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City of San Leandro FY 2017‐18 CAPER 16 OMB Control No: 2506‐0117 (exp. 06/30/2018) Abode Services. The AC Impact program provides permanent supportive housing and services to chronically homeless adults in many of the Consortium Cities. Abode Services reaches out to unsheltered persons via a mobile outreach team. The mobile outreach team covers South and East Alameda County and works closely with human services and law enforcement departments of the Alameda County cities to identify and assist unsheltered persons. In FY 2017‐18, Abode’s outreach team reached 609 persons, 91% of whom were staying in places not meant for human habitation. Abode helped 28 homeless persons find permanent housing and another 69 temporary housing. Abode worked to ensure that 47 high need individuals that were housed directly from places not meant for human habitation retained their housing with a 94% success rate. San Leandro funded Building Futures with Women and Children to conduct street outreach to 43 persons, 15 of whom were chronically homeless. Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless persons Although State Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding for emergency shelters in the HOME Consortium was reduced in both 2015 and 2016 funding rounds, all shelters in the HOME Consortium remained open during the reporting period, as a result of local funds being provided by the Alameda County Social Services Agency. Year round emergency shelter capacity within the HOME Consortium consisted of 255 beds for families with minor children and 129 beds for single adults. The Cities of San Leandro (30 beds), Livermore (30 beds) Fremont (35 beds) and Hayward (20 beds) operated severe weather shelters between November and April, which opened frequently due to the coldest wettest winter in Northern California in the past decade. The County continued it’s funding for warming centers, winter shelter beds, and expanded street outreach. Another transitional housing project converted into permanent housing reducing the overall capacity by 35 beds—26 for families and 9 for unaccompanied adults. Current transitional housing capacity stands at 81 family beds and 83 single beds (62 of those are grant per diem beds restricted to Veterans). The majority of the CoC’s homeless population continues to be unsheltered (69% as of the January 30, 2017 Point‐In‐Time Count). The strategy for meeting this need is to try and resolve persons’ homelessness more quickly, especially in transitional housing, so that each bed is used to support multiple people throughout the year. In 2015, HUD changed the way it measured length of time homeless by having communities calculate the combined average length of stay for persons in transitional housing and emergency shelter programs. Unfortunately, the average time homeless for Alameda County residents in shelter and transitional housing increased by 16 days last year, up from 170 days to 186 days. Rents went up and vacancy down in the same period. The HOME Consortium continues to expand rapid rehousing slots, primarily using local general fund and state TANF dollars. There are no plans to increase year‐round emergency shelter or transitional housing capacity, but several HOME Consortium cities will fund severe weather shelters again this coming winter. Following are details on the agencies contracted by the City of San Leandro to provide services to residents who are homeless. Building Futures with Women and Children (Building Futures)‐San Leandro Shelter The City funded Building Futures with City General Funds to provide supportive services to homeless