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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Findings 10 findings
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CORE teams are most likely to be the first point of entry for the homeless into the County’s Coordinated Entry System.
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CORE teams can successfully identify a homeless individual in need of physical or mental health services.
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CORE teams have the resources to identify if there are vacant shelter beds available in the County.
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CORE teams are equipped and have the authorization to transport homeless individuals to a medical facility or to a homeless shelter.
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CORE teams build trust between the homeless and police departments.
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The City found various and novel ways to fund its CORE teams.
F7
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Walnut Creek packaged impact fees, other local fees, and density bonuses as incentives for a non-profit developer to build 45-units for the homeless in Walnut Creek.
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Walnut Creek’s general fund contribution to a local non-profit organization helped the organization in successfully establishing a homeless shelter.
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The cities of Antioch, Concord, Pittsburg, and Walnut Creek, which are the CDBG Entitlement Cities, are the only cities in Contra Costa County that have an approved written homeless plan to end or reduce homelessness in their respective jurisdictions.
F10
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The City appears to be in compliance with the California Housing Accountability Act Contra Costa County 2016-2017 Grand Jury Report 1707 Grand Jury Reports are posted at http://www.cc-courts.org/grandjury
Recommendations 4
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R1Page 131The City should consider establishing CORE teams either by partnering with one or more cities in the region or by funding its own team.
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R2Page 131The City should consider providing incentives for developers to construct housing for the extremely low income, very low income, and homeless populations.
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R3Page 131The City should consider using Successor Agency funds, CDBG and other federal housing funds, impact fees, and city general funds to assist in funding housing for the extremely low income, very low income and homeless populations.
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R4Page 131The City should consider adopting a five-year comprehensive homeless plan, as soon as possible with a target date of January 1, 2019, to reduce the homeless population in the City.