.
F4
There has been limited progress toward establishing benchmarks, measuring achievement of outcomes, and using these data to evaluate and communicate the effectiveness of programs and services. Contra Costa County 2011-2012 Grand Jury Report 1212
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
The County should consider incorporating data from the Homeless Management Information System to create a performance planning, measurement, and reporting system that can be used for internal decision-making and for communicating results and progress achieved to its stakeholders.
F5
The lack of available, affordable, permanent, supportive housing in the County poses an even greater challenge than in past years given the increased number of homeless families with children.
Related Recommendations (1)
R4
The County should consider reordering its priorities in serving the homeless population in order to address the increasing number of homeless families with children.
F6
Because of ongoing economic challenges, it is likely that temporary shelters will continue to be necessary to serve the homeless population.
No recommendations for this finding
F7
Without the extensive collaboration that now exists among concerned organizations, the Homeless Program would be less effective.
No recommendations for this finding
No Responses Found 2
Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.
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