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FY 2010-2011 CAPER -8- September 19, 2011 Elementary students, of which thirty (30) students were extremely low- income, and three (3) students were very low-income. • Safe Alternatives to Violent Environments' (SAVE) Community Oriented Prevention Services (COPS) Program is a partnership between SAVE and the San Leandro Police Department (as well as with the police departments of Hayward, Fremont, and Union City) working to prevent and reduce domestic violence and to provide services to victims and their children. SAVE promotes alternatives to domestic violence through support services, advocacy, and education. SAVE also helps domestic violence victims and their families end the cycle of violence by providing crisis intervention services that include crisis counseling, domestic violence education, case management, and restraining order assistance. In FY 2010-2011, COPS Advocates provided crisis intervention services, education, and/or referrals to 248 Alameda County residents, of which 154 are residents of San Leandro. SAVE also presented its Teen Dating Violence Program, which educates and increases awareness of teen dating violence issues, to 3,399 students of middle and high schools throughout Alameda County. • SOS/Meals on Wheels' Meal Delivery Service program provides uncurtailed delivery of warm, nutritious, and balanced meals to homebound seniors who are over 60 years of age and unable to purchase or prepare food for themselves. Meal delivery drivers also provide daily check-in to ensure the health and safety of each senior receiving their meal. Throughout FY 2010-2011, 140 homebound seniors were served with hot and nutritious meals. Priority: Support public facilities and other community improvements. CDBG-funded projects: • Bay Area Community Services (BACS), which was awarded a $25,000 CDBG Capital Improvement Project (CIP) loan in FY 2008-2009 for the ADA accessibility renovation of its crisis center, Woodroe Place, expended all of its funds the City provided. After securing $499,500 in Emergency Housing and Assistance Program Capital Development (EHAPCD) Funds and a $428,500 grant from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, BACS was able to begin the rehabilitation of Woodroe Place, which provides short-term crisis support to Alameda County residents with severe mental illness who are homeless or at -risk of becoming homeless. BACS utilized the $25,000 for pre -construction costs, specifically fees for architectural design, civil engineering, building permit, legal, and project management. BACS anticipates completing the rehabilitation project by March 2012. • Two (2) other CDBG Capital Improvement Projects that were awarded CIP loans in FY 2008-2009, facility improvements at the Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC) domestic violence shelter and Spectrum Community Services centralized kitchen, continued to experience delays, and therefore, have not fully expended their CDBG funds. BFWC worked on completing the paperwork for the $459,213 supplemental funding through the California Department of Housing and Community Development Emergency Assistance Program. Once this funding is in place, BFWC will move forward on the