(a) To be eligible for a round 6 base program allocation, a jurisdiction that is not a tribe must apply as part of a region and must be signatory to a round 6 regionally coordinated homelessness action plan that has been approved by the department. An update to the round 5 plan may constitute a round 6 regionally coordinated homelessness action plan. (b) The department shall approve a round 6 regionally coordinated homelessness action plan when the department determines that the plan meets all of the requirements of this section. (c) The round 6 regionally coordinated homelessness action plan shall include all of the following components: (1) Identification and analysis of the specific roles and responsibilities of each participating jurisdiction in the region regarding outreach and site coordination, siting and use of available land, the development of shelter, interim, and permanent housing options, and the coordination and connection to the delivery of services to individuals experiencing homelessness, or at risk of experiencing homelessness, including specifying roles and coordination plans in relation to Mental Health Services Act or Behavioral Health Services Act, within the region. The plan may also include roles and responsibilities of small jurisdictions in the region that elect to engage and collaborate on the plan. (2) Most recent system performance measures for the region, which shall include all of the following, as well as age, racial, and ethnic disparities for all of the following: (A) The number of people experiencing homelessness. (B) The average length of time people experience homelessness. (C) The percentage of people exiting homelessness into permanent housing. (D) The number of people who return to homelessness after exiting homelessness into permanent housing. (E) The number of people exiting homelessness into permanent housing. (F) The number of people falling into homelessness for the first time. (G) The number of people who return to homelessness after exiting institutional settings, including, but not limited to, jails, prisons, and hospitals. (3) A system performance and improvement plan, which shall include a description of key actions the region intends to take to improve the system performance measures described in paragraph (2). The system performance and improvement plan may also include key actions of small jurisdictions in the region that elect to engage and collaborate in the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan. In naming key actions in the system performance and improvement plan, a region will identify all of the following: (A) The lead entity on the key action and collaborating entities partnering to achieve the key action. (B) A timeframe for steps and completion of each key action. (C) The methods of measuring the success of each key action and related system performance measures that will demonstrate success of the key action. (D) An explanation of how each participating jurisdiction is utilizing local, state, and federal funding programs as key actions to improve the system performance measures, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (i) The Homekey program, as described in Section 50675.1.1. (ii) The No Place Like Home Program (Part 3.9 (commencing with Section 5849.1) of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code). (iii) The Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) of Part 2). (iv) The Housing for a Healthy California Program (Part 14.2 (commencing with Section 53590)). (v) The Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50216)). All items currently being funded through rounds 1 through 4, inclusive, pursuant to the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50216)) and round 5 pursuant to the Round 5 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program (Article 1 (commencing with Section 50232)), and those items proposed to
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