Serving Manatee & Sarasota Counties
Sarasota Ten Year Plan to Prevent & End Homelessness Plan Goals – June 2011 •
Increase access to appropriate housing options, including transitional and supportive housing as well as permanent, affordable housing. Focus on providing access to stable living environments
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Improve outreach to homeless people
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Increase homelessness awareness among all sectors of the community
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Improve discharge planning from detention facilities, foster care, hospitals, substance abuse and mental health facilities
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Increase access to supportive services – health, counseling, budgeting, mentoring and life skills – to homeless people
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Increase economic opportunity for homeless people and people at risk of becoming homeless. Focus on job readiness, job training, job placement and support
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Focus on preventing homelessness by providing supportive services that keep people in safe, stable living environments
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Create innovative community partnerships that prevent homelessness
1750 17th Street / K-1 ● Sarasota, FL 34234 ● Phone: (941) 955-8987 ● Fax: (941) 209-5595 www.suncoastpartnership.org