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Home My WebLink About25F - FY 2010-2011 EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT FUNDS REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION T CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APRIL 05, 2010 TITLE: APPROVED ? As Recommended ALLOCATION OF FY 2010-2011 ? As Amended ? Ordinance on 1St Reading EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT FUNDS ? Ordinance on 2"d Reading ? Implementing Resolution ? Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO ,C~ FILE NUMBER CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. Approve the proposed FY 2010-2011 Emergency Shelter Grant Program. 2. Authorize the City Manager to submit the approved program to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the City's fiscal year 2010-2011 allocation of Emergency Shelter Grant funds and execute the grant agreement with HUD. 3. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute agreements with non-profit agencies and/or sub-recipients awarded funds as part of the approved program. DISCUSSION In July 2010, the City of Santa Ana wi11 be awarded Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funds by HUD. These funds are made available to states, counties and municipalities to support emergency shelter programs for the homeless. Eligible uses include renovation of emergency shelter facilities, essential services to the homeless (e.g., food and health care), and homeless prevention. A maximum of thirty percent of the total grant may be used for essential services and thirty percent for homeless prevention. Since fiscal year 1987-1988, the City has actively participated in the ESG program to provide funding to the homeless service organizations. In October 2009, a Notice of Funding Availability was mailed to 48 non-profit providers soliciting applications for FY 2010-2011 grant funding. Thirteen service agencies responded with funding requests totaling $460,500. Proposals predominately sought funds to offset program administration, homeless prevention, maintenance and operating costs. 25F-1 Allocation of FY 2010-11 ESG Funds April 05, 2010 Page 2 On January 13, 2010, an ad hoc committee (comprised of two commissioners from the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission, one representative from the Orange County's Community Services department and one City staff) conducted applicant interviews to rate and rank the proposals using the following criteria: 1) community need, 2) capacity to provide service, and 3) effective and efficient use of funds. A list of the agencies submitting proposals, the evaluation panel rating, the grant amount for the present year, the requested amount of funding for FY 2010-2011, and the recommended funding for FY 2010-2011 is provided in Exhibit 1. One of the recommended proposals will fund homeless prevention programs, and twelve will fund essential services and operations. All thirteen proposals are being recommended for funding as follows: ORGANIZATION RECOMMENDATION Human Options $ 18,000 Interval House $ 24,000 Laura's House $ 10,500 Legal Aid $ 9,000 Mercy House-Center $ 35,000 Mercy House-Emergency Shelter $ 25,750 Mercy House-Transitional Shelters $ 29,000 Orange County Mental Health Association $ 27,000 SMEDA $ 26,000 The Villa Center $ 11,000 Thomas House $ 18,000 Wise Place $ 32,500 WTLC $ 43,000 Allocation for Essential Services, Prevention & Operations $ 308,750 Allocation for Administration $ 16,250 Total Budget for 2010-2011 _ ~ $ 325,000 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has yet to provide the actual allocation for the 2010-2011 ESG program. Therefore, any amount over or under the anticipated $325,000 will be proportionately added to or subtracted from each individual allocation. 25F-2 Allocation of FY 2010-11 ESG Funds April 05, 2010 Page 3 FISCAL IMPACT HUD provides ESG funds directly to the City and will be deposited in the FY 2010-2011 Emergency Shelter Grant account (account no. 13518785-various). APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: 1 Cynthia J. Nelson Francisco Gutierrez v Deputy City Manager for Development Executive Director Services Finance & Management Services Agency Community Development Agency CJN/NTE/FH/kg Exhibit 1: ESG Recommendations 25F-3 2010-2011 ESG Rating And Recommendations Sheet Service Average 09-10 Grant 10-11 Grant Tab Or anization T e Ratin Allocation Re uest Recommendation Emergency 1 Human O tions Shelter zs.75 $ 18,000 $ 25,000 $ 18,000 Emergency 2 Interval House Shener 28.25 $ 20,500 $ 35,000 $ 24,000 Emergency 3 Laura's House shelter zs.2s $ 10 500 $ 12 000 $ 10,500 Supportive 4 Le al Aid Services 25.50 $ 9 000 $ 20 000 $ 9 000 Supportive 5 Merc House-Center Services 2s.oo $ 35,000 $ 70,000 $ 35 000 Emergency 6 Merc House-Emer enc Shelter shelter 2s.s7 $ 22 500 $ 50 000 $ 25 750 Transitional 7 Merc House-Transitional Shelters Shener 2s.so $ 29 000 $ 70 000 $ 29 000 Supportive 8 O.C. Mental Health Association services 27.7s $ 27,000 $ 27 000 $ 27,000 Homelessness 9 SMEDA Prevention 26.00 $ 26,000 $ 29 000 $ 26,000 Transitional 10 Thomas House Tem ora Shelter Shelter 27.50 $ 15,500 $ 25 000 $ 18 000 Transitional 11 Villa Center Shelter z2.so $ 11 000 $ 15,000 $ 11,000 Transitional 12 WISE Place Shelter 27.00 $ 32,500 $ 32,500 $ 32,500 Emergency 13 WTLC Shelter 28.25 $ 38,500 $ 50 000 $ 43 000 TOTAL RECOMMENDATION $ 308~]§Q 2~'~=4