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housing, a 98% success rate. Street outreach worked with law enforcement in Fremont, Livermore, Hayward and Oakland to focus on chronically homeless persons whom law enforcement had identified as highly vulnerable and having particularly problematic street behavior. The City of Albany continued to fund the Berkeley Food and Housing Project to conduct outreach in its jurisdiction, serving 11 individuals including helping 4 to obtain permanent housing. San Leandro funded Building Futures with Women and Children to conduct street outreach, serving 48 individuals. The city of Hayward funded the Community Action Network to provide street outreach to 35 individuals living outdoors in its jurisdiction. Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless persons Although State 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, due to local funds being provided by the Alameda County Social Services Agency. Year round emergency shelter capacity within the HOME Consortium consisted of 231 beds for families with minor children and 153 beds for single adults. During the rainy season, warming station shelters operated in in Fremont (35 beds), Hayward (40 Beds), Livermore (25 beds), and San Leandro (25 beds). Two transitional housing projects converted into permanent housing reducing the overall capacity by 62 beds—33 for families and 29 for unaccompanied adults. Current capacity stands at 86 family beds and 90 single beds (62 of those are grant per diem beds restricted to Veterans). The majority of the Continuum of Care’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. The new base line average for Alameda County is 170 nights, just under 6 months, and a 16 night decrease from 2016. In 2018 shelter options have opened or are under development including 80 beds through Oakland’s two pilot cabin community sites, 45 beds at the Berkeley STAIR center, and 90 beds of transitional housing in Oakland. The City of Alameda expanded the shelter available in the HOME Consortium by adding 20 winter shelter beds. As in past years, several HOME consortium cities will fund severe winter 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 families at its emergency shelter, known as the San Leandro Shelter. In FY 2018-2019, BFWC provided emergency shelter and supportive services, which included 9,057 bednights, of which 1,527 bednights were directly supported by the City of San Leandro. There were 27,171 meals for 79 homeless women and children in crisis. All 79 people served received access to health care and group sessions which help to advance essential skills, such as employment strategies, money management, housing strategies, parenting skills, City of San Leandro FY 2018-19 CAPER 15 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018)