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apartments for preservation or maintenance as affordable housing, it will inform tenants of <br />lead-based paint and comply with both the new EPA law on lead and renovation as well as with <br />applicable HUD lead-based paint hazard reduction guidelines and regulations. <br />Actions planned to reduce the number of poverty -level families <br />Section 220 of the 1992 Housing and Community Development Act requires jurisdictions to <br />describe the goals, programs, and policies that will reduce the number of households with <br />incomes below the poverty level. One strategy for increasing household income is to improve <br />the employment potential of those who are seeking to break from the cycle of poverty. The <br />City's Community Assistance Grant Program (CAP), which is currently funded with CDBG funds, <br />will continue to support non-profit agencies that provide job assistance and related services to <br />low-income members of the community. The Davis Street Family Resource Center (DSFRC) <br />provides case management services to address their clients' financial and social struggles and, <br />employment support services and workshops that include assistance with resume writing, job <br />search, interview preparation, creating a family budget, and providing clothes for <br />interviews. Special career management courses also assist CaIWORKs clients in transitioning <br />from welfare to self-sufficiency. Moreover, DSFRC and Building Futures with Women and <br />Children (BFWC) work collaboratively to find long-term affordable housing for homeless <br />families who have students in the school district. <br />The City's Office of Business Development actively seeks new commercial office and retail <br />developments that may result in new employment opportunities for residents. The CDBG staff <br />will continue to work closely with the City's Office of Business Development staff to develop <br />eligible projects and programs and promote increased economic development and community <br />job creation and retention. <br />Actions planned to develop institutional structure <br />Public agencies, for-profit and non-profit private organizations all play a part in the provision of <br />affordable housing, social services, capital improvements, and economic development. The <br />City's Housing Services Division has the primary responsibility for implementation of the <br />Consolidated Plan and the Housing Element. The Division works closely with the Office of <br />Business Development in the implementation of affordable housing projects and <br />programs. Non-profit agencies also provide social services to the community each year. The <br />Alameda County Housing and Community Development (HCD) Department is the lead agency in <br />the implementation of the HOME Consortium's Consolidated Plan. HCD also administers the <br />HOME Program for the HOME Consortium members, HUD homeless programs (including the <br />Continuum of Care Council), and the Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) Program for <br />homeownership. The City and other cities in the County take part in the HCD activities <br />described above. <br />The City plans to continue funding Everyone Home's operations. As already described, the City <br />is committed to implementing the strategies of the Everyone Home Plan and its objectives of <br />ending homelessness in Alameda County by 2020. <br />DRAFT City of San Leandro Annual Action Plan 24 <br />2014 <br />OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 07/31/2015)P, <br />