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including 6,235 bed nights at the shelter. orthe 199 adult women served, 123 had special needs, and 180 utilized support services. One hundred thirty (130) women received one-on- one case management services totaling 405 sessions. Twenty~nine (29) of the 36 women, or 81 %, who exited alter staying 30 days or more, increased their level of sell' sufficiency, and 19 (or 5JlY<J) exited to long-ten11 housing/employment. The shelter offered 21 parenting support groups, 3 I domestic violence education groups, 24 life skills workshops, 105 children's therapeutic play groups. and 14 family nights. . Davis Street Family Resource Center (DSFRC): The City also funded DSFRC with CDBC; funds to provide supportive services to homeless persons. DSfRC provided an array of basic services for 303 homeless people using its CDBG grant from the City. However, a total of S8R homeless persons were served using other funding sourees. Services are modified to accommodate the special needs of homeless people (e.g., providing one-on~one case management, providing food that docs not need to be cooked, and access to the clothing program). Homeless persons received various services, including referrals to emergency housing, case management to support housing and employment searches, suitahle groceries, clothing. financial education, life skills training, free acute medical care, and mental health and youth programs. DSFRC also works closely with another local program, April Showers, which is a consortium of 10 churches. Priority # 6. Maintain and expand activities designed to prevent those currently housed from becoming homeless. Activities: . Rental Assistance Program . Through ECHO's Rental Assistance Program, funded through the City's General Fund, 32 families were given rental assistance (such as payments for delinquent rent or security deposits) to prevent homelessness. FCIIO exceeded its goal hy 29%. ECHO also provided infon11ation and counseling for 131 eviction-related cases and prevented 14 evictions. . Temwt/Landlord Counseling . The City contracted with ECHO Housing for landlord/tenant counseling services with CUBe; funds to help maintain people in housing. Information and referral services were provided to 691 landlords and tenants. ECHO assisted 637 people from 365 households with landlordltenant cases. Among them were 131 cases related to eviction, of which 14 households (36 persons) were prevented from being evicted. Staft- also assisted with retaliation cases (1]). landlord/tenant inquiries related to repairs (73), security deposits (57), rent increases (15), and entries by a landlord (9). There were also 173 other miscellaneous inquiries (e.g.. noise, neighhor disputes, parking, mold, etc.). orthe total, five families in mohile home parks were assisted. ECHO also assisted 44 persons in 24 households with conciliation/mediation services and 14 eviction mediation cases. ECHO referred 60 households, or 115 persons, to small claims court and 77 households. or 237 persons to other appropriate agencies. Drun Consolidated AllIluall'erfurmancl and Fvalllillio[\ Repon: FY2005,:'006 City of S,lIl Lcandm l'ag(,8