Social Service Human Relations Board
Work Plan
Fiscal Year 2023-24
Presentation to the Alameda City Council
June 6, 2023
• Social Service Human Relations Board (SSHRB) Purpose and Work Plan Responsibilities
• Last Year’s Work Plan Highlights
• Proposed FY 2023-24 Work Plan
Agenda
• SSHRB Purpose:
Create an environment which will encourage and bring about mutual understanding, respect and good will among groups of people in the community and to improve social services in the community. (AMC 2-9.1)
• SSHRB Duty
Adopt a plan for the performance of its functions “with the advice and consent of the City Council” and to “meet at least once a year to review the plan.” (AMC 2-9.4f)
SSHRB Purpose & Work Plan Responsibilities
1. Develop the 2023 Community Needs Assessment, which was presented to the City Council May 2, 2023
2. Focus on creating a welcoming environment for all residents
3. Continue to oversee :
• The City’s Homelessness Strategic Plan
• CDBG Public Service Funding Recommendations
• Quarterly Domestic Violence Task Force Meetings
Last Year’s Work Plan
1. Promote and disseminate the 2023 Community Needs Assessment
2. Focus on creating a welcoming environment for all residents • Review and/or recommit to past City resolutions declaring Alameda a Hate-Free City
• Research best practices from other comparable cities
• Consider coordinating with other City initiatives and convening major stakeholder groups to discuss what the City can do to promote positive human relations.
• Interview community members for their perspectives on how to promote positive human relations.
Fiscal Year 2023-24 Work Plan
3. Report on homelessness activities and participate in activities to promote community awareness
• Review metrics for the Five Year Homeless Strategic Plan goals • Develop a plan to engage the community on the regional crisis of homelessness
Fiscal Year 2023-24 Work Plan (continued)
4. Quarterly Domestic Violence Task Force
• Staff proposes clarifying the language contained in the staff report:
o Chairing and participating in the City’s Quarterly Domestic Violence Task Force meetings
o Coordinate domestic violence prevention and intervention awareness in Alameda Fiscal Year 2023-24 Work Plan (continued)
• Accept the Social Service Human Relations Board’s Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2023-24
Recommendation