Homelessness Response Strategic Plan Underway

On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, the Fremont City Council approved a service agreement with EdeColigny Consulting, LLC to develop the City’s first Homelessness Response Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan will provide the City with a comprehensive response to homelessness, long-term best-practice recommendations to assist in reducing overall homelessness, be in alignment with the Alameda County Home Together 2026 plan, and develop a framework to respond to the street level community impacts of homelessness. EdgColigny was selected for inclusion of specific elements, including:

• The inclusion of a racial equity lens intended to address the disparate impact of homelessness in the Bay Area.
• A project team of experienced professionals with decades of experience in consulting, non-profit service delivery, and local government.
• The intent to incorporate the perspective and needs of unhoused community members by including project team members with lived expertise to facilitate engagement with unhoused community members input on the plan.
• A plan to balance the coordination of internal processes for encampment response, while developing a work product that provides a roadmap to reduce inflow into homelessness; reduce suffering of those currently experiencing homelessness, and increase solutions to resolve homelessness.
• A comprehensive communication and stakeholder outreach plan which includes engaging Fremont’s residents and business community through community work sessions and surveys.

The assembly and implementation of the plan is anticipated to take approximately eight months, beginning with a landscape analysis of existing resources and programs, with a complete plan expected by winter of 2023/24.