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Be working with someone and they would agree we would pay the storage so they are not giving up this property that they may decide is a period of time form of housing for them down the road. We would store it which is about 150 a month for a vehicle. We are looking at 45 vehicles but now that we have dedicated 7,000 for this purpose. We are going to be flexible as people have needs, but the commitment is they participate in Case Management leading to permanent housing. My question is how long do they engage in Case Management. When you are in services, there is a termination period, right . Th...

Have been housed, report to us that they have had children that very few have retained custody of the children and many both and they have lost any contact. And again, this is another indicator of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse around women that they dont have a connection and in fact, a lot of times dont know where their families are. Terms in gender and these are the department of Public Health numbers from the coordinated Case Management system. The women that we serve is about 23 percent of women and these are homeless women, women at risk and former homeless women, and also, women in ...

People that have all three of those conditions and we have a lot more detail if you are interested and how many people are doing the diagnosis and so forth. But, as you can see, the percentage around women and certainly around transgender women are quite a bit over the general population. And i want to highlight some of our service and programs. And again, these for the homeless women, and the homeless families, and the Community Behavior Health Services and so that includes our Mental Health and our Substance Abuse programs, they fund quite a few programs specifically designed for homeless wo...

He has been quite a main stay in the excelsior district. He passed away at the ripe age of 97 last tuesday surrounded by his children in the home where he was born and raised. John was known as mr. Excelsior because of his dedication to the community. He helped to revitalize the excelsior District Improvement association, the edia. In 1959. And to this day the edia holds its monthly meeting in the spacious basement of his home on santa rosa avenue. John continued to remain active as the sergeant of arms and led the pledge of allegiance before each meeting. As a former president of the edia, on...

Their income, and how that relates as a percentage of area income and so right now, we are limited to 35 or 30 percent of the Median Income and a lot of the families who need our help are in the 40, 50 and 60 percent range and the resources are not sufficient to be able to handle that. And so, and at the end, in conclusion, i would like to say our goal is for families to be securely and safely housed with a stable source of income and a rent payment that is appropriate to the income and i think that if we are working together and can come together on those out comes we have a good list of opti...