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 Advisory Commission on Human Resources for the 2020 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PUBLIC SERVICE FUNDING, in the Amount of $260,000.00
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BACKGROUND: As approved by City Council on June 26th (Item # 18-202), the Advisory Commission on Human Resources (HRC) reviewed the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) public service applications. For the 2019 funding year, twenty-one eligible applications were received, requesting over $550,000. Applications were received in all priority funding areas adopted by Council:
? Child Care Services (under 13)
? Youth Services (ages 13 -19)
? Services for Victims of Domestic Violence
? Employment Training
? Substance Abuse Services
? Mental Health Services
? Health Services
? Services for Abused and Neglected Children
Each Commissioner reviewed all eligible applications received. Applicants presented a short overview for the Commission, and the Commission had the opportunity to ask the applicants questions at a special meeting on November 1. Following the meeting, Commissioners independently submitted evaluation forms for each application. City staff compiled these scores and dropped the highest and lowest score for each application. Then, an average score was created from the remaining scores, taking into account any Commissioners who did not score an applicant due to a declared conflict of interest.
At the November 15th 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 19 of the 21 applications. There was a large gap in scoring from the last program funded to the next application. To comply with HUD underwriting standards, grant amounts were awarded based on an average score tied to a percentage of grant fu...
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