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SANDRANSICO THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON March 7, 2000 The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr. Mayor, City of San Francisco Office of the Mayor Room 200 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA 94102 Re: Homeless Assistance Dear Mayor Brown: In response to the request that you made in the meeting with John Podesta on January 25, we have been searching the federal agencies for other available funds to assist the City's homeless providers. The enclosed list identifies some promising competitive grant programs offered by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services. Zina Pierre of our White House staff, or the Intergovernmental Affairs directors at the relevant agencies, would be pleased to assist your staff in gathering further information on these programs. I recognize that the City has been unable to meet all of its budgeted program renewals with the $9.1 million in Continuum of Care grants that you received this year from HUD. I encourage you to apply for some of the competitive grants in an effort to make up the shortfall. I have also enclosed a roster of our agency Intergovernmental Affairs directors. Your staff should feel free to contact them directly or to let me know if our office can be of any further assistance. I look forward to seeing you again soon. Sincerely, Wills Mickey Ibarra Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Enclosures cc: Karen Tramontano Dan Maldonado/Eve O'Toole 1