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BACKGROUND: <br /> Data <br /> OCPEH has important guiding documents, namely the original Ten Year Plan to End <br /> Homelessness and the Homeless Systems Gaps Analysis. The former document is meant to be <br /> regularly updated with progress toward addressing the original plan. The latter document is meant <br /> to be annually updated to show progress toward addressing system gaps. The Ten Year Plan has <br /> not been updated since 2020, and the Gaps Analysis had a draft last updated in 2023 which does <br /> not appear to have been finalized. The last finalized Gaps Analysis was completed in 2021. <br /> The OCPEH program has been under strain given loss of key staff and changes in leadership <br /> over the last year, leading to missing updates on these important documents. Current OCPEH <br /> Staff plan to update both documents by January 2026. <br /> On a smaller scale, OCPEH staff is in agreement with stakeholder requests for monthly data <br /> reports, to include items such as: <br /> • how many people contacted the Housing Helpline; <br /> • how many completed Coordinated Entry intakes; <br /> • how many exited homelessness; <br /> • how many engaged with Street Outreach, Harm Reduction and Deflection Program <br /> (SOHRAD); and <br /> • how many were sheltered at the Inter-Faith Council (IFC) or Cold Weather Cots. <br /> Staff will begin presenting this data at OCPEH's April Leadership Team meeting and report it <br /> monthly thereafter. <br /> Governance <br /> Staff is reviewing the Governance Charter and the municipal MOU to ensure compliance with the <br /> composition and roles of the Leadership Team and Executive Committee. The latter has not met <br /> in over a year. Staff is especially interested in broadening participation among the community on <br /> the Leadership Team, specifically for people with lived experience, people residing in northern <br /> Orange County, and members of the business community. <br /> Staff is also working to align group names with industry conventions, as well as identify <br /> opportunities to make governance/operations more efficient. For example, staff has consolidated <br /> two (2) working groups into one (1): the Data & Grants Workgroup with the Performance Review <br /> Committee. United States Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Technical Assistance, which <br /> was to assist with this restructuring process, has been paused by HUD in part due to recent <br /> changes at the federal level. <br /> Budget <br /> OCPEH staff recently presented the proposed FY 2025-26 budget to the Leadership Team, where <br /> the Expansion Budget was approved unanimously with some recommendations for adjusting the <br /> spending categories. To that end, staff have developed a revised Expansion Budget which places <br /> the cost of the Housing Access Coordinator into the external County funding portion of the budget, <br /> and replaces its expense with operational costs for Cold Weather Cots and Permanent Supportive <br /> Housing. The Expansion budget proposal can be seen in detail in the attached presentation <br /> slides. <br /> Blake Rosser, Housing Director, introduced the item and made the following presentation: <br />