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6.1.1. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er September 10, 2012 SUBJECT Grant Agreements with Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County and Peninsula Family Service to Allocate Grant Funds Received from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation for Food, Shelter, and Homeless Services for FY 12-13 at the Fair Oaks Community Center RECOMMENDATION Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute Grant Agreements with Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County and Peninsula Family Service to allocate grant funds from Silicon Valley Community Foundation for homelessness prevention, food assistance, and case management services under the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Grant received by the City of Redwood City to provide food, shelter, and homelessness prevention services to low, very low, and extremely low income households seeking services for FY 12-13 at the Fair Oaks Community Center. BACKGROUND Beginning in 2001, the Fair Oaks Community Center has received financial resources from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (and its predecessor foundation, the Peninsula Community Foundation) initially to fund direct client service needs (i.e. food, rental assistance, transportation assistance); later to both fund direct client service needs and program expansion (including Early Entry Shelter Program and Public Ally placement). Beginning in 2010, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation began to fund core operations for our Information and Referral Program. Grants have ranged from $5,000-$40,000 with recent funding for core operations at $20,000 per year. This year's Silicon Valley Community Foundation Safety Net Request for Proposals included additional funding of $500,000 from the San Mateo County Food and Shelter Program bringing the total available for San Mateo County to $1 million. As such, agencies were encouraged to submit collaborative proposals for higher dollar amounts. The Fair Oaks Community Center submitted a collaborative proposal which includes three components: o The Fair Oaks Community Center Information and Referral Program providing food assistance, homelessness services, and homelessness prevention ($30,000 total to include $20,000 towards core operations and $10,000 to hire Public Allies Human Services Specialist through the summer of 2012);