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<br />8 <br /> <br />vi. Homeless Families with Children <br /> <br />The number of homeless students identified by San Leandro Unified School District has <br />increased in recent years. The primary gaps in services for homeless families include <br />housing, transportation, and substance abuse and mental health services for parents. The <br />opening of the family resource center at the Barbara Lee Center for Health and Wellness has <br />increased access to services, including health services and benefits enrollment, by many families <br />including homeless families.15 However, homeless families still face gaps in services including <br />housing, mental health and substance abuse services, and transportation. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />C. Service Gaps <br /> <br />i. High-Level Mental and Behavioral Health Needs <br /> <br />Mental illness and unmet mental health needs emerged as a theme in every stakeholder interview, <br />particularly in relation to youth and to single homeless adults and homeless parents with <br />children. San Leandro residents accounted for 12% of people with one or more psychiatric <br />hospitalizations, and 8% of people with four or more psychiatric hospitalizations in the county in <br />2011-12.16 <br /> <br />Stakeholder interviews indicate service gaps for people who need more intensive assistance even to <br />access services because they are unable to following up on referrals and appointments and need help <br />with transportation. Untreated substance abuse was cited as a need, as well as a barrier to accessing <br />housing and needed human services. <br /> <br />Additionally, only 61.3% of children ages 2-17 in San Leandro needing treatment or counseling <br />received mental health services in 2011-12, indicating significant unmet mental health needs among <br />children and adolescents as well.17 <br /> <br /> <br />ii. Child and Family Enrollment in CalFresh <br /> <br />CalFresh, which is known nationally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), <br />provides eligible low-income households with funds to purchase healthful food. Compared with <br /> <br />15 Interview with Consuelo Zuluaga, San Leandro Unified School District, September 27, 2016. <br />16 Resource Development Associates. (2014) Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services Report on the AB1421 Planning <br />Process. Accessed at http://www.acbhcs.org/docs/2014/BHCS_AB1421_Planning_Process.pdf <br />17 Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative, Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent <br />Health, Advancing data-in-action partnerships for children and children with special health care needs in California counties and cities using <br />synthetic estimation from the 2011/12 National Survey of Children’s Health and 2008-2012 American Community Survey (Nov. <br />2016). Accessed from http://www.kidsdata.org.