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Annual Action Plan <br />2023 <br />7 <br />OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 09/30/2021) <br />• Plan, implement and evaluate efforts pertaining to cooling and warming centers. <br /> <br />• Identify training needs and promote available training opportunities and resources. <br /> <br />The following activities pertain to other City efforts beyond specific coordination with the County’s <br />Continuum of Care team: <br /> <br />1. A 24 hours/day, 365 days a year Domestic Violence Outreach and Mobile Unit. The nonprofit <br />Family Violence Law Center in collaboration with the nonprofits Building Futures and SAVE <br />provides intensive case management, including housing and shelter resources, to domestic <br />violence survivors. <br />2. Homeless Mobile Outreach. Building Futures conducts outreach in encampments, parking lots, <br />bridges underpasses, parks, sidewalks, and other locations in the community. <br />3. Capital and operation support to the San Leandro Shelter, a thirty-bed homeless shelter <br />operated by Building Futures that serves women and children. <br />4. Downtown San Leandro Safety Ambassador Pilot Program is operated by the San Leandro <br />Downtown Community Benefit District. Ambassadors conduct daily wellness checks with <br />unsheltered people encountered during their patrols. Ambassadors triage transient's needs <br />and, when appropriate, refer them to resources. <br />5. Training for staff, partners and community members in mental health awareness, safety, conflict <br />de-escalation, local resources, gender-based violence, and trauma-informed care. <br />6. Warming Center Support at the Marina Inn from November 26th through end of March. <br />7. Storm Support Resource Center. In response to the recent storm and associated needs of our <br />unhoused community, the City of San Leandro’s Human Services Department partnered with <br />community-based organizations to provide a Storm Support Resource Center. The Center was <br />located at Halcyon Church in San Leandro and was opened from January 7th through January 13th <br />(Except January 8th) from the hours of 12:00-4:00 p.m. Our guests were greeted and supported <br />by staff from the City of San Leandro, Building Futures, Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Halcyon <br />staff, Bay Area Legal Aid and volunteers from the April Showers, Rotary Club and East Bay Bridge <br />Connect. Aside from being able to take a break from the rain and cold, unhoused guests <br />received a daily hot meal, bag of groceries, winter-support kits (gloves, blankets, hand warmers, <br />hygiene products, etc.), access and transportation to laundry services, support with SSA <br />application process, assessments, and referral to other resources. Daily attendance ranged from <br />5 people to 20. <br />8. Provide emergency housing to some of the most vulnerable unhoused people. <br /> <br /> <br />Describe consultation with the Continuum(s) of Care that serves the jurisdiction’s area in <br />determining how to allocate ESG funds, develop performance standards for and evaluate <br />outcomes of projects and activities assisted by ESG funds, and develop funding, policies and <br />procedures for the operation and administration of HMIS