City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JANUARY 21, 2015
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, ACTING CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of the Adoption of the Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness in the City of Alexandria.
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ISSUE: Adoption of the Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness in the City of Alexandria, submitted by The Partnership to Prevent and End Homelessness in the City of Alexandria (The Partnership)
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council receive and adopt the Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness in the City of Alexandria (Attachment I).
BACKGROUND:
In October 2004, the Homeless Services Coordinating Committee (HSCC) created the Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and Other Forms of Homelessness. It was approved by City Council in March 2005. The Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and Other Forms of Homelessness set an ambitious agenda for the homeless service providers to end homelessness in the City of Alexandria by:
1. Planning for outcomes through data collection and analysis;
2. "Closing the front door" by preventing homelessness;
3. "Opening the back door" by creating permanent housing; and
4. Building the infrastructure by maximizing mainstream resources.
The plan was updated, renamed the Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness in the City of Alexandria, VA ("Strategic Plan"), and adopted by the HSCC on October 19, 2010. The goals align with the City Council's Strategic Plan initiatives and the Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. In 2012, the HSCC adopted a new name, The Partnership to Prevent and End Homelessness in the City of Alexandria (The Partnership) reflective of the mission.
The Partnership is composed of public and private non-profit homeless, hous...
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