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28 <br /> 1 Related to Housing <br /> 2 1. housing support <br /> 3 2. assure safe housing for individuals and families <br /> 4 3. Homelessness/housing aid, coordinating countywide <br /> 5 4. Housing support <br /> 6 5. Food and housing, essential core services are #1 <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Related to Food <br /> 9 1. Food and housing, essential core services are #1 <br /> 10 2. assure access to healthy food <br /> 11 3. Food support, coordinating with schools and other agencies countywide to alleviate <br /> 12 hunger. <br /> 13 4. food support <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Related to Health Care <br /> 16 1. assure quality health care for all residents <br /> 17 2. Health access during COVID including vaccine <br /> 18 3. Improved access to healthcare <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Related to Internet access <br /> 21 1. Internet access <br /> 22 2. Internet access, including lobbying for state change in law <br /> 23 3. deploy broadband by any means necessary <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Related to COVID <br /> 26 1. Improved information about COVID <br /> 27 2. get COVID under control <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Related to Mitigation of Climate Change <br /> 30 1. Climate change mitigation, continued work <br /> 31 2. Climate Change <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Related to Supporting Residents with Disabilities <br /> 34 1. Supporting disabled residents and others who have difficulty traveling to services <br /> 35 2. Supports for folks with disabilities and awareness that they too are disproportionately <br /> 36 referred to legal system, disproportionately lower wealth, and have disproportionate <br /> 37 barriers to employment <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Related to Improving Mental Health Supports <br /> 40 1. Improve mental health supports, filling in the gaps (diversion facility, inpatient care for <br /> 41 adolescents) <br /> 42 2. continue work on Behavioral Health and also Move to Alliance <br /> 43 <br /> 44 What else? <br /> 45 Ensure close coordination with State and other local governments, to avoid unnecessary <br /> 46 duplication of effort <br /> 47 assure opportunities for gainful employment <br /> 48 promote economic development--attract corporations, assist small businesses and <br /> 49 farms. <br /> 50 continue aging support <br /> 51 transform the criminal justice system <br />