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HOPE lO-Year Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness in San Mateo County TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN MATEO COUNTY A Call ~ CA~t'~ Action Every year in San Mateo County an estimated HOPE is a milestone in our 4,000 children, men and women are homeless and community's approach to The HOPE Vision another 26,000 are just one paycheck or medical homelessness. It sets forth emergency away from losing their home. People a ten-year plan of action Homelessness will end who are homeless struggle to meet basic human that will change the way the by ensuring that safe, needs like food and clothing. They face significant community works together accessible, affordable barriers to participation in the workforce and in to solve this problem. It is housing is available in San community life. focused to achieve a single, Mateo County for those in specific result: preventing greatest need. The human and financial costs of homelessness are and ending homelessness in enormous and are not only borne by those in crisis, San Mateo County. but also by our entire community in the form of diminished community well being including the The people of San Mateo financial burden of paying for emergency and social County are invited to join our effort to turn services that generally do not end homelessness for this vision into reality. Working together as a those served. community, we can give hope to those with the greatest need and ensure that safe, accessible, Housing Our People Effectively (HOPE) - The affordable housing is available to everyone in San 10-Year Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness in Mateo County. San Mateo County - has been created because of an emerging consensus among political and civic Jerry Hill, President Mark Church, Member leaders, business people, community activists, San Mateo Cou'nty San Mateo Cou'nty homeless people and their families, housing and Board of Supervisors Board of Supervisors service providers, and other stakeholders in San Co-Chair) HOPE Co-Chair) HOPE Mateo County that something must be done to Leadership Committee Leadership Committee address the homeless issue. In April 2005, San Mateo County Supervisors Mark Church and Jerry Hill initiated HOPE by bringing together approximately 150 representatives from all sectors of the community with a mandate to create a plan to end homelessness.