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6.2A through June 2008 with additional funds from Silicon Valley Community Foundation and additional funds from tgage 7 County of San Mateo Human Services Agency. ' This program responds to Funding Priority B2 and in part Funding Priority B 1. The program provides safety net services including the provision of temporary shelter and other related supportive services to single homeless adults. It also extends our county's emergency shelter services by bridging individuals into the emergency shelter and transitional housing program encompassed by Funding Priority B 1. 3. Organizational Mission. Describe your organizational mission. The mission statement of the Fair Oaks Community Center Information and Referral Program is: "The Human Services Unit of the Fair Oaks Community Center is a team of compassionate and committed individuals that supports, educates, empowers, and serves as a bridge to resources for families and individuals in the communities we serve." More specifically related to the Early Entry Shelter Program, the Fair Oaks Community Center and the City of Redwood City have made a conunitment to actively participate in the implementation ofthe HOPE 10 year plan to end Homelessness. 4. Outreach. Describe your program's outreach efforts to ensure that the services are made known to all persons of need. Outreach for the Early Entry Shelter Program will be conducted as a part of the outreach for the Fair Oaks Community Center Information and Referral Program, This is done in a variety of ways: _ As one of the seven Core Service Agencies, the FairOaks Community Center's services are advertised through the distribution of flyers or brochures about the Core Services Network throughout the county - primarily through the various offices of the Human Services Agency and other service providers throughout the county. _ FOCC's services are advertised in the Redwood City Activity Guide which is sent to every household with a Redwood City mailing address (including unincorporated North Fair Oaks households) four times a year. _ FOCe's services are also advel1ised on the Redwood City website. _ Media/Publicity - Although we did not engage in targetted media outreach over the past year, an article about the Early Entry Shelter Pilot Program did appear in the San Mateo County Times in March 2007. _ Additionally, the services are regularly promoted at the Redwood City quarterly human service agency network meetings; with ongoing social service partners including the RWC Family Resource Centers and other emergency services providers; through flyers distributed through tbe local schools; and by our very own clients and partner agencies - as they refer others to our services. This past year, we also provided trainings for all of the Redwood City police about the homeless services available at the Fair Oaks Community Center and created a homeless services card for police officers and other Redwood City employees to distribute when they come across homeless individuals in our community in the course of their daily work. of each month) 6. Collaboration. Describe how your agency collaborates with other service providers to meetthe various needs of your clientele, ..., .J