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File Number: 13-387 <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 />Alternatives to Violent Environments (SAVE), and SOS/Meals on Wheels. Collectively, they <br />provided the following services to a total of 12,706 low-income persons. <br />·DSFRC’s Family Support Services Program provides “Basic Needs” services to <br />low-income and working poor individuals and families experiencing life/financial crises. <br />This includes emergency food and clothing and other family support services, such as <br />medical and dental services, employment counseling, and housing assistance. For FY <br />2012-2013, DSFRC served 11,337 total unduplicated persons, of which 77 were <br />homeless persons, 2,402 were female-headed households, and 752 were persons with <br />disabilities or special needs. DSFRC also provided 3,427 families with 100,494 meals <br />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 />For FY 2012-2013, fifty-six (56) San Leandro individuals (in group, family, couples or <br />individual sessions) received crisis intervention and/or short-term community <br />counseling services and access to eligible family resource center services. <br />·Girls, Inc. Pathways Counseling Center’s Family Strengthening Program delivers <br />mental health services at five (5) San Leandro Unified School District schools, <br />specifically including Washington Elementary School . For FY 2012-2013, a total of 112 <br />assessments and therapy appointments were provided for twenty-one (21) Washington <br />Elementary students. <br />·Safe Alternatives to Violent Environments’ (SAVE) Community Oriented Prevention <br />Services (COPS) Programs is a partnership between SAVE and the San Leandro <br />Police Department working to prevent and reduce domestic violence and to provide <br />services to victims and their children. In FY 2012-2013, COPS Advocates provided <br />crisis intervention services, education, and/or referrals to 235 San Leandro residents. <br />SAVE also presented its Teen Dating Violence Program , which educates and increases <br />awareness of teen dating violence issues, to 4,734 students of high schools throughout <br />Alameda County. <br />·SOS/Meals on Wheels’ Meal Delivery Service program provides uncurtailed delivery of <br />warm, nutritious, and balanced meals to homebound seniors who are over 60 years of <br />age and unable to purchase or prepare food for themselves. Throughout FY 2012- <br />2013, 144 homebound seniors were served with hot and nutritious meals. <br />Priority: Support public facilities and other community improvements. <br />CDBG-funded City projects: <br />·With a $31,139 allocation of CDBG funds, the City continued to remove barriers to travel <br />for disabled citizens by replacing or installing Americans with Disabilities Act <br />(ADA)-compliant pedestrian ramps in locations throughout the City. The City completed <br />Page 6 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/11/2013