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Action Plan - FI'2001 City of San Leandro Page 12 In FY 95, Alameda County HCD received athree-year Supportive Housing Program grant ---_ from HUD for $2.5 million for the Alameda County Housing/Jobs Linkages Program. This ;~r..-: grant application was a joint effort of HCD, the Alameda County Associated Community Action Program (ACAP) and community partner agencies. The program provides transitional housing rental assistance, employment services, case management and support services for homeless families coming through any of seven shelters in the HOME Consortium. The participating shelters are the San Leandro Shelter for Women and Children, the Family Emergency Shelter Coalition (FESCO) and the Emergency Shelter Program (ESP) in Hayward, the Tri-City Homeless Coalition and Shelter Against Violent Environments (SAVE) in Fremont, and the Tri-Valley Haven and Valley Community Health Center in Livermore. Under contract to HCD, Allied Housing (Hayward) administers the rental assistance component and BOSS (Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency), also in Hayward, provides employment services. The program has assisted One hundred forty families in the first three years of operation. It is anticipated that more than 200 families will receive support over the life of the program. Alameda County HCD received renewal of the Supportive Housing Program grant for the Housing/Jobs Linkages Program in the amount of $1,353,267 for two years in FY 98. Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: NOFA Competition In 1998, the County-wide Continuum of Care Partnership was awarded nearly $13 million to new and renewal programs serving homeless people in Alameda County. The Alameda County Homeless Base Conversion Collaborative received $2.7 million to rehabilitate and operate 60 units of housing units, including transitional housing for families and permanent housing for disabled households. Alameda County Base Closure Collaborative On October 25, 1994, President Clinton signed into law the Base Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act. This Act authorizes HUD to determine whether a base reuse plan for the reuse of an installation proposed by a local reuse authority balances the community development, economic redevelopment and other development needs of the communities in the vicinity of the installation with the needs of the homeless in those communities. Established in 1994, the Alameda County Homeless Base Conversion Collaborative (The Base Collaborative) with support from HCD, has achieved on the former Alameda Naval Air Station (now called Alameda Point) the largest single commitment of resources to meet the growing needs of the homeless in the county's history.