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3. County Priorities: Indicate which of the following priorities are being addressed by the <br />proposed project. (Select all that apply and give a brief 100 word description for each <br />selected.) <br />❑✓ Increase capacity and sustainability for homeless sheltering. <br />The 759 units of subsidized housing in the county are full and have wait lists, identified in the <br />Ten Year Plan as exceeding two years. The Ten Year plan further identified subsidized senior <br />housing as being at the top of the list of needs to be addressed. The increased assessment, <br />advocacy and case management hours will greatly reduce the need for formal shelter units by <br />preparing and moving seniors on fixed incomes into market units, units based solely on income, <br />or permanent subsidized housing and out of the SSAP unit. <br />7 Connect shelter clients to services to reduce homelessness. <br />17 Increase site-based rental vouchers for people who are homeless with wrap- <br />around case management through current partnerships. <br />A number of new senior clients who are literally or at risk of homelessness, because of lack of <br />units in the community, are placed at our senior partner site, Briarwood, in either subsidized or <br />non -subsidized units. Briarwood is the premier housing for able bodied seniors on fixed incomes <br />combined with SSAP wrap around case management. HopeSource utilizes Briarwood's common <br />area for senior education on life skills and information on community resources. The Polaris <br />project in Upper County also accommodates homeless seniors with rent and wrap around case <br />management. <br />