The mission of the Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) is to enrich lives through effective and caring service.  DPSS, in commitment to reduce and prevent homelessness among its CalWORKs families, implemented, in April 2004, the DPSS Housing Program.  The Program includes a number of benefit and services designed to assist homeless families and families at risk of homelessness to move out of the current situation and into affordable permanent housing.  The benefits and services provided under the DPSS Housing Program are temporary shelter payments, additional temporary shelter payments, permanent housing payments, moving assistance, assistance to prevent eviction, rental subsidy, and relocation assistance to voluntary case management services.  These benefits and services are administered by specialized Eligibility Workers called Housing Resource Eligibility Workers and GAIN Services Workers called Homeless Case Managers.