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1~ __ _ _~ ix ~~ Ten-Year Ian tco s Goals and Strategies for the Orange County 10-Year Plan were generated through the efforts ' of subcommittees formed from the Steering Committee of the Orange County Partnership to ~' `~ End Homelessness and participants from the Community Forum. They were designed to pro- 0 vide a comprehensive push to end chronic homelessness in Orange County, while maintain- ~~ ing a strong focus on serving the needs of non-chronic homeless families and individuals. See Section 3.1 starting on page 37 fora complete list of tactics that accompany these stra~e- gies. The goals and strategies of the Plan are: i ~~~6 ~o _ R~d~ace Chi®nie 1i~melestness ~~T~ -- .:~_ . .. Strategy 1.1: Establish an assertive street outreach program that targets unsheltered ~! homeless people at natural gathering places throughout Orange County. ;; Strategy 1.2: Establish an outreach .system in Northern Orange County that uses the congregate feeding programs as a place to begin identifying those who are chronically homeless in the rural part of the county. i ' ~ Strategy 1.3: Create an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team that targets those ,;' who are chronically homeless and integrates the team with the above outreach~efforts. '. Strategy 1.4: Ensure that both inpatient and outpatient substance abuse treatment is R made available to those chronically homeless individuals who desire that service. If inpa- bent treatment is necessary, make sure that permanent housing is not lost during the in- patient stay. ''c Strategy 1.5: Identify strategies designed to address the needs for shelter and services for individuals with complex behaviors that result in being banned from kitchen/shelter " ' services. ~:~ ~a Strategy 1.6: Sheltered chronically homeless people will be able to move into perma- 4 Went housing by receiving the services necessary for them to obtain and maintain perma- '' `; Went housing. '~ ' Strategy 1.7: 40 units will be rehabbed/rented/built to provide permanent supportive housing (including the use of Assertive Community Treatment Teams) for the chronic ~' I homeless in Orange County within the first 3-5 years of the plan. ~, Strategy 1.8: Ensure that nonprofit developers have the organizational and financial ca- paci~y to create new housing units within the community for the chronically homeless: ~~ a Strategy 1.9: Identify a wide variety of sites for housing the chronically homeless throughout the county in the most fair and effective places within the county. ~; i, Strategy 1.10: Establish a rigorous evaluation mechanism that measures the cost of individuals who are chronically homeless before and after they are receiving housing and ~:_ . _ .._____, support services.