Lead Me Home
Regional 10-Year Plan to End
Homelessness
2011-2021
WORKING TOGETHER FOR OUR COMMUNITY
Background
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Development of this Plan took approximately 14 months
in a series of interviews and meetings with a wide range
of stakeholders.
Several committees and working groups were formed
including the creation of a planning Leadership Council.
The Plan call for greater integration of mainstream
services and deeper community engagement.
The Plan is in alignment with federal and state priorities
including those of the United States Interagency Council
and positions our counties to be responsive to the
Veterans Homelessness 5-year plan.
Key Plan Features
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Creating a unified system/one culture for working
across systems (social services, health services,
corrections, probation, planning); Making Permanent
housing the first priority for all stakeholders.
Prevention, Employment, Discharge Planning and
Supportive Services.
Anchoring all efforts in a network of basic housing
assistance and supports across both counties and
tapping all resources creatively.
Implementation
Priority Strategies
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Provide a full Continuum of Housing Options to help
people who are homeless or at- risk to access and
maintain permanent housing.
Provide services, keep people housed.
Support economic stability (employment first,
income assistance)
Return to Housing (Discharge Planning Efforts
medical, correction, and Foster Care )
Next Steps
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Develop collaborative resources and infrastructure
to formalize support for Plan implementation
Identify funding strategies to implement plan
initiatives
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Establish outcome measures, track progress
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Evaluate Success in addressing homelessness
Recommendations
Recommendations
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Receive and approve Lead Me Home – The Game Plan for
Housing Homeless People in Monterey and San Benito
Counties;
Authorize the Department of Social and Employment
Services and the Coalition of Homeless Services Providers to
oversee implementation of this Plan and to establish local
planning committees in partnership with stakeholders.
Acknowledge the role of the Lead Me Home Leadership
Council in pursuing HUD Continuum of Care resources in
alignment with the Homeless Emergency Assistance and
Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act.
Conclusion
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This plan, along with your Board’s acknowledgement of
the Lead Me Home Leadership Council launches a local
effort and oversight body as recommended by the US
Department of Housing and Urban Development to end
homelessness and more successfully compete for needed
resources
The Coalition of Homeless Services Providers and the
partners involved in developing the Lead Me Home Plan
requested that the Department of Social and Employment
Services serve in a leadership role to establish the Lead
Me Home Leadership Council, the local planning
committees.