The Concord City Council has signed off on the final draft of its Homeless Strategic Plan.
The 44-page document, approved Tuesday night, is meant to serve as a roadmap as the city begins implementing strategies to prevent and address homelessness.
The city identified homelessness as its top priority in 2022, when the council asked staff to develop a comprehensive plan with recommendations for strategies the city could implement using $5.4 million in one-time funds specifically allocated for homelessness.
The money was allocated from Concord’s sales tax fund from 2020’s Measure V approved by voters as well as federal American Rescue Plan Act funds the city received for pandemic recovery.
The goals include creating a mobile resource center, investing in rapid re-housing and developing various interim housing models, such as scattered site homes and tiny homes, centralized tiny homes and interim motel housing.
The council on Tuesday said it wants to start with the mobile resource center and interim small motel housing and will be seeking nonprofit partners and other organizations to assist in the implementation and help offset the ongoing costs to running and providing services.
The city said on its website it is seeking a $4.7 million grant from the state to help with costs, which could be announced this spring.
City staff will now focus on implementing details, including meeting with community stakeholders and developing requests for proposals. Staff will come back to the council in a few months to provide a progress report.