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28 <br /> Related to Housing <br /> 1. housing support <br /> 2. assure safe housing for individuals and families <br /> 3. Homelessness/housing aid, coordinating countywide <br /> 4. Housing support <br /> 5. Food and housing, essential core services are #1 <br /> Related to Food <br /> 1. Food and housing, essential core services are #1 <br /> 2. assure access to healthy food <br /> 3. Food support, coordinating with schools and other agencies countywide to alleviate <br /> hunger. <br /> 4. food support <br /> Related to Health Care <br /> 1. assure quality health care for all residents <br /> 2. Health access during COVID including vaccine <br /> 3. Improved access to healthcare <br /> Related to Internet access <br /> 1. Internet access <br /> 2. Internet access, including lobbying for state change in law <br /> 3. deploy broadband by any means necessary <br /> Related to COVID <br /> 1. Improved information about COVID <br /> 2. get COVID under control <br /> Related to Mitigation of Climate Change <br /> 1. Climate change mitigation, continued work <br /> 2. Climate Change <br /> Related to Supporting Residents with Disabilities <br /> 1. Supporting disabled residents and others who have difficulty traveling to services <br /> 2. Supports for folks with disabilities and awareness that they too are disproportionately <br /> referred to legal system, disproportionately lower wealth, and have disproportionate <br /> barriers to employment <br /> Related to Improving Mental Health Supports <br /> 1. Improve mental health supports, filling in the gaps (diversion facility, inpatient care for <br /> adolescents) <br /> 2. continue work on Behavioral Health and also Move to Alliance <br /> What else? <br /> • Ensure close coordination with State and other local governments, to avoid unnecessary <br /> duplication of effort <br /> • assure opportunities for gainful employment <br /> • promote economic development--attract corporations, assist small businesses and <br /> farms. <br /> • continue aging support <br /> • transform the criminal justice system <br />