Measuring Success: Acknowledgements

This report is the culmination of nearly three years of work on behalf of local providers and funders to identify outcome measures from the individual program level to the system as a whole that would allow the community to understand its progress toward ending homelessness and be accountable for achieving success. The data in this report represents an important milestone in the use of the local Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). Alameda County always envisioned an HMIS that served as a strategic planning and evaluation tool as well as enabled grantees to comply with federal funding requirements by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This report generated from our local HMIS, known as InHOUSE, will support our efforts to improve the system of care and bring about an end to homelessness.

EveryOne Home wishes to acknowledge the work of the many people and organizations responsible for bringing this project to fruition, especially:

Funders of the Outcomes Development Initiative

Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services (BHCS)
Alameda County Housing and Community
Development Department (HCD)
Alameda County Social Services Agency
City of Berkeley
City of Oakland

EveryOne Home Leadership Board

Dan Sawislak, Resources for Community Development, Co-Chair
Susan Shelton, City of Oakland Department of Human Services, Co-Chair
Elaine de Coligny, Executive Director
John Bost, Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Amy Davidson, City of Berkeley Housing & Community Services
Jill Dunner, City of Berkeley Housing Commission
Michael Ennis, Veteran's Affairs
Lt. Mark Flores, Alameda County Sheriff's Dept
Linda Gardner, Alameda County Community Development Agency, HCD
Lorena Gonzalez, City of Union City
Amy Hiestand, Consultant
Jean Hom, City of San Leandro Community Development Department, Housing Services
Meghan Horl, Community and Economic Development Agency, Oakland
Kabir Hypolite, Alameda County Dept. of Public Health, Office of AIDS Administration
Wendy Jackson, East Oakland Community Project
Brett Keteles, Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Law Enforcement Services Division
Jeff Levin, City of Oakland Community & Economic Development Agency
Terrie Light, Berkeley Food and Housing Project
Barbara Majak, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Beth Meyerson, City of Berkeley Health Services
Jane Micallef, City of Berkeley Housing & Community Services
Deanne Pearn, First Place for Youth
Robert Ratner, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Duran Rutledge, Alameda County Dept. of Public Health, Office of AIDS Administration
Suzanne Shenfil, City of Fremont
Vern Smith, City of Union City
Martin Torow, Alameda County Social Services Agency
Riley Wilkerson, Alameda County Community Development Agency, HCD
Morris Wright, BBI Construction
Andrea Youngdahl, City of Oakland Department of Human Services

Outcomes Development Workgroup

Louis Chicoine, Abode Services
Sam Cobbs, First Place for Youth
Anne Culver, City of Hayward
Amy Davidson, City of Berkeley
Elaine de Coligny, EveryOne Home
Laura Escobar, United Way of the Bay Area
Jennifer Kriebl, Alameda Point Collaborative
Susan Shelton, City of Oakland
Liz Varela, Building Futures with Women & Children
Rick Wood, Rubicon Programs

Consultants to the Outcomes Development Initiative

Kathie Barkow, Aspire Consulting
Katharine Gale, Katharine Gale Consulting

Co-Authors of this Report

Kathie Barkow and Elaine de Coligny

Funders of the InHOUSE HMIS System

City of Alameda
City of Albany
City of Berkeley
City of Dublin
City of Emeryville
City of Fremont
City of Hayward
City of Livermore
City of Newark
City of Oakland
City of Piedmont
City of Pleasanton
City of San Leandro
City of Union City
County of Alameda, Housing and Community Development Department

Agencies and Jurisdictions Using InHOUSE HMIS System

Abode Services
Alameda County HCD
Alameda Point Collaborative
Anka Behavioral Health, Inc.
Ark of Refuge
Bay Area Youth Center
Berkeley Drop-in Center
Berkeley Food & Housing Project
Bonita House, Inc.
BOSS
Building Futures with Women and Children
City of Berkeley
City of Oakland
Covenant House
Davis Street Family Resource Center
East Bay Community Law Center
East Bay Community Recovery Program
East Oakland Community Project
FESCO
First Place Fund for Youth
Fred Finch Youth Center
Goodwill Industries, Inc.
Eden I&R, Inc.
Housing Resource Centers and their Partners
LifeLong Medical Care
Oakland Homeless Families Program
Operation Dignity
Rubicon Programs
Second Chance
St. Mary’s Center
Volunteers of America
YEAH!
Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center

EveryOne Home Performance Management Committee

Robert Ratner, BHCS, Co-Chair
Riley Wilkerson, HCD, Co-Chair
Stevan Alvarado, City of Oakland
robert barrer, BOSS
Anne Culver, City of Hayward
Elaine de Coligny, EveryOne Home
Katharine Gale, Katharine Gale Consulting
Brenda Goldstein, LifeLong Medical Care
Geoff Green, Berkeley Food and Housing Project
Lucia Hughes, City of Fremont
Wendy Jackson, East Oakland Community Project
Ralph Johnson, Emergency Shelter Program
Kristen Lee, City of Berkeley
Jeff Levin, City of Oakland
Vern Smith, City of Union City
Liz Varela, Building Futures with Women and Children
Rebecca Walden, FESCO
Vivian Wan, Abode Services
Hazel Weiss, HCD
Andrew Wicker, City of Berkeley
Rick Wood, Rubicon Programs
Committee Staff: Yolanda Robles (HCD)
Patrick Crosby (InHOUSE)
Jeannette Rodriguez (InHOUSE)

EveryOne Home looks forward to continuing to provide data and similar reports that help this community understand its impact on ending homelessness.

Downloads

Download a PDF of the full report: Measuring Progress – Achieving Outcomse: 2010 Progress Report on
Ending Homelessness in Alameda County, CA