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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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San Bernardino County Grand Jury
• 2012-2013
Human Services Committee Report
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R1Page 47Implement countywide homelessness prevention strategies to prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless.
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R2Page 47Use funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), for supplemental resources including rental assistance and utility assistance.
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R3Page 48Implement a community outreach and education campaign that raises awareness about households at risk of becoming homeless and provides information about resources available through homeless prevention programs. The effort was to leverage the 2-1-1 System (Homeless Resources) for easy access when appropriate.
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R4Page 48Formalize protocols and improve the coordination of discharge planning so that new persons do not find themselves living without social and economic supports.
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R5Page 48Establish a Central Contact Center that would respond to community calls and concerns for traditional street outreach and engagement and/or assertive community treatment.
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R6Page 48Expand Street Outreach and Engagement Services to include multi-disciplinary practitioners and services. 2012-2013 San Bernardino County Grand Jury Final Report 33
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R7Page 48Expand Street Outreach and Engagement Services to include volunteers from various community groups.
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R8Page 48Establish Regional One-Stop Centers which contain standardized intake and assessment with related protocols to guarantee consistency between regional centers. The social services to be included are: employment, healthcare, housing placement, mental healthcare, substance abuse counseling and treatment with coordination between private and public agencies.
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R9Page 49Use a comprehensive tool that determines potential eligibility for mainstream resources and integrate this tool into the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).
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R10Page 49Appropriate case management services should be available to all homeless persons whether they are on the street, in emergency shelters or transitional housing or receiving permanent supportive services. Also, re-establish new Continuum of Care Programs which link case management with HMIS.
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R11Page 49Develop and execute a rapid exit strategy focusing on early identification and resolution of the barriers to housing through case management services in order to facilitate the return of a homeless person to permanent housing as quickly as possible.
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R12Page 49Implement a Rapid Re-Housing Approach for Households with dependent children.
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R13Page 49Increase the number of emergency and transitional housing units.
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R14Page 49Implement a Housing First Approach which is the belief that homeless families are more responsive to interventions and social services when living in their own housing.
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R15Page 49Obtain more shelter plus care certificates. This housing assists homeless individuals and families with mental illness, chronic substance abuse and/or infected with HIV/AIDS with long-term affordable rental housing, and increases the participants’ independent living skills.
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R16Page 49Increase the number of permanent housing units with an emphasis on the development of Safe Havens. This includes apartment buildings, single and multi- family housing, single room occupancy and low-demand units requiring clients to abstain from alcohol and drug use and not to exhibit threatening behavior.
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R17Page 50Encourage all local jurisdictions to adopt an inclusionary housing policy that requires a certain percentage of new housing to be affordable to extremely low and very low income residents. 2012-2013 San Bernardino County Grand Jury Final Report 34
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R18Page 50Assess the feasibility of a Housing Trust Fund for County and local levels of government. Six counties in the State of California have created housing trust funds which support the production and preservation of affordable housing.
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R19Page 50Expand the capacity of Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) so that agencies may make better use of data, decrease time and effort at intake and enhance the planning and development functions of the Continuum of Care. HMIS is a Congressional Housing of Urban Development (HUD) Directive for understanding the homeless and measuring program effectiveness.
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R20Page 50Conduct periodic Homeless 101 Training concerning community issues such as: a) law enforcement policies and homeless persons, b) responses by residents, business employees, and homeless persons, c) appropriate actions and responses by social service providers when contacted by the above-mentioned, d) information distribution concerning resources and referral contacts.
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R21Page 50Increase awareness of the collaborative Justice Courts and alternative sentencing programs for defendants experiencing homelessness. Courts included are: Homeless, Adult Drug, Mental Health and Veteran. This would be for the purpose of reducing state costs and ultimately improving public safety.
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R22Page 50Implement and educate the community on the principles, goals and recommendations of this report.
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R23Page 50Enlist the support of faith-based organizations to help implement the goals and recommendations of this report.
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R24Page 50Create an Interagency Council on Homelessness for San Bernardino County charged with coordinating and evaluating policies concerning these recommendations and related activities within the plan.
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R25Page 50Appoint the partnership members as an advisory body to the Interagency Council and appoint representatives as standing members to the Interagency Council.