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6.0. - Page 123 of 179 <br />System challenges include the need for greater targeting and prioritization of unsheltered individuals <br />and families, right -sizing the system to speed movement from homelessness to housing, and expanding <br />permanent housing options in a high cost rental market. While most families in the community <br />experiencing a housing crisis can access shelter or transitional housing, unsheltered homelessness <br />among single adults continues to be an ongoing challenge in San Mateo County. Single adults make up <br />the majority of homeless people in the community, and there is a need to invest proportionally greater <br />resources for single adults while maintaining the commitment to families and ending family <br />homelessness. There are also challenges related to program access in both family and adult programs <br />and a need for greater prioritization based on housing need and vulnerability. <br />Provide a summary of the strategy for overcoming gaps in the institutional structure and <br />service delivery system for carrying out a strategy to address priority needs <br />San Mateo County's 2016-2020 Strategic Plan to End Homelessness outlines five goals for addressing <br />challenges in the homeless services delivery system: <br />1) Create a Housing Crisis Resolution System that includes a coordinated entry system, robust shelter <br />diversion program, right -sizing of interim housing programs, expansion of rapid re -housing capacity, and <br />maximization of permanent supportive housing programs. <br />2) Ending veteran homelessness by 2017 by creating and implementing an optimal structure that <br />includes a registry, prioritization of veterans for housing assistance program access, and ensuring case <br />management for homeless veterans is focused on housing. <br />3) End family homelessness by 2020 by redesigning existing interim housing programs for homeless <br />families. <br />4) Ending youth homelessness by 2020 by prioritizing homeless youth, including former foster youth, <br />through the coordinated entry system. <br />5) Ensuring that individuals exiting institutions will not discharge into homelessness by aligning the <br />housing crisis system with institutions to ensure that homeless people have interim housing and a <br />permanent housing plan prior to discharge. <br />Consolidated Plan REDWOOD CITY 117 <br />OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018) <br />479 <br />