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FY 2009-2010 CAPER -6- September 20, 2010 <br />waiting lists in BMR properties in San Leandro and other rental properties in other cities <br />including Castro Valley, Belmont, Richmond, Manteca, Sacramento, and Oakland. Additionally, <br />one (1) family, which was among nine (9) other families that were referred under the McKinney- <br />Vento Act, was successfully housed in San Leandro. DSFRC continued to maintain its close <br />relationship with Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC) by providing supportive <br />services, such as housing searches, employment counseling, emergency shelter, and clothing, to <br />thirty-seven (37) BFWC and Sister Me Home clients. DSFRC, moreover, continually sends <br />updated BMR vacancy or waiting list information to BFWC to keep them updated on affordable <br />housing opportunities for their clients. <br />♦ Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re -Housing Program (HPRP) <br />The American Reinvestment and Recovery Action of 2009 (ARRA) included Homeless <br />Prevention and Rapid Re -Housing Program (HPRP) funds designated to provide temporary <br />financial assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services that prevent individuals and <br />families from becoming homeless or assist those who are experiencing homelessness to be <br />quickly re -housed and stabilized. Coordinating with the Cities of Alameda and Hayward, <br />Alameda County Housing and Community Development Department (HCD), and service <br />partners [Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC), Abode Services, and Davis <br />Street Family Resource Center (DSFRC)], the City co -applied for and received $1.5 million in <br />HPRP grants. BFWC served as the lead applicant and is the lead agency for this grant. Through <br />the use of these funds, a Mid -County Housing Resource Center (HRC) was established at the <br />Davis Street Family Resource Center. This HRC has been providing housing stabilization and <br />financial assistance services, which include one-time back rent payments, security deposit <br />payments, moving costs, rental assistance, back utility payments, utility deposits or payment <br />assistance, and motel vouchers, to homeless individuals and families and those at risk of <br />homelessness since November 2009. By June 30, 2010, the HRC had prevented 290 San <br />Leandrans (155 households) from being homeless and had re -housed forty (40) San Leandrans <br />(28 households). <br />Priority: Support public services. <br />♦ Services for Low -Income Families, Children, Women in Crises, Seniors and Persons <br />with Disabilities <br />• The City funded five (5) projects, which were operated by four (4) agencies, with CDBG <br />funds -- Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC), Davis Street Family <br />Resource Center (DSFRC), Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity (ECHO), and <br />Project Literacy. Collectively, they provided services to 45,243 low-income persons. <br />These services include emergency housing, provision of food, clothing, childcare, <br />medical care, and job readiness training, fair housing and landlord/tenant counseling, and <br />literacy educational programs. <br />• DSFRC's Family Support Services Program provides food, shelter, clothing, referral to <br />energy assistance programs, job attainment and retention services, and linkages to long- <br />term assistance such as childcare and health services for low-income families, <br />individuals, and seniors. Also, DSFRC provides other essential services, including <br />nutrition education and life skills training, job preparation and placement services, <br />counseling, childcare, free acute medical and dental care, and enrollment in affordable <br />health care plans. Referrals are made to other agencies for specialized services such as <br />housing and additional food resources. With the economic downturn, DSFRC saw the <br />