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FY 2010-2011 CAPER -5- September 19, 2011 ♦ 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 10,362 nights, of which 567 beds were supported by the City, and 31,086 meals for 232 San Leandro homeless women and children (154 women and 78 children) in crisis. One hundred and forty-two (142) of these women received one-on-one case management support services. Fifty-four (54) of the sixty-four (64) women, or 73%, who exited after staying thirty (30) days or more, addressed two or more of the specific barriers they faced to achieving safe and stable housing. Thirty-seven (37) of sixty-eight (68) women, or 54%, departed the shelter with permanent housing. In addition, the shelter provided 110 referrals for health care services, and eighty-four (84) support groups have been held addressing various topics such as domestic violence, parenting skills, barriers to housing and basic life skills. ♦ 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 297 homeless people. Homeless persons received various services, including three days' worth of groceries up to twice a month, emergency clothing, and household items. DSFRC Family Advocates/Intake Specialists also provide these clients with information and referral to DSFRC's other programs that include free acute medical and dental care, childcare, employment counseling, housing assistance, and case management services. Priority: Increase and expand activities designed to prevent those currently housed from becoming homeless. ♦ Rental Assistance Program ECHO Housing's Rental Assistance Program (RAP) assists tenants with delinquent rent or security deposit thereby increasing accessibility to long-term housing and preventing homelessness. The program also provides extensive budget counseling that assists tenants become more self-sufficient and independent. Funded with CDBG funds, RAP provided seven (7) families with rental assistance (delinquent rent payments or move -in costs) in FY 2010-2011. Of the 166 applicants prescreened for need and program eligibility, ECHO Housing prevented two (2) households from being evicted, placed five (5) households into housing, referred 129 clients to other resources, and provided budget/support counseling to 133 households. ♦ Tenant/Landlord Counseling Using CDBG funds, the City contracted with ECHO Housing for tenant/landlord counseling services to help maintain people in housing. Information and referral services were provided to thirty (30) landlords and 253 tenant households. In FY 2010-2011, ECHO handled ninety (90) cases related to eviction and succeeded in preventing five (5) households from being evicted. Staff also assisted with sixty (60) landlord/tenant inquiries related to repairs, thirty-two (32) cases regarding security deposits, four (4) instances involving rent increases, and ten (10) occurrences of unlawful entry by a landlord. There were also eighty-two (82) miscellaneous inquiries (e.g., information on rental contracts and unlawful detainers, providing general information on tenant and landlord rights with referrals to attorneys, Eden Housing, Eviction Defense, the Building Inspector, the Rental Assistance Program and Fair Housing Counseling, Small Claims Court, and mediation services, etc.). ECHO staff, furthermore, assisted seventeen (17) households with con ciliation/mediation services. Lastly, staff referred sixty-five (65) households to small claims court and forty-five (45) households to other appropriate agencies.