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Priority # 9. Support public services.
<br />Activities
<br />♦ Services for Low - Income Families, Children, Women in Crises, Seniors and
<br />Persons with Disabilities
<br />Note: Fair housing services are funded under the "General Administration " category.
<br />With CDBG funds, the City funded eight (8) projects which are operated by six (6) agencies --
<br />Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC), Davis Street Family Resource Center
<br />( DSFRC), Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity (ECHO Housing), Girls, Inc., Safe
<br />Alternative to Violent Environments (SAVE), and SOS/Meals on Wheels. Collectively, they
<br />provided the following services to a total of 13,685 low- income persons.
<br />• BFWC's public service activities are reported above already under Priority #5:
<br />"Maintain and improve the current capacity of the housing and shelter system, expanding
<br />transitional and permanent supportive housing, and providing services to homeless
<br />individuals and families, including integrated health care, employment services and other
<br />supportive services." (See page 8 -9.)
<br />• DSFRC's Family Support Services Program provides "Basic Needs" services to low -
<br />income and working poor individuals and families experiencing life /financial crises. This
<br />includes emergency food and clothing and other family support services, including
<br />medical and dental services, employment counseling, and housing assistance. Referrals
<br />are also made to other partner organizations, such as the San Leandro Unified School
<br />District, the Salvation Army, Kaiser Permanente, San Leandro Hospital and Eden
<br />Hospital, and Building Futures with Women & Children, that provide health care, dental
<br />care, child care, housing and utility assistance, employment, and educational services.
<br />By providing access to comprehensive "just in time" family support services -basic needs
<br />services, DSFRC helps clients stabilize their lives and become more increasingly self -
<br />sufficient. For FY 2011 -2012, DSFRC served 12,473 total unduplicated persons, of
<br />which 101 were homeless persons, 714 were persons with disabilities or special needs,
<br />and 1,726 were female heads of households. DSFRC also provided 3,973 families with
<br />162,765 meals over the course of the year.
<br />• DSFRC's Community Counseling Program provides crisis intervention and short-term
<br />counseling to individuals, couples, families, children /youth, and seniors and groups.
<br />Community Counseling Services include mental health assessments and a variety of
<br />consultation services including group counseling for anger management, domestic
<br />violence intervention (for perpetrators), and parenting skills. Individuals and families
<br />facing personal and familial challenges receive mental health support in confidential
<br />settings that enable them to develop tools and skills to deal with the challenging
<br />situations and to improve the quality of their lives. For FY 2011 -2012, ninety -five (95)
<br />San Leandro individuals (in group, family, couples or individual sessions) received crisis
<br />intervention and /or short-term community counseling services and access to eligible
<br />family resource center services. About 42% (or 40) of these 95 individuals reported a
<br />reduction in the severity or frequency of the presenting issue as supported by a decrease
<br />in high -risk behavior.
<br />DRAFT Consolidated Annual Perfonnance and Evaluation Report: FY 2011 -2012
<br />City of San Leandro
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