ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Community Development with a Request to APPROVE the Funding Recommendations from the Home for All Continuum of Care for the 2022-2023 EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG).
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BACKGROUND: Each year, the City receives an allocation of Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This funding must be spent on eligible programs providing services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
Starting in 2016 the Home for All Continuum of Care Governing Board collaborated with the City of Peoria to review allocations and make funding recommendations for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) (Council Item No. 15-317). This change was due to changes in HUD regulations that required collaboration in making funding decisions.
The City received $157,667 in 2021 ESG funds to be spent in calendar year 2022. Of this, the City reserves $10,500.00 (6.7%) in administrative fees to cover staff time to administer and oversee the grants. This leaves $147,167.00 for allocation to agencies for eligible homeless service programs.
In September 2021, City Staff released a funding application. The applications were reviewed by a subcommittee of the Home for All Continuum of Care Governing Board and programs were evaluated according to past performance and outcomes, primarily looking at a program’s success in getting clients into permanent housing (i.e. ending their situation of homelessness). The ESG funding also limits the amount of funding provided to overnight emergency shelter programs to 60%. A recommendation was then formulated and approved by the Board based on these considerations. Please see the attached recommendation from the Governing Board Chair.
The recommended funding allocations are as follows:
|
Agency |
Program |
Recommended Funding |
% of Total Allocated ($147,176) |
|
Center for Prevention of Abuse |
Emergency Shelter for Families Made Homeless by Domestic Violence |
$24,284 |
16.50% |
|
Dream Center Peoria |
Emergency Interim Shelter |
$31,129 |
21.15% |
|
Peoria Salvation Army |
Family Shelter |
$13,329 |
9.06% |
|
Peoria Salvation Army |
Safety Net Interim Shelter |
$19,558 |
13.29% |
|
Phoenix CDS |
Rapid Re-housing Program |
$58,867 |
40.00% |
If approved, the City will enter into 2-year grant contracts with the above agencies in order to execute these programs. The contracts will commit the specified amounts of 2021 City ESG funds toward programming in the 2022 calendar year and the above specified percentage of 2022 City ESG funds toward programming in the 2023 calendar year, contingent on the City’s receipt of a 2022 ESG grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
FINANCIAL IMPACT: $147,167.00 of 2021 ESG funds will be contracted to local agencies and the specified percentages of the 2022 ESG grant will be contracted to these agencies as represented in the above table.
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: None at this time.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The City of Peoria, in partnership with the Home for All Continuum of Care will continue to work toward the goal of ending homelessness in our community
IMPACT IF DENIED: 2021 and 2022 City ESG grant funds will not be allocated to support programming at the above agencies and a new direction for the distribution of these grant funds will need to be established.
ALTERNATIVES: None identified at this time.
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER:
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2017 - 2032 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Financially Sound City
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WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Have an efficient government.
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DEPARTMENT: Community Development