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Staff Report for Motion Accepting the Funding Recommendations as Formulated by the Human Services Commission for the Community Assistance Program (CAP) Grant FY 2015-17 Contingent on City Council Approval and Adoption of the 2015-16 and 2016-17 Proposed Biennial Budget
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends a motion accepting the recommendations made by the Human Services Commission to allocate the funds available for the FY2015-17 CAP grant cycle contingent on City Council approval and adoption of the 2015-16 and 2016-17 proposed biennial budget.
BACKGROUND
On April 3, 2013, the City Council hosted a Work Session regarding Current and Future Challenges facing Social Services in San Leandro. The discussion included input from several social service agencies located within and/or serving San Leandro which led to the implementation of the Community Investment Funding which allocates an additional $150,000 from the general fund annually to the CAP grant program.
On December 1, 2014 the application for the 2015-17 CAP grant program was released to the public. The CAP Grant funding is comprised of the designated CDBG funds and the community investment funding with a combined total of $254,245 annually for the next two fiscal years.
On February 18, 2015 the Human Services Commission formulated funding recommendations for the CAP for FY2015-16 and FY2016-17 from the 14 applications submitted. The original CAP applications and applicant presentations were utilized in creating the funding recommendations set forth.
Previous Actions
On March 16, 2015 the City Council adopted the recommendations of the Human Services Commission on the designated Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocations for FY2015-17 as part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Annual Action Plan.
CALICO $19,400
Davis Street Family Resource Center $34,500
SOS/Meals On Wheels $25,700
Spectrum Community Services $14,645
Board/Commission Review and Actions
On February 18, 2015 the Human Services Commission voted to forward the following funding recommendations to the City Council for final approval. MSC (Sarafian/Hall) 6 Ayes, 0 No
Building Futures for Women and Children $10,000*
Davis Street Family Resource Center $ 4,500
EDEN I & R (2-1-1) $15,000**
Family Emergency Shelter Coalition $15,000
Family Service Counseling Center $20,500
Family Violence Law Center $15,000
Girls Inc. $25,000
La Clinica de la Raza, Inc. $15,000
Ruby’s Place $15,000
Safe Alternative to Violent Environments $15,000
Total $150,000
* An additional $25,000 is provided to Building Futures for shelter support through housing designated funding.
** An additional $10,000 (for a total of $25,000) is designated to the EDEN I&R (2-1-1) program in the Recreation and Human Services FY2015-17 proposed budget.
Funding Recommendations outlined above do not include allocations for the following agencies:
Christian Outreach Planning Association
San Leandro Unified School District
Fiscal Impacts
Not applicable.
Budget Authority
Budget authority will be granted contingent on the City Council approval and adoption of the 2015-16 and 2016-17 proposed biennial budget. Public Hearing and Adoption of the Biennial Budget is scheduled for June 1, 2015. The biennial budget adoption shall allow $150,000 of Community Investment Funding designated annually for both 2015-16 and 2016-17, specifically, $15,000 for Eden I&R - 2-1-1, and $135,000 for the Human Services Commission CAP Grant included in account # 010-61-014-5120.
ATTACHMENT
None.
PREPARED BY: Breyana Riggsbee, Recreation and Human Services Acting Director, Recreation and Human Services Department