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Home My WebLink About20020969.tiff RESOLUTION RE: APPROVE APPLICATION FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT ASSISTANCE AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN - COLORADO DIVISION OF HOUSING WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with an Application for Emergency Shelter Grant Assistance from the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Greeley/Weld County Housing Authority, to the Colorado Division of Housing, with terms and conditions being as stated in said application, and WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said application, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, ex-officio Housing Authority Board, that the Application for Emergency Shelter Grant Assistance from the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Greeley/Weld County Housing Authority, to the Colorado Division of Housing be, and hereby is, approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to sign said application. The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 22nd day of April, A.D., 2002. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD��000/ COUNT COLORADO !) A0 �:CG�cN / ATTEST: , tef si S-4 Gle ad, c.`fiair Weld County Clerk t. _ 6 sb J X A SSP a �� BY. /i . 5 y �� David E. L g, Pro-Tem Deputy Clerk to t �� '�� ,� /�j . APP' s . Si AS TO A 1:1 William H. Jerke ounty Attorne at,. �_ Robert D. Masden Date of signature: 'S/7 // 2002-0969 (C-. - /12 HA0022 r :.v `� ,, t .L E ur., i .f ,. �. �1' P °l`e L. ..4•11 ,� � e 1.Applicant(name and Address) 2. Project NO. Weld County PO Box 130 3.Amount Requested 14.Date Received Greeley,CO 80632-0130 $59,150.00 _ll 5.Name and Title of Local Elected Official or Authorized Agency Representative 6.Name/title of contact Person for Application Glenn Vaad,Chair,Board of Commissioners Weld County Christie Henderson,Assistant Director 7.Signature of Authorized Re.resentative 8.Date 9.Phone No. 10. Fax No. !//t/// 3/30/01 970-346-7660 970-346-7690 A.�Q/AA- - ext.6551 11.Municipality/County Weld County 12.Nonprofit 13.Federal I.D.No. 84-6000813 14.Service Area Weld County including City of Greeley 15.Population est.183,000(County) est. 76,930(City) 16.Project Description&Activities Weld County has administered the Emergency Shelter Program for the past several years. The following local agencies serve as the delivery system for the homeless services: Greeley Transitional House A Woman's Place Catholic Charities,Inc. A Room At The Inn 17. Line Items 18. Operations 19.Essential Services 20. Homeless 21. Other Prevention (Administration) Direct Staffing $ 3,600.00 _ Case Management $9,7500.00 4,600.00 Utilities $ 15,500.00 Supplies $ 2,700.00 Maintenance $ 4,600.00 Insurance $ 2,300.00 _ Security Deposits $4,000.00 Transportation $ 500.00 _$ 100.00 Rental Assistance $2,500.00 $ 9,000.00 Subtotal $ 29,200.00 $13,850.00* $ 17,600.00* $ 1,500.00 * 23.Total Re.uest $59,150.00 Source: Amount: City of Greeley $ 10,000.00 United Way $48,750.00 Colorado Trust $ 2,500.00 Weld County $11,000.00 Gay/Lesbian Fund $ 4,500.00 Presbyterian Hunger Fund $ 6,000.00 Total$82.750.00 2002-0969 SHELTER REPORT SHELTER CHARACTERISTICS 1999-2000 Actual 2000-01 Projection 2001-02 Projection 25. BEDS(incl.basinets) 94 94 109 26. SLEEPING ROOMS 21 21 25 27.TOTAL FAMILIES SERVED 231 280 983 28.TOTAL PERSONS IN FAMILIES 694 898 983 29.TOTAL INDIVIDUALS SERVED 1,147 1,202 1,247 30 SHELTER NIGHTS(See instruction page) 24,804 28,859 _ 30,859 31.MEALS SERVED 43,760 56,230 60,230 CLIENT PARTICIPATION REPORT `{ _ �99 2 2� x rt '20Ol 2QOPi jection SC s �, ti547 s � tx{ c' tix s t axvx i _I✓�a ar, 2A ,,r, ,tea±saRC ._. f0 i 32. PAID HOURS 800 800 800 133.UNPAID HOURS 15,539 15,598 15,620 34. OTHER VOLUNTEER HOURS 15,690 25,342 25,342 CONTINUUM OF CARE/SERVICE COORDINATION .Shelter/Suppoiitivet i ti ices .. ._... . .. . Serµ ce tt0140ts • 35. Emergency Shelter Information and Referral 36.Transitional Housing 37. Permanent Housing(with services) 38. Permanent Housing(with services) 39. Soup Kitchen 40. Clothing 41. Transportation 42.Case Management 43. Daycare 44.Substance Abuse Counseling 45. Psychological 46. Employment 47. Life Skills/Budgeting 48. Educational 49. Assistance w/Perm. Housing 50. Medical Treatment 51. Forms Assistance 52. Other i ,t v : tl i• y a. . . 1�� °}�a,�@.$ 't{� 1(�i } ° *{. 'tfr�'� ''w l '.}rs Preventive et�rtce ' • rs. ::. v4; V . .'�'ry 4 s.'::,f t ?..,i;;x r}�;.�` sly�r:�j;ct< �;;.f 2�3�sx.xf#�it..d;'tt�s... �s sx �- :if, 53. Utility Assistance 54. Security Deposit 55. Back Rent 56. Back Mortgage Payments 57.Other Innovative Services(specify) (I) Services provided by your agency mark with an X. (2)All Service Providers which you have written Agreements with mark with an *. , , Ri AY }I S '� IJr�N _,,,..,..4„.„,,,,„ IV AI G �I ! � onsies,. d b' $ y r F . „ ti ' c r, ,,c-,.-: . experience retated4 .. ; r .,-;077' ''''E See Attachment C �'�'+ t 5 rA° E " o ` t"1�nH t r.41,r.� t,14-0,:,',,‘ �1 ! H'` P alt 'Eri ,,,,,p.