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<br />DRAFT Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY 2012-2013 <br />City of San Leandro <br />Page 10 <br />To educate tenants and landlords about their rights and responsibilities, ECHO distributed a total <br />of 520 educational materials, provided 126 public service announcements, and held two (2) <br />training for property owners/managers. ECHO met or exceeded all of its goals by large <br />percentages. <br /> <br /> Davis Street Family Resource Center <br />Unlike last year when the City was unable to provide funding assistance to Davis Street Family <br />Resource Center (DSFRC) to provide affordable housing services due to the State’s elimination <br />of the City’s Redevelopment Agency and redevelopment funds, the City was able to provide <br />DSFRC with General Funds in FY 2012-2013. <br /> <br />DSFRC assists with various activities related to affordable housing assistance for the homeless <br />and very low-, low-, and moderate-income persons. Housing services provided include <br />assistance with affordable housing information and helping to provide decent housing and a <br />suitable living environment for eligible clients by referring them to rental opportunities in the <br />City, including existing City below-market rate (BMR) units. DSFRC staff: <br /> <br /> Assisted thirty-three (33) individuals seeking housing assistance identify available <br />housing units utilizing 2-1-1 and the most recent listings from Eden I&R and the <br />Outreach Resource Collaborative network staffed by the Alameda County Public Health <br />Department. Each received a Housing Resource Packet. <br /> <br /> Collaborated with ECHO Housing to help provide fair housing information to clients <br />seeking housing assistance by distributing fair housing flyers to clients at the Family <br />Resource Center and during a focus group led by Valley Vision at one of DSFRC’s child <br />development centers. <br /> <br /> Assisted two (2) referrals from the Interfaith Homeless Network (IHN) search for <br />housing units and obtaining eligibility for public assistance programs. <br /> <br /> Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) <br />The Mid-County Housing Resource Center (HRC) established at the Davis Street Family <br />Resource Center continued to provide homeless prevention and assistance services to homeless <br />individuals and families and those at risk of homelessness. The HRC was funded by the $1.5 <br />million Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) funds that BFWC, in <br />coordination with the cities of San Leandro, Alameda, and Hayward; Alameda County Housing <br />& Community Development Department; Abode Services; and DSFRC, received in 2009. The <br />entire 3-year funding allocation, which has been fully exhausted, allowed agencies throughout <br />the County to assist and intake 6,348 persons; to help 4,279 retain their permanent housing; and <br />to aid 1,226 homeless persons obtain permanent housing from November 2009 through August <br />2012. The housing stabilization and financial assistance services that were provided included <br />one-time back rent payments, security deposit payments, moving costs, rental assistance, back <br />utility payments, utility deposits or payment assistance, and motel vouchers. <br />