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Actions Taken To Address the Needs of Homeless Persons and the Special Needs of Persons Who Are Not Homeless but Require Supportive Housing Addressing the Needs of Homeless Persons • The City funded homeless prevention services provided by BFWC's San Leandro Shelter and Davis Street Family Resource Center. Services included emergency shelter, hot meals and groceries, motel vouchers, case management, and medical care. The City continues to be actively engaged with the Alameda County-wide Homeless Continuum of Care Council (COC), a 45-member organization composed of homeless service providers, cities, county agencies, and consumers of homeless services. City staff attended meetings of the Council to help strategize and implement the Alameda County- wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan, the HMIS system, and the Multi-Plan. The City also shared in the cost of the Resource Team of the COC. In 2004, the Continuum of Care Council published a survey, "Comprehensive Data About Homelessness in Alameda County", to provide a reliable estimate of the number of homeless persons in Alameda County. For San Leandro, the data indicates that there are approximately 894 local residents who represent 9% of the County's entire population of service users. Our City tied for third in the number of overall residents who are service users, which included Alameda County and a small portion of two other counties. Our region in the County also appears to serve a disproportionate number of homeless families with children. This data confirms and validates the use of current and CDBG funds for multi-family affordable housing. The City of San Leandro is committed to filling the gaps in service along the continuum and assuring that services now being provided are not lost. The following table summarizes the City's programs in each component of the "continuum" to implement the Continuum of Care strategy: Outreach/ Assessment Emergency Shelters Transitional Housing Permanent Supportive Housin Permanent Affordable Housing Building Futures Building Futures Building Futures Housing Alliance Housing Alliance with Women and with Women and with Women and Children; Children -San Children Over 700 below- Leandro Shelter market rate units Davis St. Family Resource. Center ECHO Housing Rental Assistance Continuum of Care Program Council Draft Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY2004-2005 City of San Leandro Page 15