-4,14-L.E ` a t '®escri .c�;the e ±:,,,,,,,n41,-- exiU �" � � ' � ' ewree be pr© ded. See Attachment D { �a`� r r 'R`c +I { it�i ,a�".N a5..i ,).„,,,ti 4;,,,j, e T v c} A{Ni a �'M t"—'i ty' '� v 4f s t�ilt:Ta 1 (4 "» 4 4 ta{' ,1:14.--,1:,) ,—,W02},,-;:: .t ` ` 4 'r 0411 1I` ° a ke=1'' ety , �'J' See Attachment E WELD COUNTY EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT APPLICATION 2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION APPLICANT FORMS I ASSURANCES AND CERTIFICATIONS II CERTIFICATION OF CONSISTENCY WITH CONSOLIDATED PLAN III ATTACHMENTS PROJECT DESCRIPTION CONTINUATION A MANAGEMENT CAPACITY CONTINUATION B EXTENT AND URGENCY OF NEED CONTINUATION C PROJECT IMPACT CONTINUATION D PROJECT DESCRIPTION The 2002 ESG program will address three activities: 1. Operating Costs 2. Essential Services 3. Homeless Prevention Each of the five Shelter/Homeless service providers operate separate programs serving distinct population groups. Below is a summary of the projects to be conducted for the 2002/2003 ESG program for Weld County: Catholic Charities Northern/Rental Assistance Catholic Charities is requesting ESG funds for Homeless Prevention. Limited emergency financial assistance to 31 households needing a one time assistance with rent or mortgage delinquency in order to avert homelessness. Clients assisted through this program are referred to Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Northern Colorado for continued supportive services. Catholic Charities Northern/Guadalupe Shelter Catholic Charities/Northern is requesting ESG funds for Operation Costs associated with the Guadalupe Center and for Essential Services. Guadalupe Center is a forty-bed shelter providing short term, emergency overnight services for homeless families, single males and single females. Clients are provided with a place to sleep, evening and morning meals, hygiene supplies, shower and laundry facilities, information and referral, and family case management services. Funds will be used to defray the costs associated with the operation of the Guadalupe Center. Case management services are provided to promote self-sufficiency for families. Families that do not follow through on their case management goals,will be expected to find alternative housing after seven days. Greeley Transitional House Greeley Transitional House is requesting ESG funds for Operation Costs, and Essential Services. Operating Costs Funds are being requested to provide staffing for the shelter. This would cover a portion of the resident manager's salary. This shelter is a twenty-four hour operation and with the reductions in other areas of funding, it is necessary to request funds in this area. The operational funds requested for repair and maintenance, utilities, telephone, supplies and equipment and insurance represent 37% of GTH's budget and is the same as the previous year. The Greeley Transitional House is applying for three support needs within the area of essential services. Those are case management, transportation for client families to and from work, and security deposits. In the area of case management, GTH is applying for $4,000 to provide this service to client families, in coordinating and advocating for services that are necessary for a family to be come self- sufficient. This also includes providing assistance in obtaining permanent affordable housing. Case management is a very significant component of service delivery. Greeley Transitional House can accomplish much in 30-45 days to alleviate the immediate crisis,but that does not allow sufficient time to affect long-term change and prevent homelessness from reoccurring again. Often families return to the same environment and fragmented support system, which attributed initially to their homelessness;without intervention in this environment, all factors which led to their homelessness are still present and the cycle may very well begin again. By creating a case management support system,these families will not fall through the cracks of the system. Research supports the view that social supports enhance the health and well being of families and prevent homelessness (Bassuk et al., 1990) Clients have difficulties in obtaining resources as well as completing the proper documentation to access these resources. Many times the barrier to becoming self-sufficient is the inability to access the necessary resources to attain stability and productivity. Case management will provide the tool to overcome this barrier. The absence of transportation is many times a stumbling block in one being able to attain a base line level of self-sufficiency. Funding for this project would eliminate a barrier to self-sufficiency for client families. Funding through the Emergency Shelter Grant Program would allow families to utilize their own mode of transportation and overcome this barrier. Many families are able to afford the first month's rent but are unable to save enough for the security deposit. By being able to provide a level of assistance with security deposits, we will be able to reduce the average length of stay in the emergency shelter as