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FY2008-2009 CAPER -4- September 21, 2009 ^ Two (2) sessions for two (2) tenants or potential hornebuyers; and ^ Ten (10) general presentations for ninety-two (92) persons. • 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 source of income. The fair housing staff produced the analyzed data in an audit report, which will be published in September 2009. Priority: 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 11,216 bed nights, for 232 San Leandro homeless women and children (155 women and 77 children) in crisis. One hundred and thirty-eight (138) of these women received one-on-one case management support services. Sixty-seven (67) of the seventy-two (72) women, or 93%, who exited after staying 30 days or more, addressed two or more of the specific barriers they faced to achieving safe and stable housing. Fifty-one (51) of seventy-two (72) women, or 71 %, left with safe, stable housing. In addition, the shelter offered sixteen (16) parenting support groups, forty-five (45) domestic violence education groups, and 107 enriching and developmentally appropriate children's programs. • Davis Street Family Resource Center (DSFRC) The City also funded DSFRC with CDBG funds to provide supportive services to homeless persons. DSFRC provided an array of basic services for 239 homeless people. Homeless persons received various services, including a week's worth of groceries, clothing and household items, PG&E utility assistance, nutrition & health education, and life skills training. DSFRC also provided these clients with information and referral to rental assistance and shelter services, employment support services, internal linkages to counseling and childcare, free acute medical and dental care, and enrollment and referrals to affordable health care plans. In addition, DSFRC works closely with April Showers, the voluntary homeless program of the Interfaith Homelessness Network of San Leandro operated by a consortium often (10) churches. In FY 2008-09, April Showers provided twenty-eight (28) "showers" serving 2,205 homeless individuals, including 283 individuals who received "lunch only." This is 526 more individuals than last year. The average number of guests per "shower" also increased to seventy-nine (79) compared to last year's fifty-eight (58) guests. Moreover, laundry vouchers were provided to 1,684 individuals. Priority: Increase and expand activities designed to prevent those currently housed from becoming homeless. • Rental Assistance Program Through ECHO's Rental Assistance Program funded through the City's General Fund, seven (7) families were given rental assistance (such as payments for delinquent rent or security deposits)