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Who's Involved? The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors empanels the Leadership Committee and Stakeholder Committee to develop the strategic plan, and along with local city councils, is responsible for adopting the plan and recommendations, and supporting implementation of recommendations. A Leadership Committee assists with educating, garnering support and buy-in for the plan's recommendations and implementation from those that are part of the organization or stakeholder group with which they are affiliated. Click here  for Leadership Committee roster. A Stakeholder Committee, comprised of 4 Task Forces, are responsible for drafting the plan, including framing/contextual/background materials, identifying needs, barriers/challenges, strategies and recommendations, for Leadership Committee review. The 4 Task Forces include: Community Connections, which focuses on the impact of homelessness on the wider community and visa versa, community wellness, community involvement, and public education; Prevention Networks, which focuses on homelessness prevention strategies, outreach/access, and diversion and exit planning from higher/more intensive levels of care or intervention to more independent/lesser levels of care; Housing Solutions which focuses on shelter services, transitional housing, permanent affordable and supportive housing needs, barriers and strategies; and Quality Outcomes which focuses on current research and evidence based practices, outcome data, standards of care/service, and provider capacity, etc. Click here for Stakeholder Committees roster. Background Materials HOPE Vision, Structure, Process Context for HOPE Planning Process Meeting Information HOPE Leadership/Stakeholder Task Force Meeting Schedule PowerPoint Presentations Presentation Name Adobe Acrobat PDF Documents* Microsoft PowerPoint Documents** Situational Analysis Presentation 107 KB 131 KB Why Plan - Intro Presentation 66 KB 114 KB Housing/Homelessness Context Presentation 397 KB 7,470 KB Evidence-Based/Promising Practices Presentation 154 KB 197 KB Outcomes and Effectiveness of Supportive Housing 45 KB 97 KB *If Adobe Acrobat Reader is not installed on your computer, click here to download it for free. **PowerPoint 2000 or 2002 (XP) for Windows. When prompted click the Save Button. Save the file in the location desired. When prompted again, select the Open button. You do not need to enter a password to view the presentation with PowerPoint. Click the Read Only button. If PowerPoint is not installed on your computer you can view these presentations in PDF format if Acrobat Reader is installed. You may also download the free PowerPoint viewer from Microsoft to view the PowerPoint files. How You Can Get Involved We welcome interested individuals and stakeholders to join a Task Force at any time during the HOPE Planning Process. If you are interested, please e-mail Wendy Goldberg by e-mail at wgoldberg@smchsa.org or call 650-802-3378.