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Patel7t1,3/117come In the past six months, we have submitted $406,000 in grant proposals, a third of which are for renewed grants. Attachment E summarizes our fundraising efforts to date. We estimate a 90% likelihood in being awarded the renewed grants, and a 50% likelihood of being awarded the requests for new funding. It should be noted that these grant requests are for carrying our existing programs forward into the next fiscal year, and can not be used to close our existing deficit. However, just yesterday the Eden Township Healthcare District informed us yesterday that our renewal grant for $.75,000 was not awarded. This grant was to fund our Community Based Domestic Violence program in FY 2002-2003, and covers costs of running our Crisis Line, and paying our community education and outreach staff. We will work diligently to find alternative sources of funding for the Outreach cost center, but the program may be in jeopardy in the next fiscal year. C017C/US%0/1 While these cuts will save money in the. short-term, they ultimately jeopardize the agency's ability to attract and sustain funding. With less staff and less services our programs will not meet the outcomes we have proposed to. our current funders. If and when we are unable to achieve our projected outcomes, the renewal of our current contracts will beat risk. BFWC has spent years building quality programming that achieves results for San Leandro's most marginalized and at -risk families, and we hope this current funding crisis will not force us to undercut the quality of the services we provide. We.would be most grateful if the_City of San Leandro could help us close the gap in funding in our time of urgent need. I look forward to our meeting on January 23rd to discuss this proposal and .to conduct a site visit of our facilities. Sincerely, Lam' lame de Coligny Executive Director cc. Bob Caulkins, City of San Leandro Carol Lamont, San Francisco Foundation