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FY2007-2008 CAPER -4- September 15, 2008 ■ Eleven (11) cases were counseled and pending after being referred to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) or HUD; ■ Four (4) cases showed no discrimination occurred; ■ One (1) case is pending (all were counseled); ■ Three (3) clients dropped their complaints (all were counseled and referred to DFEH); and ■ One (1) case was resolved by ECHO (this case was counseled and also referred to DFEH). • ECHO's fair housing counselors conducted twenty-seven (27) fair housing training sessions: ■ Nine (9) sessions for ten (10) landlords and property managers; ■ Three (3) sessions for eleven (11) tenants or potential homebuyers; ■ Three (3) sessions for five (5) realtors; and ■ Twelve (12) general presentations for sixty-eight (68) persons. • ECHO raised awareness in the community about fair housing through twenty-five (25) public service announcements [sent to twenty-five (25) radio and television stations], one (1) newspaper advertisement, and distribution of 3,250 educational fliers to the Alameda County Public Libraries, non-profit agencies, churches, and local Fairs. • ECHO conducts random and targeted audits to gauge the level of discrimination in the rental housing market. ECHO conducted fifteen (15) targeted fair housing audits to gauge the level of discrimination of specific protected classes. These were paired audits that were designed to measure the level of discrimination based on race. The fair housing staff produced the analyzed data in an audit report, which was published in June 2008. 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. ♦ Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC) - San Leandro Shelter The City funded BFWC with CDBG funds to provide supportive services to homeless families at its emergency shelter, known as the San Leandro Shelter. BFWC provided emergency shelter and support services, which included 10,043 bed nights, for 230 San Leandro homeless women and children (155 women and 75 children) in crisis. Of all these 155 adult women who utilized these support services, seventy-five (75) had special needs. All 155 women also received one- on-one case management services totaling 627 sessions. Sixty (60) of the sixty-three (63) women, or 95%, who exited after staying 30 days or more, increased their level of self sufficiency in one or more of the following areas: housing, employment/income, domestic violence, substance abuse, mental health, and/or physical health. Forty-five (45) of the sixty- three (63) women, or 71% left with long-term housing/employment. In addition, the shelter offered twenty-six (26) parenting support groups, thirty-seven (37) domestic violence education groups, nine (9) life skills workshops, 127 children's therapeutic play groups, twenty-three (23) family nights, and five (5) mother and child stress reduction sessions.