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DRAFT City of San Leandro FY 2014‐2015 CAPER 12 OMB Control No: 2506‐0117 (exp. 07/31/2015) Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC) ‐ San Leandro Shelter The City funded BFWC with City General Funds to provide supportive services to homeless families at its emergency shelter, known as the San Leandro Shelter. In FY 2014‐2015, BFWC provided emergency shelter and supportive services, which included 8,377 bednights, of which 676 bednights were supported by the City, and 25,131 meals for 233 San Leandro homeless women (160) and children (73) in crisis. All 160 women received access to health care and group sessions which help to advance essential skills, such as employment strategies, money management, housing strategies, parenting skills, and other basic life skills. Of the 93 women and 37 children who exited the San Leandro Shelter, 3 households (consisting of 5 women and children) exited to transitional housing while 30 households (consisting of 45 women and children) exited to permanent housing. Davis Street Family Resource Center (DSFRC) The City funded DSFRC with CDBG public services funds to provide supportive services to homeless persons. DSFRC provided an array of basic services to 59 homeless persons. Homeless persons received various services, including three days’ worth of groceries up to twice a month, emergency clothing, and household items. DSFRC Family Advocates/Intake Specialists also provided these clients with information and referral to DSFRC's other programs that include free acute medical and dental care, childcare, employment counseling, housing assistance, and case management services. EveryOne Home As a result of the federal Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program shifting funding from emergency shelters to rapid rehousing, two family shelters in the HOME Consortium lost state ESG funds and were at‐risk of closure. Alameda County stepped in with general fund support for both programs to ensure their continued operation through June 2015. The challenge of sustaining emergency shelter capacity remains given that half of the County’s point in time count shows over 50% of homeless person are unsheltered. At this time, the Continuum is not working to meet shelter needs by opening more of this type of housing, rather, the Continuum and its jurisdictional partners are working to help people exit emergency and transitional programs to permanent housing more quickly to help each bed serve more people per year. Helping homeless persons (especially chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth) make the transition to permanent housing and independent living, including shortening the period of time that individuals and families experience homelessness, facilitating access for homeless individuals and families to affordable housing units, and preventing individuals and families who were recently homeless from becoming homeless again Objective: Create Suitable Living Environment Priority: Support public services. Family Emergency Shelter Coalition (FESCO) ‐ Les Marquis Emergency Shelter FESCO's Les Marquis Emergency Shelter, which is a 22‐bed shelter located in Hayward, provides emergency shelter, food, and supportive services to extremely low‐income homeless families. In FY 2014‐2015, the shelter served 98 homeless persons (32 adults and 66 children) with 19,579 meals and 7,208 bed nights. All 26 households were also provided with case management, mental health counseling, children's programming, and referral services that assist them in accessing income, employment, and educational opportunities. Of the 20 families (22 adults and 45 children) who moved out of the shelter, a total of 5 families (5 adults and 10