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