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6.1.1. - Page 15 • Food Assistance. Peninsula Family Service is responsible for our daily nutrition program for older adults as well as the weekly`Brown Bag" grocery program. The FOCC Information and Referral program provides emergency food assistance and then immediately connects families and individuals to a variety of ongoing food program options —our monthly family food distribution, the older adults nutrition program and weekly grocery distribution, Salvation Army's bi-weekly food distribution, St. Anthony's Dining room, or one of several other ongoing food programs in our local community. We also participate in LIBRE (Linking Immigrants to Benefits, Resources, and Education), a collaborative effort spearheaded by Legal Aid that assists clients to access CalFresh and other public benefits. • Homeless Services. As the primary intake point for homeless individuals and families from our service area, the Information and Referral Program works very closely with our local shelter providers —especially Shelter Network's Maple Street Shelter, Shelter Network's Family Shelter Team (for both First Step for Families and Redwood Family House), St. Vincent De Paul's Homeless Services Team, and Samaritan House' Safe Harbor Shelter. Beyond doing initial intake and referral, our program also continues to offer our Early Entry Shelter Program that provides an opportunity for single homeless adults seeking shelter to begin their process towards ending their homelessness even when shelter beds are not available. For those who qualify, this program offers a place to stay (utilizing motel vouchers) coupled with initial case management which lays the groundwork for the services that will continue once they bridge into the shelter system. Even after clients have entered the local shelter,we continue to coordinate services with the shelter case management staff—particularly as clients are moving out of the shelter into permanent housing. We also provide deposit assistance or make referrals to Shelter Network's Housing First Program for those homeless individuals or families who have the income to move back into permanent housing without ever going to shelter. Finally,we continue to be actively involved in the efforts of the Redwood City Homeless Outreach Team—parmering in the outreach and utilization of resources to help chronically homeless individuals in Redwood City move off the street into permanent housing. • Homeless Prevention Services. Families or individuals who are at risk of losing their housing are assisted in a variety of ways. After doing an initial assessment, our Human Services Specialists determine what programs/services a family or individual may be eligible for—the SF Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund, the Housing Industry Foundation Fund, the recendy established Community Action Agency (CAA) Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program or via a referral to St. Vincent de Paul. We rely on Legal Aid's eviction defense services to prevent clients from being evicted or to "buy" time for clients to move into other permanent housing. Single adults or families of no more than two people are often referred to HIP Housing—on site at Fair Oaks Community Center every Tuesday and Thursday - to explore shared housing as an option for more affordable housing. One of the clientspro�ided homelessnessprevention assistance is Anne', a single�arorking mom�arith a 7 month old child. She came to us for the first time last fall after ha�ing been illegalZy e�icted from hergarage apartment. She had slept in her car�a�ith her child the night before. That same afternoon, �are�arere able to connect her�a�ith Legal Aid staff attorney, Da�id Carduccz, �arho�aras able to advocate on her behaZf andget her back into her apartment until she could find anotherplace to live. She later returned for assistance�arith deposit for the ne�ar place that she had found to rent. Our ability to integrate and coordinate services is enhanced by the fact that multiple service providers are at the Fair Oaks Community Center. Our staff places an emphasis on maintaining � Name has been changed to protect client confidentiality.