well as eliminate another barrier to self- sufficiency. A Woman's Place, Inc. A Woman's Place provides emergency safe housing, food and support services to women and their children who are homeless as a result of being a victim of domestic violence. A Woman's Place is the only shelter in Weld County that provides these services to abused women and their children who are homeless because of domestic violence. ESG funding will enhance their ability to provide effective domestic violence related services to the people of Weld County A Woman's Place is requesting funds for Operation Costs and Essential Services. Operating cost funding will help defray utility costs, insurance for the shelter and repairs/maintenance. Essential services will help to support case management of clients,which are provided safe housing. Room At The Inn Room At The Inn is a new program serving Weld County's Homeless population. The program is supervised by an Executive Director who coordinates facilities, volunteers, and sleeping accommodations of more than 13 churches. The churches provide nightly accommodations and meals for families for one week at a time on a rotating schedule. Room At The Inn provides a day shelter where the homeless are able to come during the day. The primary function of the day shelter is serve as the counseling facility for the participants. The participants are required to participate in intensive case management, search for permanent and affordable housing, and seek employment. It has been full since opening its doors September 2001. Room At The Inn is requesting ESG funds to assist with Operational expenses; Essential Services such as Case Management,assisting with co-payments on prescriptions for medical treatments,and teaching parenting and anger management classes to the families; Homeless prevention through rental assistance and security deposit assistance. Project Budget Line Items Operations Essential Services Homeless Staff Other Prevention Administration Admin. A Woman's $ 6000.00 Place $ 4,500 Greeley $100.00 $7,100 $ 5,700 $2,100. Transitional House Catholic $2,750.00 $12,400.00 $$6,500.00 Charities Northern Room At The $ 2,000.00 $ 4,500.00 $ 4,000.00 Inn Admin $1,500 Management Capacity Weld County has coordinated the Emergency Shelter Grants Program since 1991. The program is administered through Weld County Housing Authority.Thomas Teixeira,Director of Weld County Housing Authority is responsible for the overall administration of the Emergency Shelter Grants Program, while Christie Henderson, Assistant Director of Weld County Housing Authority, is responsible for the day-to-day program support. The shelter and homeless service providers conduct activities of the program. The case manager is also the Program Director and is the key person for this project. She has over seven years experience in case management at A Women's Place Inc. And has fifteen years experience in the human services field. She is also bilingual, a real asset to the agency and the clients served. Her responsibilities include program director,crisis intervention,counseling,intake, assessment of needs, case management, follow-up on goals and self-sufficiency plan, appropriate referrals, client assistance on transitional skills, and self esteem. This person also assists Spanish speaking only clients with legal issues such as obtaining restraining orders or accompanying women to court. The staff person attends many meetings on case management issues such as housing, welfare reform, employment, and educational opportunities as well as doing community education presentations. The Greeley Transitional House program has been very successful in providing services to homeless families assisting them in achieving and maintaining stable,long-term housing;increasing their skill levels and income; and gaining empowerment in their own lives. In 2000,76%of our client families secured affordable permanent housing. One hundred percent of our family's secured permanent employment and 77% are currently working towards their GED,higher educational degrees and/or are enrolled in a vocational education program. 90% of our families are enrolled in the follow-up program and have maintained both stability and self-sufficiency. During sixteen years of its existence, The Greeley Transitional House has developed and implemented many successful projects and received support and recognition locally, statewide and nationally. In fact, The Greeley Transitional House was selected to be a national demonstration project for providing emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless families. The recidivism rate is 0%. Currently all staff have extensive knowledge of and interaction with the homeless population and have established relationships with both The Greeley Transitional House and social service agencies in Weld County. In addition each staff member consistently has demonstrated exceptional capacity to perform the administrative, managerial, and operational functioning necessary to successful development and operation of this project. The staff