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File Number: 21-522 <br />Spectrum Community Services (Grant Amount: $43,127): Spectrum works to support San <br />Leandro Senior Citizens to stay healthy and independent by serving hot, nutritious meals in a <br />supportive setting, five days a week. In FY2020-2021, 167 low-income San Leandro senior <br />citizens received hot, nutritious meals. In January 2020 and in response to COVID-19, Spectrum <br />partnered with SOS/Meals On Wheels to provide their clientele hot delivered meals directly to <br />their homes to ensure the health and safety of their clients. Spectrum was able to provide <br />enhanced services as a result of their increase in FY 2020-2021 CDBG funding to address <br />COVID-19 impacts. <br />Priority/Action: Community Development Needs -- Public Facilities Improvements. <br />Building Futures with Women and Children San Leandro Shelter Rehabilitation: This <br />nonprofit capital improvement project was approved by the City Council for funding in FY <br />2019-2020 with an allocation of $143,725 to Building Futures for Women and Children (BFWC) <br />for Americans with Disabilities Act improvements and deferred maintenance to the San Leandro <br />Homeless Shelter located at Saint Leander’s Church. In FY 2020-2021, the rehabilitation of the <br />San Leandro Shelter was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. City staff are working closely <br />with BFWC to ensure that this rehabilitation project proceeds and is completed by the end of FY <br />2021-2022. <br />City Funded Housing Servcies/Programs <br />The City also appropriated General Funds to the following programs in FY 2020-2021. These <br />programs address the City’s affordable housing, homelessness, and community development <br />needs, as identified in the City's current HUD-approved FYs 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated <br />Plan. <br />·$11,000 to Davis Street Family Resource Center to provide affordable housing <br />services, including affordable rental housing referrals/placement, to lower income <br />households.DSFRC supported 578 clients in their housing counseling program; Of those <br />clients, 278 were homeless individuals, 104 were walk-in clients and 62 received printed <br />information packets with local housing and shelter information; DSFRC directly assisted 3 <br />clients move into permanent housing, 13 clients with emergency hotel vouchers, and 6 San <br />Leandro residents access the Emergency Rental Assistance Program. <br />·$45,000 to Centro Legal de la Raza to provide San Leandrans with tenant and landlord <br />legal services and know your rights workshops in addition to a subcontract to ECHO <br />Housing to provide information & referral, counseling, and mediation/conciliation <br />services.Centro Legal provided 74 households with legal consultation and 3 households <br />with legal representation; The top 3 types of housing issues that Centro Legal provided <br />assistance were 1) unfair or illegal behavior by the property owner/manager, 2) notices of <br />termination of tenancy, and 3) home repairs necessary for the health and safety of the <br />tenants. As a subcontractor to Centro Legal under this grant, ECHO Housing provided <br />tenant/landlord information/referral, counseling, and conciliation to 98 clients households. <br />Page 5 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/15/2021