File #: 15-103    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 3/31/2015 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/14/2015 Final action:
Title: Communication from the City Manager and the Community Development Director with a Request to APPROVE the Funding Recommendation from the Human Resources Commission for 2015 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PUBLIC SERVICE FUNDING, in the Total Amount of $233,269.00.
Indexes: Goal 1 - Financially Sound City , Goal 2 - Safe Peoria, Goal 3 - Beautiful Peoria
Attachments: 1. 15-103 Boys and Girls Club - Child Dev - Tutoring and Mentoring, 2. 15-103 Boys and Girls Club - Teen Dev - Tutoring and Mentoring, 3. 15-103 CASA, 4. 15-103 Center for Prevention of Abuse - Safe from the Start, 5. 15-103 Center for Prevention of Abuse - Seniors Safe at Home, 6. 15-103 Center for Prevention of Abuse - Teen Violence Prevention, 7. 15-103 Children's Home Association - CCBYS, 8. 15-103 Children's Home Association - Good Beginnings, 9. 15-103 Common Place Family Learning Ctr - Focused on the Future After-School Prog, 10. 15-103 Community Workshop and Training Ctr - Psychosocial Rehab Program, 11. 15-103 Community Workshop and Training Ctr - Special Ed to Work Prog, 12. 15-103 Crittenton Center - Child Dev Invest in Kids, 13. 15-103 Crittenton Center - Crisis Nursery Protecting Children, 14. 15-103 Family Core - Heart of Peoria Afterschool and Summer Prog, 15. 15-103 Human Service Center - Emergency Response Serivce, 16. 15-103 Neighborhood House Association - Meals on Wheels, 17. 15-103 Peoria Friendship House of Christian Services - After School Program, 18. 15-103 Peoria Friendship House of Christian Services - Latino Outreach, 19. 15-103 Prairie State Legal Services - Senior Citizens Legal Services, 20. 15-103 University of Illinois - Child Abuse Victim Assistance, 21. 14-175, 22. Attachment A 2014 Public Service Outputs, 23. Attachment B - 2015 CDBG Public Service Funding Recommendations
Related files: 14-175
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Community Development Director with a Request to APPROVE the Funding Recommendation from the Human Resources Commission for 2015 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PUBLIC SERVICE FUNDING, in the Total Amount of $233,269.00.

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BACKGROUND:
The City's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Public Services program provides needed services to Peoria low-income residents through grants to local nonprofit organizations. On April 22, 2014, the City Council approved the Human Resources Commission's program and funding recommendations for the Public Service grantees for the 2014/2015 grant cycle (Item # 14-175). The City's Public Service program moved to a two year grant cycle to be consistent with the City's two year budget process. After the conclusion of the 2014 grant year, the Human Resources Commission conducted a formal review to assess the performance of the grantees and to make recommendations for continued grant funding.

The members of the Human Resources Commission reviewed progress reports from each of the 20 public service programs. Attachment A includes a summary of the individual program outcomes. On March 20, 2015, the Commission met to discuss the comments on the progress reports and make a funding recommendation. The Commission voted unanimously to continue funding for all 20 programs.

The funding amounts for each grant is based on an approximate 2% decrease from the 2014 recommendations for each program. Under federal regulations, the amount of the City's total CDBG allocation that can be spent on Public Services is subject to a 15% cap. Since the City's total CDBG allocation was decreased by 2%, the total amount available for Public Services also decreased by 2% to $233,269. The $233,269 for 2015 Public Services was included in the HUD 2015 Annual Action Plan approved by the City Council on March 24, 2015. Due to this decrease, the funding for each Public S...

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