includes: Executive director,(Linda S.Akers), a professional social worker holding a Masters in Social Work, Bachelors of Arts in Family Studies with two minors; business administration and developmental psychology and an Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education with 24 years of experience in human services; nine of those years in management of non-profit agencies,primarily with agencies serving the indigent. She has been the executive director of this organization for the past eight years. Previously worked for five years at A Woman's Place serving women and children in domestic violence environments as well as development and implementation of programs. Previous to this position, she developed and implemented a child/parent program for parents and children at risk within Larimer County. She has also worked extensively with parents who have been found guilty of child abuse, providing individual counseling and parent education classes. Also within this framework, she developed and executed a research project measuring the effectiveness of parenting classes in terms of reducing child abuse. She also has extensive background working with the elderly providing assessments and direct services. She has also developed and implemented a crisis line on the campus of the University of Northern Colorado and owned and operated her own preschool/day care program. She serves on the Weld County Homeless Task Force Trinity Lutheran School Board,current chairperson of Trinity Lutheran Parent/Teacher League and has also served in a variety of capacities within the Mountain prairie Girl Scout Council. Linda has demonstrated extensively her commitment to empowerment, dignity and respect for human beings. Lori Romo, assistant director, holds a B.A. in Family Studies from the University of Northern Colorado. Lori has an extensive background working with homeless families and children at high risk of being abused or already have been abused. She has worked at Child Advocacy and Resource Education since 1997 as a contract teacher. At the Greeley Transition House she has held several positions as Follow-up Case Manager and then Follow-up Services Coordinator. Lori has extensive training and skills in crisis intervention, advocacy and assessments. Lori is committed to working with individuals who are highly committed to helping themselves. Linda Brooks, follow-up case manager holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Human Rehabilitation Services from the University of Northern Colorado. She is also certified as an inspector for Section 8 housing standards. Linda has approximately eleven years of experience working with high-risk families and diverse individuals with all types of issues /needs. She is highly committed to self- sufficiency model and empowers clients to problem -solve independently as well as takes responsibility for their life plan. The agency has operated Guadalupe Shelter since 1987 and has operated a shelter in Larimer County since 1985. The agency Executive Director, who reports to a 21 member Board of Directors, is responsible for operation of 10 programs of the agency in Weld and Larimer Counties. The Supervisor of Homeless service has administrative responsibilities for the shelter and staff. She has been with the agency six years and has a Masters in Social Work from University of Denver. The Shelter Coordinator oversees the day-to-day operations of shelter including maintenance, management of supplies, supervision of night staff, supervision of volunteers, provision of Information & Referral, and daily records. He has held this position for 1.5 years and holds a Bachelors in Social Work from Colorado State University. The Family Case Management Coordinator provides case management services for the families in the shelter and for up to 2 years after they leave the shelter. She has been with Catholic Charities for five years and has a Masters in Social Work from the University of Kentucky. Night Staff: Three Part Time night shelter workers rotate 12-hour shifts. They are responsible for overseeing client activity, serving food, cleaning, assist with registration, distribute supplies, maintaining inventory, respond to emergencies. Case Manager provides case management services for families and singles in shelter(four months with the agency) Emergency Assistance Coordinator provides direct services, maintains records, works with volunteers, coordinates with other providers, and has been with the agency for over 2 years. Room At The Inn opened its doors in September 2001. The program is run by Stacy Romero, Executive Director. She directs the 24-hr per day program. She also serves as the Volunteer Coordinator supervising 14 church coordinators and provides training. Ms. Romero provides case management for all participating families. Project Impact With ESG funding, A Woman's Place can continue to provide a safe place for women and their children. And continue to provide the support services needed to end the abuse cycle in their family system and become self-sufficient. It is the case