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FY 2008-10 Community Assistance Grant 2 May 1, 2008 The following new applicants are recommended for funding: Emergency Shelter Program Provides shelter and support services for women and children who are victims of domestic violence or homelessness. • The agency fills a critical community need serving children and families. • The agency has a track record of providing quality service. • Funding homeless services is in keeping with the goals established in the Everyone Home Plan. Family Emer~enc~Shelter Coalition (FESCO) Provides shelter and support services for families who are homeless (including males with children). • The agency fills a critical community need serving children and families and an unmet need serving males with children. • The agency has a track record of providing quality service. • Funding homeless services is in keeping with the goals established in the Everyone Home Plan. Lincoln Child Center The Kinship Support Services Program is a support program for relatives who are raising another family member's children, thereby keeping children within their families, communities and culture. • The agency fills a critical growing and unmet community need. • The agency has a track record of providing quality public service. San Leandro Adult School Free Childcare Program to remove barriers to education by providing free childcare to low income families while parents earn a GED, high school diploma, obtain job training skills or learn English as a Second Language (ESL). • The agency is a San Leandro based organization. • The agency fills a critical community need serving children and families. • The agency has a track record of providing quality public service. Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center Provides comprehensive primary care and support services to the medically uninsured, low- income, limited English proficient population in southern Alameda County. • The agency fills an unmet community need. • The agency has a track record of providing quality public service. The following applicants are not recommended for funding: East B ~ Innovations The agency serves the developmentally disabled and proposed a program to train staff for emergency preparedness. • The City already provides support for non-profit emergency preparedness through the CARD program (Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disaster). • As funding is limited, the Commission gave higher priority to basic needs services. Seventh Step Foundation Provides residential, sober living and case management services to parolees. • A small number of San Leandro residents would be served through the grant.