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Priority # 8. Increase the availability of service-enriched housing for persons with special needs. Activities: . Transitional or Permanent Supportive Housing . Mission Bell Apartments: Allied Housing has set aside at least four of its 25 units for very low-income youth exiting from foster care and has two tenants with other special needs. There were seven youth clients living at Mission Bell for FY06-07. Tri-City Homeless Coalition (TCHC) is the developer's non-profit partner that offers supportive services to these youth. Services include case management, health and wellness coordination, job placement training, and financial/budget analysis management. These youth receive full housing subsidies through other programs like TCHC's Project Independence and the Fred Finch Youth Center's Transition-Aged Youth programs which provide comprehensive and individualized services with affordable housing linked to supportive services such as medical prescription monitoring, case management, and job placement training. Priority # 9. Support public services. Activities: . Services for Low-Income Families, Children, Women in Crises, Seniors and Persons with Disabilities Note: Fair housing services, Davis Street Resource Center, San Leandro Shelter for Women and Children/Building Futures with Women and Children and tenant/landlord counseling described under the "Decent Housing Goal" are funded under the "Public Services" category. . The City funded six projects (operated by five agencies) with CDBG funds -- Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC), Davis Street Family Resource Center (DSFRC), Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity (ECHO), Project Literacy, and Recreation Link (Rec Link). Collectively, they provided services to 11,200 low-income persons, all successfully exceeding their goals. This represents an 18% increase over the previous year. Services ranged from emergency housing, counseling, job readiness and placement services, case management and childcare services to literacy and recreation programs. . BFWC's public service activities are reported above already under Priority # 5: "Maintain and improve the current capacity of the housing and shelter system, expanding transitional and permanent supportive housing, and providing services to homeless individuals and families, including integrated health care, employment services and other supportive services." (see pages 7-8) . DSFRC's Family Support Services Program provides food, shelter, clothing, energy assistance vouchers, motel vouchers, job attainment and retention services, and linkages to long-term assistance such as childcare and health services for low-income families, Final Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY2006-2007 City of San Leandro Page I I