management services and support that provide the opportunity for women in an abusive situation to break out of the abusive cycle and move toward self-sufficiency. In 2000, 67 women out of 102 sheltered went into new living non-violent living situations (a 65% success rate). A Woman's Place received 1,005 calls for Crisis Counseling to date, 4,562 non-emergency advocacy calls to date, conducted emergency intakes with 66 individuals/families, and provided 3,332 shelter nights to displaced victims of domestic violence. They are doubling the current safe house capacity to better meet the needs of the community and population served. The Greeley Transitional House can do much in 30-45 days to alleviate the immediate crisis,but that does not allow sufficient time to affect long-term change. It is imperative that families have a supportive and encouraging environment when they leave GTH and move into permanent housing. Often these families return to the same environment and fragmented support system which attributed initially to their homelessness;without intervention in this environment,all the factors which led to their homelessness are still present and the cycle may very well begin again. Research supports the view that social supports enhance the health and well-being of children and women, and the lack of social supports contributes to many problems including family homelessness (Bassuk et al., 1990). The goal of this project is to empower families to attain their maximum level of self-sufficiency as they move from the Greeley Transitional House into permanent housing and prevent them from falling into the same cycle of homelessness again and again. This goal will be accomplished in the following manner: 1)Facilitate a minimum of 35 adult head of households in life skills group issues of self esteem, self awareness, stability, responsibility, budget counseling and other educational topics related to self-sufficiency; 2) Provide follow-up case management for a minimum of 42 families completing the initial 30-45 day emergency program. Case management will involve the establishment of a trusting,collaborative relationship,information and referral,psychosocial support and encouragement, assessment of needs,goal setting and advocacy. Utilize all community agencies and resources to aid in support of the enrolled family. The progression from crisis management to self-sufficiency is accomplished through an intensive case management program in which residents participate in setting realistic immediate and long range goals. Residents must be active participants in finding employment,participating in training programs, and pursuing affordable housing. Resident progress is monitored by case workers who encourage and support residents in accomplishing their goals. GTH has also implemented a follow- up case management program to continue to work with these families once they have left the initial 30-45 day program. In 1999, 72% of the resident families secured affordable housing and 100% secured employment or training by the time they left the initial program. In 2000, 6248 nights of shelter was provided by the Greeley Transitional House. This number represents 51 families totaling 164 individuals. The primary goals for 2002 include obtaining 85% of residents will be able to secure affordable housing, and striving, over the next three years, to aim for a 95% success rate in working toward affordable housing placement for residents. In addition, we definitely want to maintain the 100%success rate of our residents families securing employment and/or training by the time they complete the initial 30-45 day program. The follow-up case management program has sewed 451 families since its inception October 1990. The following statistics represent the success of the program: • 92 %of the families were self-sufficient, stable and not on any assistance programs. • 8%of the families were on some type of assistance program but stable and working towards being self-sufficient and removing self from assistance programs. This continues to be a very important component of The Greeley Transitional House delivery of service. GTH can do much in 30-45 days to alleviate the immediate crisis,but that does not allow sufficient time to affect long term change. It is imperative that families have a supportive and encouraging environment once they leave the initial program and move into permanent housing. Often families return to the same environment and fragmented support system which attributed initially to their homelessness. Without intervention and prevention all the factors which led to their homelessness are still present and the cycle may very well begin again. The support network of the homeless families needs to be restructured and rebuilt. The follow-up case management family support system helps to empower the families to attain and maintain their maximum level of self- sufficiency. Needless to say this remains a priority program at GTH aimed at prevention. The children's room was completed in 1991 and has proven to be a very positive asset to