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4 II. J-Quad's Qualifications and Experience The J-QUAD team ofprofessionals has worleed with numerous communities in the development of Neighborhood Revitalization, and Homeless and Housing Strategies, designed to stabilize and revitalize neighborhoods that are experiencing decline and to provide improved access to housing and homeless services to all segments of the population, Each of these studies combine the use of GIS technology and demographic reseazch with detailed housing condition and land use surveys, community pazticipation, and strategic planning, to solve community development issues, The studies are generally commissioned by individual and multi-jurisdictional governmental bodies, nonprofits or financial institutions and most often involve collaborations between the three, Implementation is generally supported by public/private partnerships involving these types of entities as well and the use of federal, state and local financial subsidies, Our prior experience includes a recently developed 10-year plan to End Homelessness commissioned by the City of Corpus Christi and Nueces County, Texas, completed in August, 2004. Strategies included responses to the physical housing and supportive care needs of homeless persons and families, including policies/model programs for centralized intake, service plans, and case management; client discharge procedures and transition programs; and homeless prevention and intervention efforts.. We have developed Super NOFA applications and Continuum of Care plans for Dallas County, the City of Dallas, Texas and a regional consortium of service providers' submission to HUD. This included a "Point in Time" census of the homeless population in and outside of shelters and surveys of their service needs. We have also developed funding programs and project applications for HOPWA, SRO's, and various other group housing and care facilities, Our studies continue to guide public policy decisions and are to be used by,jurisdictions as a data source for their development of the Housing Needs Assessment and Housing Revitalization Plans which are incorporated into their Consolidated Plan. Our team of consultants is well versed in community development finance program tools and related planning and administration responsibilities, gained from hands-on program administration experience while working for municipal government and federally funded programs. Finally, we have considerable experience as staff and consultants to municipalities and nonprofit organizations so we understand the political realities of such an effort and the need to focus the recommendations in ways that they can be implemented, In addition to our homeless policy, neighborhood revitalization and community planning experience, J-QUAD has considerable experience and expertise in all aspects of developing federal grant planning studies. We have conducted over 30 Fair Housing Impediment Analyses across the nation in cities, counties and statewide throughout the states of Texas, Louisiana, Iowa, South Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas, Vermont, Virginia, Florida and Illinois. Statewide, our experience includes an Analysis of Impediment for' the State of Arkansas and a Fair Housing Analysis and Fair Housing Training Program for the State of Florida. We are currently completing a statewide effort for the State of Vermont, and a multi jurisdictional study for' the cities of Moline and Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa.. We have completed Consolidated Planning and Housing Market Analysis efforts for the State of Arkansas, the Cities of Montgomery, Alabama and Alexandria, Louisiana in 2005; the 4