ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Request from the CDBG Public Services Commission to APPROVE the 2023 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PUBLIC SERVICE Funding Recommendations, in the Amount of $275,000.00.
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BACKGROUND: As approved by City Council on June 8, 2022 (Item # 22-152), the CDBG Public Services Advisory Commission reviewed the 2023 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) public service applications. Seventeen applications were received, requesting over $500,000. Applications were received in the following priority funding areas adopted by Council:
* Child Care Services (Under 13)
* Youth Services (13 to 19)
* Services for Abused and Neglected Children
* Employment Training
* Food Banks
* Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking
* Mental Health Services
* Health Services
Members of the CDBG Public Services Advisory Commission reviewed and evaluated all eligible applications. They had the opportunity to ask follow-up questions via email, and all commissioners received these questions as well as the agencies’ responses.
At the October 21st Commission meeting, the average scores were presented to the Commission along with some funding options as a starting point for discussion. After a detailed discussion, the Commission decided to fund 10 of the 17 applications. The applications were ranked in order of their evaluation scores. The top 9 will receive the full funding requested and the 10th application will receive partial funding with the remaining funding available.
The draft minutes as well as information from the past 5 years of public service funding are included as attachments. The funding recommendation by program are also attached. These proposed amounts are tentative and will be dependent on the City’s 2023 CDBG allocation. The 2023 HUD allocation cannot be announced until the U.S. Congress passes a full year budget for HUD. The final amounts will be adjusted by staff based on the percentage increase or decrease of the City’s CDBG Allocation.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: At this time, HUD has not announced the 2023 grant allocations. City staff anticipate approximately $275,000 to be available in CDBG Public Service funds. The Commission recommends that staff adjust grant awards once the final allocation is announced.
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: Public hearing and public comment periods are held per HUD grant requirements each year. In addition, the Commission meetings are open to the public. The public services programs help address other neighborhood concerns by providing needed services for low-income residents of the City of Peoria.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: CDBG funds will be awarded to the programs per recommended grant amounts dependent upon the City’s 2023 CDBG allocation.
IMPACT IF DENIED: Funding will not be awarded for these activities, and an alternative will need to be identified.
ALTERNATIVES: None at this time.
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: All grantees will have an active EEO certification number prior to receiving funds.
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2017 - 2032 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Financially Sound City
2. Beautiful Peoria
3. Choose an item.
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
2. Support sustainability.
3. Have an efficient government.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development