The Greeley Transitional House programs. As of August 16, 1993, GTH secured funding from the Hasbro Children's Foundation as well as several local contributions and was able to develop and implement a children's program. Funding was secured through state monies and the program has expanded to a full-time children/adolescent program. The goal of this program is to provide the much needed support in the short term and help the children and youth coping skills to affect the long term change and stop the cycle that causes dependency in the future. As summarized from above the program will be evaluated through a variety of specific short and long range percentage goals regarding the homeless population served. These goals guide the process daily at GTH. The long range funding goals for GTH include a specific target for revenues and support over the next three years. This includes a three year goal to stabilize and further secure the funding of the programs. 3yr.long range United Way 20% Federal Funds 12% Foundation Support 35% - Local Contributions 17% Fund-Raisers 16% The Greeley Transitional House anticipates the current funding trends over the long term with the goal of securing a realistic balance to maintain a healthy financial foundation. Catholic Charities will provide 10,100 nights of shelter and 25,000 meals for 1,000 homeless people. This will include 70 families with a total of 200 children. Sixty families will be served through the Catholic Charities case management program assisting them in transitioning into the community and becoming self sufficient Rent Assistance: With ESG funding Catholic Charities will be able to prevent 25-30 families from becoming homeless. Room At The Inn has been in operation for 5 months. During this time,assistance has been given to 17 homeless families. The success rate is 76.5%of families entering the program have obtained and maintained permanent housing. Many of the participants have been able to obtain employment through the network of volunteers. ESG funds will assist RATI with providing essential services to the homeless population while providing homeless prevention as well. RATI is expecting to assist more than 120 people during 2002. Extent and Urgency of Need During a recent meeting of the Housing Emergency Shelter Network,the Homeless Shelters in Weld County presented statistics that homelessness in Weld County is on the increase. The trend of families seeking shelter from these facilities have moved from the unemployed families experiencing temporary hardship to families of the working poor. All facilities reported a significant increase in families who have been laid-off during recent company cut-backs, as well as an increase in families working but unable to find affordable housing. The extent and urgency of need is becoming increasingly great. The Greeley-Evans School District reported an increase in enrolled children of homeless families, over 500 children within the school district were homeless at the beginning of the 2001-2002 school year. The Greeley and Weld County Housing Authorities reported that on January 1, 2002 there were 1500 families on the waiting list for Public Housing and Section 8 Rental Assistance. The five Homeless Shelters requesting ESG funds through this application reported thy turned away 219 families during 2001. The families turned away from the shelters are families who qualified for the services offered by the shelters but due to lack of space and funding were not able to be assisted. A Woman's Place provides safe shelter for women and their children who are endanger due to domestic violence. The women who come to A Woman's Place need support services to break the cycle of violence in their lives. Many do not have good support systems or cannot become self sufficient while in an abusive relationship. They need comprehensive services, such as those provided by A Woman's Place, to get out. A Woman's Place is the only agency that offers these services to battered women and their children in Weld County. In 1999 A Women's Place Sheltered 100 women and their children. Due to the remodeling the facility to add additional bed space,and the increased amount of time families were required to stay at the shelter, A Woman's Place assisted 81 women with children during 2001. A Woman's place turned away 122 women who were eligible for shelter due to lack of space during 2000, and 100 women in 2001. The addition to the safehouse is scheduled to be completed before summer. The addition will allow A Woman's Place to better meet the needs of domestic violence victims. The Greeley Transitional has observed a significant increase in the number of homeless families turned way due to lack of space. In 2000, we turned away 22 families who were in need of our services but due to lack of space we were unable to provide shelter and support services to these families. However,during 2001,74 qualifying families were turned away due to a lack of space.We continue to see an increase in the number of working poor who are unable to secure affordable housing . With