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elnployment and/or increase their current wages to hecome more self sufficient. At a job workshop where 112 clients attended, DSfRC assisted 74 persons (74%) with job readiness services. Of these 74 clients, 15 obtained full-time jobs. DSFRC also provides life skills training to teach clients how to budget and shop with lirnited resources and fixed incomes, This program works exclusively with CalWORKs working poor families in job preparation, including workshops that focus on resume writing, interview skills, job-hunting tactics, and job placement. Many clients arc referred by Alameda County Social Services, and many arc in crisis due to reaching their time limits for benefits. In addition, DSFRC's Employment Program offers clients resources such as one-on-one consultations to ascertain their skills, define career goals, and provide access to its dress-for-success closet, as well as provides financial literacy workshops and free tax assistance to low-income residents. With CDBCi funds, Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC) also provided pre- elnployment, life skills and housing assistance, as well as benefits advocacy to move clients into self sufficiency. In FY05106, I3FWC increased the level of self sufficiency for 81 %, or 29 of 36 women who stayed 30 days or more, by one level or more in tbe following areas: bousing, ernploYlnent/income, domestic violence, substance abuse, mental healtb, and/or physical health. Fifty-three (53%), or 19 of the women who stayed at the shelter 30 days or more, exited to long- tel111 housing and/or employment. Through its CDGC; grant, Project Literacy's services help functionally illiterate people gain literacy skills that they can apply in social, educational, employment, and community settings, therehy increasing their independence and self sufficiency. Seventy-five percent (75%) oCthe new students ( 101) increased their independence and self-sufficiency as indicated by their delllonstration of new applications of literacy skills. Ongoing preservation of 700+ helow-market rate units is also an anti-poverty strategy, because the City maintains HUD rent limits lor very low, low, and moderate-income people and for special populations like seniors and the disabled. The City provided Redevelopment funds this year to DSfRC to recruit new tenants for available BMR units. The City continues to seek opportunities to work with non-profit and lor-profit developers to build affordable rental and ownership housing. Presently, the City's Redevelopment Agency is working with Mercy Housing California to conver1the existing Islander Motel into affordable permanent rental housing. As previously mentioned, the City also worked diligently with other funding sources to help Allied Housing acquire the Mission Bell Apartments, Dr<ln Consolidated Annual Perl"orrnan<;e and Lv,lination Rep0l1: I'Y2005.;.006 City "t. San I.eandro l'<Ige 24