What is San Jose proposing?
The City of San Jose has been working to re-energize its workforce through a series of employee- initiated efforts following layoffs and service cuts in the wake of the Great Recession (see #SanJoseProud ). As part of this effort, the City has seeded a nonprofit, the Silicon Valley Talent Partnership, to manage pro-bono private sector partnerships to improve service delivery. For the City Accelerator, San Jose would coordinate efforts among city leaders, nonprofits, and community partners and resources from the City Accelerator to better target, coordinate and deliver services for the homeless. Their work would enhance public agency processes, encourage data-driven decision-making, foster innovation across departments, and broaden civic engagement to better serve this highly vulnerable population.
How will it accomplish this?
As a member of the first cohort and with the help from the City Accelerator and Silicon Valley Talent Partnership, San Jose would:
- deliver a more strategic and comprehensive package of services to the homeless or underserved, including job training and employment, housing and other relevant services;
- improve marketing and communications with city agencies, nonprofit partners, citizens and homeless constituents to ensure city resources are optimized, and
- develop or utilize technology to facilitate the dissemination of real-time information on available homeless resources in Silicon Valley.