Welfare Reform,the need has also increased due to the fact that most of the jobs that TANF clients are securing do not pay for the current cost of housing. The geographic area served consists of all of Weld County. During 2001 CCN paid rent for 134 households with funds from FEMA, ESG, Colorado Trust, Churches, community organizations and other sources. During 2000, 155 households were denied rent assistance due to lack of funds. Without funding through the ESG program, Catholic Charities will not be able to provide rental assistance to the thirty-one families which are faced with homelessness due to eviction or foreclosure. The cost saving in preventing a family from becoming homeless cannot just be measured in dollars. Preventing homelessness prevents breakup of families, loss of employment, loss of self-esteem and continues schooling for children. In 2000, Guadalupe Center provided 10,076 nights of shelter and 24,180 meals for 975 homeless people. This included 821 adults and 154 children. In 2000, 135 people were turned away from the shelter due to lack of space. Thirty percent of the clients are from Weld County and while many of the adults are employed or have income, the high cost of housing is beyond their ability to pay. ESG represents approximately 10 percent of the operation budget for the shelter. Without this funding Catholic Charities would be required to reduce services and jeopardize the continuation of this valuable community service During the first 5 months of operation Room At The Inn was able to assist 17 families; 5 fathers, 17 mothers,and 38 children. The success rate has been phenomenal,as 76%of families participating in the program have left for permanent housing. The average length of stay at the Room At The Inn (RATI) is 33 days. ESG will assist with the direct expenses of general operating costs and program support. The funds will fortify resources for programs which directly affect families in the areas of essential services and homeless prevention. Room At The Inn anticipates doubling its statistics before the one-year anniversary. Finding of Exemption It is the finding of Weld County that the following activities approved for funding under the State-administered Emergency Shelter Grant Program are exempt from the environmental requirements of the 24 CFR Part 58 as applicable under Section 104(g)of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: o Operation Costs o Essential Services o Homeless Prevention o Administration Environmental Certifying Official March 30,2002 Date EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM ASSURANCES AND CERTIFICATIONS Glenn Vaad (name of chief elected official or appropriate non-profit signatory) of Weld County (town, city, county or nonprofit organization) which is applying to the State of Colorado for funding through the Emergency Shelter Grant Program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), hereby assures and certifies that: Amounts awarded under this program will used only for these purposes: 1. Assist in the prevention of homelessness. 2. Renovate, rehabilitate, expand or convert (but not acquire) facilities for use as homeless shelters. 3. Assist in supporting the essential operating costs of shelters. 4. Assist in improving the quality of supportive services to the homeless. Projects will not require participation in religious services, as a condition for receiving assistance. All projects funded will develop and administer, in good faith, a policy designed to ensure the shelter is free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of DRUGS and ALCOHOL by its beneficiaries. Political activities will be prohibited in accordance with subsection 675 (e) of the Community Services Block Grant Act of 1981. The town, city, county or nonprofit organization certifies that matching supplemental funds required by the regulations at 24 CFR 576.71 and 576.85(a)(3), as mentioned by the amendments to Items 415(a) and 415(c) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act made by Section 832(e) of the Cranston- Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-625, November 28, 1990) will be provided. The amendment exempts the first $100,000 from the matching requirement and requires that the benefit of the $100,000 exemption be provided to those recipients from the State that are least capable of providing the matching funds. The requirements of 24 CFR 576.21 (a)(4)(ii)which provide that the funding of homeless prevention activities for families that have received eviction notices or notices of termination of utility services meet the following standards: (A)that the inability of the family to make the required payments must be the result of a sudden reduction in income; (B) that the assistance must be necessary to avoid eviction of the family or termination of the services to the family; (C) that there must be a reasonable prospect that the family will be able to resume payments within a reasonable period of time; (D) that the assistance must not supplant funding for preexisting homeless prevention activities from