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households, or 299 persons, to small claims court and 108 households, or 147 persons, to other appropriate agencies. To educate tenants and landlords about their rights and responsibilities, ECHO distributed a total of 1,565 educational materials, provided 28 public service announcements, appeared on local television or radio stations once, and held seven trainings for property owners/managers. ECHO met or exceeded all of its goals by large percentages. . Housing Rehabilitation Program . Under the City's Housing Rehabilitation, Minor Home Repair, Accessibility, and Seismic Strengthening, Exterior Clean-Up and Exterior Paint Grant Programs, very low- and low-income homeowners remain housed, particularly seniors. Of 22 grants awarded, 18, or 82%, were provided to seniors. Of seven home rehabilitation loans approved, five, or 71 %, were provided to seniors. . Davis Street Family Resource Center . The City used Redevelopment Housing Set-Aside Funds to contract with DSFRC for special housing services to prevent those currently housed from becoming homeless by refening them to rental opportunities at existing City-regulated below-market rate (BMR) units. · DSFRC provided 2,040 phone refenals and 96 individualized infonnation packets to walk-in clients. Seniors received additional information relevant to their special needs. · DSFRC recruited 198 clients and enrolled a total of 31 people into BMR units: 14 clients into the City's BMR units and 17 BMR units outside of the City. All clients received assistance with rental applications. Clients also had access to in-depth case management addressing housing issues, financial planning, employment, food, clothing, health care counseling and affordable childcare. · DSFRC made five site visits to BMR properties and continues to maintain and update vacancy lists and continues to find other BMR units for their clients. · DSFRC established an MOU with Alameda County's HMIS system and is working to launch this database in FY2007-08. Priority # 7. Build on inter-jurisdictional cooperation and further coordination and improvement of the homeless Continuum of Care System. Activities: Continuum of Care Council Responding to the need for comprehensive planning and coordination of services for the homeless, the 45-member Alameda County-wide Homeless Continuum of Care Council was formed in 1997. The Council coordinates local efforts to address homelessness, seeks to maintain the existing service capacity, builds new partnerships that generate greater resources for the continuum of housing, services, and employment, and establishes inter-jurisdictional cooperation. Recognized as Final Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY2006-2007 Ci ty of San Lr:andro Page 9