Service Improvement Plan - Veterans and Human Services Levy
The levy implementation ordinance required a Service Improvement Plan to provide detail on how the county will proceed with enhanced services and supports for veterans, military personnel and their families, and others in need. The Service Improvement Plan identifies four target populations and five overarching investment strategy areas for the county's efforts.
Target populations:
- Veterans, military personnel and their families in need
- Individuals and families who experience long-term homelessness and who are frequent users of hospital emergency departments, have frequent encounters with law enforcement and repeated stays in jail or institutions
- Individuals who have been recently released from prison or jail or are under court supervision and who are striving to maintain their family or re-unite with their children
- Families and young children who are at risk for homelessness or involvement with child welfare, behavioral health or the justice systems
Overarching investment strategy areas:
- Enhancing services and access for veterans
- Ending homelessness through outreach, prevention, permanent supportive housing and employment
- Increasing access to behavioral health services
- Strengthening families at risk
- Increasing effectiveness of resource management and evaluation