any other source. The requirements of 24 CFR 576.51 (b)(2)(iii) concerning that submission by nonprofit organizations applying for funding of a certification of approval of the proposed project(s) from the unit of local government in which the proposed project is located. The requirements of 24 CFR 576.51 (b)(2)(v) concerning the funding of emergency shelter in hotels or motels or commercial facilities providing transient housing. The requirements of 24 CFR 576.73 concerning the continued use of buildings for which Emergency Shelter Grant funds are used for rehabilitation or conversion of buildings for use of emergency shelters for the homeless; or when funds are used solely for operating costs or essential services, concerning the population to be served. The building standards requirement of 24 CFR 576.75. The requirements of 24 CFR 576.77, concerning assistance to the homeless. The requirements of 24 CFR 576.79, other appropriate provisions of 24 CFR Part 576, and other applicable Federal law concerning nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. The requirements of 24 CFR 576.80 concerning minimizing the displacement of persons, as a result of a project assisted with these funds. The requirements of 24 CFR 576.80 concerning the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. The requirement of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625, November 28, 19900 contained in Section 832(e)(2)(C) that grantees develop and implement procedures the ensure the confidentiality of records pertaining to any individual provided family violence prevention or treatment services under any project assisted under the Emergency Shelter Grants Program' will, except with written authorization of the person or persons responsible for the operation of such shelter, not be made public." The requirement that local government will comply with the provisions of and regulations and procedures applicable under section 104(g) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 with respect to the environmental review responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and related authorities, as specified in 24 CFR Part 58, and as applicable to activities of nonprofit organizations. The requirement that no Federal appropriated funds have been paid, by or on behalf of the local government or nonprofit organization, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement. The requirement that if any funds, other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement, the local government or nonprofit organization shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, 'Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its instructions. The requirement that the local government or nonprofit organization shall require that the language of the PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR LOBBYING CERTIFICATION be included in the award documents for all standards at all tiers including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly. The required certification that the submission of an application for any emergency shelter grant is authorized under applicable law and that the local government or nonprofit organization possesses legal authority to carry out emergency shelter grant activities in accordance with applicable law and regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Glenn Vaad, Chai Board of Commissioners, Weld County aade4 `{/'o Signature Date CERTIFICATION OF LOCAL APPROVAL FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS I, Glenn Vaad, duly authorized to act on behalf of Weld County, Colorado hereby approve the following projects proposed by Catholic Charities Northern, which is located in Weld County. Operation of a Shelter Case Management Emergency Rent Assistance By Glenn Vaad Chair, Board of Commissioners Weld County, Colorado Awit4 -z_ Signature Date CERTIFICATION OF LOCAL APPROVAL FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS I, Glenn Vaad, duly authorized to act on behalf of Weld County, Colorado hereby approve the following projects proposed by Greeley Transitional House, which is located in Weld County. Operation of a Shelter Case Management By Glenn Vaad Chair, Board of Commissioners Weld County, Colorado A,, zincex 2— Signature Date CERTIFICATION OF LOCAL APPROVAL FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS I, Glenn Vaad, duly authorized to act on behalf of Weld County, Colorado hereby approve the following projects proposed by A Woman's Place, which is located in Weld County. Operation of a Shelter Case Management By Glenn Vaad Chair, Board of Commissioners Weld County, Colorado dasa Signature Date CERTIFICATION OF LOCAL APPROVAL FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS I, Glenn Vaad, duly authorized to act on behalf of Weld County, Colorado hereby approve the following projects proposed by Room At The Inn, which is located in Weld County. Operation of a Shelter Case Management Emergency Rental Assistance By Glenn Vaad Chair, Board of Commissioners Weld County, Colorado A44— v [f—�— eZ- Signature Date Hello